EPFL 🌐 Help and support: current initiatives Polyquity: current situation Latest news New cells could be key to treating obesityNewsResearchRead moresur Tech Transfer.New cells discovered in human omental adipose tissue inhibit fat cell formation, revealing why ‘apple’ body shapes may pose higher metabolic health risks.Portable method lets scientists identify plant DNA out in the field14.05.24NewsEPFLIn EPFL’s GenoRobotics project, a cross-disciplinary team of students is developing a novel method for identifying plant DNA – one that’s faster, cheaper and less energy-intensive than the conventional one. The team hopes their new protocol, designed for use out in the field, will make it easier to categorize plants and ultimately help protect biodiversity.500 volunteers needed to give Lake Geneva a check-up10.05.24NewsEPFLEPFL has teamed up with three organizations – the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the Association for the Safeguard of Lake Geneva (ASL) – to develop Lémanscope, a citizen-science initiative to monitor the health of Lake Geneva. Today the researchers are calling on volunteers to help collect essential data.All news Profiles “I contribute in my small way to sustainable finance research”10.05.24EPFLMikail Durrani, a Financial Engineering Master's student at EPFL, is passionate about sustainable finance. He founded the "Swiss Sustainability Initiative" and recently won the "Realstone Sustainable Finance Scholarship 2023-2025".«Learn from anyone who is willing to teach you”07.05.24EPFLSilvestro Micera is bringing the science fiction of bionics to reality, engineering prosthetics that provide sensory feedback to the user through the nervous system. Inspired by TV shows and movies as a child, he seeks to help restore function in people faced with health challenges.“Sexual harassment victims often blame themselves”22.04.24EPFLOn 25 April, Swiss universities will hold their second annual Sexual Harassment Awareness Day – the perfect opportunity for us at EPFL to assess how we’re doing in this area, one year after we introduced a new directive on psychosocial risks. View all profile articles Highlights Video Annual Report Dossier: Energies go green EPFL Memento Symposium Research & SustainabilityProgramme 08h15 – 08h45: Morning coffee 08h45 – 09h00: Welcome notes and introductory remarks by Prof. Gisou van der Goot, Vice President for Responsible Transformation and Professor and Prof. Anna Fontcuberta…16-05-202416-05-2024Place and room: RLC E1 240Category: Conferences – SeminarsDigital Dilemmas: Humanitarian Consequences02-05-202414-07-2024Place and room: EPFL Pavilions, Pavilion ACategory: ExhibitionsDigital Dilemmas: Building Digital Resilience in Humanitarian Crises21-05-202421-05-2024With: Martin Vetterli, Gilles Carbonnier, Anna Fontcuberta i Morral, Ariane Bauer, Carmela Troncoso, Katharina Frey, Anton Aschwanden, Grégoire CastellaPlace and room: RLC E1 240Category: Conferences – SeminarsGold Rush22-04-202417-05-2024Place and room: Rolex Learning CenterCategory: ExhibitionsOpen Air Cinema + GIFF XR roadshow & 24H SONO30-05-202401-06-2024Place and room: Agora, Place CosandeyCategory: Cultural eventsSee all events Vue aérienne de l’EPFL © Jamani Caillet / EPFL, 2022 About Explore further Located in Switzerland, EPFL is one of Europe’s most vibrant and cosmopolitan science and technology institutions.