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Increasing food intake by swapping mitochondrial genomes

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To uncover the relationship between variation in genes and phenotypic diversity, geneticists use a set of fully sequenced fruit-fly genomes. But little is known about the variation in the mitochondrial genome, for which mutations are linked to an array of diseases. Now, EPFL scientists have created a high-resolution map of mitochondrial DNA variants in the fruit fly, connecting mitochondrial genes to metabolic traits and diseases.

EPFL startup heads a mission to clean up space

09.12.19NewsEPFL

ClearSpace, a spin-off of EPFL’s Space Center (eSpace), has been selected to lead a major European Space Agency (ESA) space debris de-orbiting project with a total budget topping €100 million. The startup and its consortium will develop and fly the first-ever mission to capture and remove a disused ESA asset from Space.

Liquid flow is influenced by a quantum effect in water

07.12.19NewsResearch

Researchers at EPFL have discovered that the viscosity of solutions of electrically charged polymers dissolved in water is influenced by a quantum effect. This tiny quantum effect influences the way water molecules interact with one another. Yet, it can lead to drastic changes in large-scale observations. This effect could change the way scientists understand the properties and behavior of solutions of biomolecules in water, and lead to a better understanding of biological systems.

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Portrait de Célmence Corminboeuf — © Alain Herzog, EPFL

“Teaching helps me communicate more effectively about this field”

Professor Clémence Corminboeuf is heavily involved in science outreach, especially among women. She has been named best teacher in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering section.

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50 Fifty Campaign: The Student Support Programme

As part of our university’s 50th Anniversary, EPFL has decided to launch the 50 Fifty Campaign, and place its most important community, the student community, at its core. This campaign provides philanthropists with a unique opportunity to directly empower the next generation of brilliant minds.

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Infinity Room 2 – ArtLab exhibition

This interactive exhibition celebrates the 50 years of EPFL and invites you to explore the school’s captivating history. Interactive visualizations bring an infinitude of perspectives from the School’s pioneering past…

2019-09-132020-01-26

With: Laboratory for Experimental Museology (eM+)
Place and room: ArtLab pavillon B
Category: Cultural events