September 13, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. KC Huang Stanford University, USA Host: Urs Jenal Huang's team employs diverse interdisciplinary methods to understand the relationships among cell shape detection, determination, and maintenance in bacteria. |
September 24, 2024 (TUESDAY 11:15 pm; U1.101) "Purinosome: assembly mechanisms and biological functions" Guest speaker: Ruey-Hwa Chen Academia Sinicia, Taiwan Host: Anne Spang Her research focuses on the role of protein degradation and exosomal secretion in controlling cancer cell signaling and tumor immune microenvironment. |
September 27, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Alex Schmidt (Proteomics Core Facility) tba Haiyan Zhang (group Jean Pieters) |
October 18, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Vivek Malhotra Centre de Regulació Genòmica (CRG), Barcelona, Spain Host: Mike Hall Malhotra and his team want to understand the mechanism by which eukaryotic cells model membranes to generate transport carriers based on their needs. |
October 25, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Kerstin Dörner (group Maria Hondele) tba Yinan Wan (group Alex Schier) |
November 1, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Martin Beck Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt a. Main, Germany Host: Rod Lim The Beck lab studies how molecular modules act in concert to generate complex cellular functions. |
November 15, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Erika Holzbaur University of Pennsylvania, USA Host: Anne Spang The Holzbaur lab is focused on understanding the dynamics of intracellular motility in neurons. |
November 22, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Dr. James Lightfoot Max Planck Institute for the Neurobiology of Behaviour, Bonn, Germany Host: Susan Mango The Lightfoot lab explores the divergent behaviours observed between the free-living round worms, C. elegans and P. pacificus. |
December 6, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Susanne Falkner (group Peter Scheiffele) tba Eva Jiménez Siebert (group Knut Drescher) |
December 20, 2024 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Petr Broz University of Lausanne Host: Maren Ketterer (Postdoc group Dehio) Broz' research focuses on host defense mechanisms, inflammasomes and the induction of pyroptosis, a lytic, inflammatory cell death. |
January 10, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Maria Cristina Gambetta University of Lausanne Host: Susan Mango Her team aims to understand the molecular basis of gene regulation specificity in Drosophila using genetics, genomics, biochemistry and live-imaging tools. |
January 31, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Raphael Gottardo CHUV Lausanne University Hospital Host: Oliver Biehlmaier/Fiona Doetsch His group focuses on developing novel computational tools, statistical methods and machine learning algorithms for the analysis of high-throughput and high-dimensional datasets. |
April 4, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Ruth Ley Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tübingen, Germany Host: Marek Basler Ley is interested in the co-evolution of humans with their microbiomes. Her lab studies the evolutionary history of gut microbes and how they affect human biology and health. |
June 20, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Elizabeth Villa University of California San Diego and HHMI Host: Ben Engel Villa's team is interested in revealing the structure and function of macromolecular complexes in their natural environment at the highest possible resolution. |
August 29, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Richard Benton University of Lausanne, Switzerland Host: Anissa Kempf His group is interested in the structure, function and evolution of nervous systems with a focus on the olfactory system, which mediates recognition of myriad environmental signals to control diverse behaviours. |