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Regeneration across complete spinal cord injuries reverses paralysis

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A complete spinal cord injury leads to irreversible paralysis. Scientists at .NeuroRestore report in Science that they have developed a gene therapy that was proven in mice to stimulate nerve regrowth across such injuries and guide nerves to reconnect to their natural targets below the injuries in order to restore motor function.

Appointment of EPFL professors

22.09.23NewsEPFL

The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL.

New imaging technique “sees” virus move in unprecedented detail

21.09.23NewsResearch

EPFL scientists have developed a novel imaging technique to capture rapid protein dynamics. The technique, a microsecond, time-resolved version of cryogenic electron microscopy, allowed them to observe the behavior of a virus in unprecedented detail.

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Madiha Derouazi obtained her PhD from EPFL in 2005 © Liliroze

“When you're an entrepreneur, you need to do things your way”

21.09.23EPFL community

After obtaining her PhD from EPFL in 2005, Madiha Derouazi embarked on a venture that few people believed in: creating a vaccine to treat cancer. Yet she went on to develop her technology, and founded a business – AMAL Therapeutics – to market it.

scientist from the Laboratory for Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS) © EPFL/Alain Herzog - CC-BY-SA 4.0

“We need to think ahead about the consequences of our decisions”

19.09.23EPFL

Laura Ferrarello firmly believes that holistic thinking is the key to successful change. This fall, she’ll be challenging PhD students to embrace precisely this approach as part of her class on ethics in engineering research.

Massume Zaki's Search for Safety and Knowledge

14.09.23EPFL

Amid the Taliban's takeover, Afghan professor Massume Zaki finds refuge and hope through the Scholars at Risk program at EPFL, as she navigates the challenges of exile and dreams of a safer homeland.

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30 years of fusion research at EPFL

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Campus Lecture: Alain Aspect

«Des doutes d’Einstein et du théorème de Bell aux technologies quantiques: la seconde révolution quantique» (conference in French) Alain Aspect, Institut d'Optique – Université Paris-Saclay — SOLD OUT…

02-10-202302-10-2023

With: Alain Aspect, prix Nobel de physique 2022
Place and room: Forum Rolex
Category: Conferences – Seminars