- Biogenic carbonate paleo-proxy reliability
- Metabolic processes in symbiotic marine organisms (and how these processes are affected by global climate change)
- Plant photosynthesis and starch formation
- Brain metabolism
The LGB is equipped with a NanoSIMS N50L instrument.
Corals, Cooperation and Cooking: meet Anders Meibom
Summer series: A calling for research. Initially, the dynamic, Danish-born Anders Meibom, a professor at EPFL’s Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry since 2012, was not the slightest bit interested in corals. Now he studies them, a loaf of homemade bread always close at hand.
A research center to protect the Red Sea ecosystem
Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), announced on Tuesday Switzerland’s support for EPFL’s project to create a “Transnational Red Sea Research Center”. The project is based on EPFL research on corals in the Gulf of Aqaba.
New fab lab combines creativity with skills development
Thanks to an ENAC initiative, students now have a fully-equipped workshop called SKIL where they can carry out research projects on their own, with the guidance of professors. This new makerspace, which encourages creativity and hands-on learning, will be inaugurated on 24 September.