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SUMMARY:Events In Honour Of 8 MARCH 2024 - Conference on the Vaginal Micro
 biota Diversity
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Laura Symul  Prof. Gisou van der Goot Prof. Marcel Sala
 thé\nTo celebrate International Women's Rights Day on 8 March 2024\, the 
 Office for Equal Opportunities (VPT)\, the Library\, EPFL Alumni\, its Wom
 en's Club and Polyquity are joining forces to offer you a rich and origina
 l programme of events and activities\, spread over several dates. \n\n7 M
 arch · 12.15 to 13.15 · Forum Rolex + Broadcasted Live\nLactobacillus Is
  Not Just For Yogurt! Exploring Our Inner Ecosystems : Journey into the V
 aginal Microbiota Diversity \nWith Prof. Laura Symul (UCLouvain)\, Introd
 uction by Gisou van der Goot\, Vice President for Responsible Transformati
 on (VPT) & Prof. Marcel Salathé (SV/IC)\nLunch-Conference\, Registration 
 not required\nIn English\n\nLaura Symul is an Assistant Professor at ISBA 
 (Institute for Statistics\, Biostatistics\, and Actuarial Sciences) at UCL
 ouvain (Belgium) since September 2023. \n\nHer research focuses on develo
 ping statistical methods applied to women’s health and menstrual health 
 in particular. This includes research on fertility\, on cycle-related symp
 toms and on drivers of changes in vaginal microbiota communities. She addr
 esses her research questions by creating parametric and nonparametric stat
 istical models of biological processes that fit to multi-domain clinical d
 ata\, self-reported digital records (data from mobile phone apps)\, and pu
 blicly available datasets.\n\nShe obtained her PhD in computational biolog
 y from EPFL\, where she worked on the molecular regulation of the circadia
 n clock. In particular\, the regulation  of rhythmic gene expression and 
 protein translation combining analyses of -omics data with mathematical mo
 dels describing the regulatory dynamics to infer quantities otherwise not 
 measurable.\n\nShe then completed a postdoc at Stanford University (Depart
 ment of Statistics)\, working with Prof. Susan P. Holmes.\n\nMore on Laura
  Symul : \n\n	Laura Symul\, Professor in Statistics (ISBA) - Youtube\n	Po
 rtrait de Laura Symul dans le Temps - 16 sept. 2020\n	Covid-19: Comment le
  vaccin affecte notre cycle menstruel? - Podacst le Point J (RTS) du 27 ja
 nv. 2022\n\nThe entire organising team looks forward to your participation
  in this event !\n\nFULL PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AROUND 8 MARCH 2024\n\nMarch 
 4-8 is also Sustainability Week! Discover the full programme here.
LOCATION:RLC E1 240 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==RLC%20E1%20240 https://epf
 l.zoom.us/j/65125391976
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