April 4, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) - POSTPONED 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. |
April 11, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Sophie Schnider (group Affolter) tba NN |
May 9, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Daan Overwijn (group Hondele) tba Joana Maria Soares Pereira (group Schwede) |
May 23, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) "Nuclear Mechanosensing & Immunity" Guest speaker: Dr. Ana-Maria Lennon Dumenil Institut Curie, Paris, France Host: Jean Pieters Her team aims at deciphering the fundamental molecular and cell biological mechanisms that enables immune cells to efficiently fulfil their functions. |
June 6, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Dr. Carlos Ribeiro Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal Host: Flavio Donato Ribeiro's lab wants to understand how neuronal circuits control nutritional decisions to regulate important traits such as aging and reproduction. |
June 13, 2025 (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. |
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. |
September 5, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Wallace Marshall University of California, San Francisco, USA Host: Ben Engel His main focus is on how geometry arises within cells, as well as how cells perform computations and behaviors. |
October 17, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Klaus-Robert Müller Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany Host: Attila Becskei Klaus-Robert Müller is most noted for his work in machine learning and brain-computer interfaces. His team works on a diverse set of areas in methodology and application, including Explainable AI, Modeling many-body problems and Brain-Body Monitoring. |
October 24, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Dr. Elvan Böke Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain Host: Fiona Doetsch Böke and her team have made advances in understanding how oocytes, or immature egg cells, maintain pristine conditions over many decades in order to give rise to the next generation. |
March 6, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131) tba Guest speaker: Prof. Suliana Manley EPFL, Lausanne Host: Anissa Kempf Manley's research goal is to reveal the biophysical principles underlying the dynamic organization of cellular organelles and protein assemblies. |