Conferences - Seminars
18JAN
11:00-12:00
Campus Biotech H8 Auditorium D
Seeing the Forest and the Trees: Single Nucleus Sequencing in the Spinal Cord
To understand the cellular basis of behavior, it is necessary to know the cell types that exist in the nervous system and their contributions to function. Spinal networks are essential for sensory processing and motor behavior and provide a powerful system for identifying the cellular correlates of behavior. We sought to leverage the recent revolution ...
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By Dr Ariel Levine, NIH Neurological Institute NINDS, USA.
21JAN
12:15
SV 1717
Engineering 3D Culture Models of Physiology and Disease: How Simple is Complex Enough?
DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN BIOENGINEERING (sandwiches served) Abstract: Multicellular ecosystems such as biofilms, tissues, and whole organisms operate as highly integrated systems that link physical structure and biological function. In mammalian tissues, structure determines the effectiveness by which muscles generate force, lungs oxygenate blood, or glandular organs produce bile, milk, or saliva. Even at the level ...
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By Prof. Christopher Chen, Boston University and Harvard Wyss Institute, Boston ...
21JAN
15:00-16:00
SV 1717
The 3Rs and Animalfree Research - projects, activities and challenges
After an introduction to the 3R concept, the foundation Animalfree Research as well as some of its work is explained. The presentation continues to touch on some of the most pressing topics in science and animal welfare, such as the reproducibility crisis, the importance of open access and the influence of environment on in vivo ...
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By Mrs. Stefanie Schindler, Co-CEO of the Animalfree Research Foundation
22JAN
25JAN
25JAN
08:00-18:00
STCC 0 7326
Artificial Intelligence for Health
From 22 to 25 January, EPFL will be hosting the third workshop/meeting of FG-AI4H at the Swiss Tech Convention Center in Lausanne. With this email, I would like to inform you of our activities as well as extend an invitation to you and your colleagues to become involved in this important project. In particular, we ...
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23JAN
12:15-13:15
SV 1717
BMI SEMINAR // Matthew Hill - Endocannabinoid Regulation of Stress: Circuits and Translation
Endocannabinoids have been well established as regulators of the neurobehavioral response to stress. This talk will focus on highlighting the neural circuits and mechanisms by which endocannabinoids have been found to modulate both neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to stress, with an emphasis on translational implications of these findings to human populations afflicted with stress-related neuropsychiatric ...
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By Matthew Hill, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, he Mathison Center, for Mental ...
23JAN
16:15
BC 410
Genomic data privacy in the age of personal genomics
Abstract Personal genomics is becoming increasingly popular, but mounting privacy concerns threaten to impede adoption. We propose a new, privacy-focused model for personal genomics that employs cryptography and decentralization to secure personal genomic data and outline various policy issues that should be considered if this model is to be adopted. Bio Dennis Grishin is CSO ...
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By Dennis Grishin, Harvard University/Nebula Genomics
24JAN
09:30-11:30
RLC A1 230
Citation best practices
Citing correctly requires the acquisition of the right habits. This workshop will walk you through various citation cases that you may encounter during the writing process of reports or publications. At the end of the workshop, you will be able to: Understand the stakes of citation Reuse different types of content without committing plagiarism Cite ...
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By EPFL Library teaching team
26JAN
29JAN
29JAN
Swiss Tech Convention Center
Applied Machine Learning Days 2019
The Applied Machine Learning Days will take place from January 26th to 29th, 2019, at the Swiss Tech Convention Center on EPFL campus. It is now the largest and best-known Machine Learning event in Switzerland, and increasingly recognized as a major event in Europe. The event has a focus specifically on the applications of machine ...
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29JAN
By Kevin Verstrepen, Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K. U ...
30JAN
12:15-13:15
SV 1717
BMI SEMINAR // Gioele La Manno - RNA velocity of single cells to unveil the developmental dynamics of the nervous system
An ambitious goal of single-cell analyses is to describe dynamical biological processes and shed light on gene regulation. However, the destructive nature of transcriptomics measurements constitutes an immediate challenge to this purpose. To overcome this fundamental limit, we present a novel method capable of estimating “RNA velocity”: the time derivative of gene expression. We apply ...
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By Gioele La Manno, Neurodevelopmental systems biology lab, Brain Mind Institute ...