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V. cholerae’s growth and competition on natural surfaces (left). Credit: M. Blokesch & G. Knott

War in the gut: How human microbiota resist the cholera bacterium

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Bacteria in the human gut go to war in order to protect themselves against attacks of the “spear-wielding” cholera bacterium Vibrio cholerae or other pathogens, an EPFL study has found.

EPFL wants campus events to be more sustainable

06.10.21NewsEvents

The Sustainability Unit and Mediacom Events have just published a series of sustainability recommendations for campus events, covering everything from food planning and waste management to issues of equality.

Next-generation camera can better locate tumors

05.10.21NewsEPFL

Scientists at EPFL and Dartmouth College in the US have developed a system that can, for the first time, both pinpoint the exact location of a tumor and measure its depth. Their technology employs a high-tech camera developed at EPFL’s Advanced Quantum Architecture Laboratory.

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Baptiste Calliari (à gauche) et Timothée Faes (à droite) font de la traction animale à l'aide de la jument Anika © Ferme de Bassenges — Baptiste Calliari (à gauche) et Timothée Faes (à droite) font de la traction animale à l’aide de la jument Anika © Ferme de Bassenges

The Bassenges Farm: low-tech agriculture at a high-tech campus

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At the Bassenges Farm, six devoted women and men are bringing their vision of sustainability to the EPFL and UNIL campuses, giving low-tech agriculture – without pesticides – a chance to thrive.

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“Yes, language is a vector of sexism and discrimination”

05.10.21EPFL community

EPFL’s upper management has adopted a series of guidelines on inclusive language, which will be launched at an online presentation on 7 October. In the meantime, you can view the guidelines on a special section of the EPFL website. Natasha Stegmann, the project manager who’s overseeing this broad initiative, spoke with us about what she hopes to achieve.

Michael Herzog, head of the psychophysics laboratory. © 2021 EPFL

"Be critical and take more than one number into account "

04.10.21Research

Michael Herzog, professor at EPFL and head of the psychophysics laboratory, gives some advice on how to read a scientific paper. The journal in which the scientific article is published, the statistics used and the reproducibility are all criteria to be taken into account when judging the quality of a publication.

Marcello Ienca is an expert in bioethics and technology ethics © Marcello Ienca

Can responsible research be done with hacked data?

30.09.21Research

EPFL College of Humanities (CDH) researcher Marcello Ienca has recently co-authored a paper on the ethics of doing scientific research using hacked data with ETH Zurich bioethics professor Effy Vayena.

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Vers un langage inclusif à l'EPFL

Le langage inclusif veut faire de la langue un outil de communication qui inclut le plus grand nombre de personnes en leur offrant la même visibilité. Comme la société, la langue n’est pas figée; au contraire, elle…

07-10-202107-10-2021

With: Dr. Pascal Gygax, psycholinguiste, Université de Fribourg, Prof. Gisou van der Goot, vice-présidente de l’EPFL pour la transformation responsable
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65156556063#success
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Forum des 100 : les villes au coeur du changement

14-10-202114-10-2021

With: Martin Vetterli, Elena Cogato Lanza, Philippe Thalmann
Place and room: STCC 2 8020
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Erna Hamburger Award 2021

18-10-202118-10-2021

With: Dame Professor Sarah Gilbert, Saïd Professor of Vaccinology, Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford
Place and room: RLC E1 240
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Anja&Martin Fröhlich and Esther Kläs – Online conference

06-10-202106-10-2021

With: Prof.Martin Fröhlich, Prof.Anja Fröhlich, Esther Kläs
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/62434535563?pwd=aGNNZjNNSHdvTW96L3JpeStQZkF4Zz09
Category: Conferences – Seminars