Welcome to the forefront of neuroscientific exploration at EPFL, where education, research, and innovation converge to unravel the mysteries of the brain. Our interdisciplinary approach spans theory, molecules, cells, circuits, and behavior, leveraging cutting-edge technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning and  to comprehend brain systems at various scales. Embracing a polytechnic approach, we pioneer inventive methods to decode the healthy and impaired nervous system and are committed to translating these breakthroughs into tangible benefits for patients.

Join us in shaping the future of fundamental and translational neurosciences, neurotechnology and neurocomputation through transformative learning, groundbreaking research, and revolutionary technological advancements.

This site allows you to apprehend the way teaching, research, and innovation fit together, as well as to see the range of interactions we have with partners throughout the lemanic area.

Education

Research

EPFL is fully committed to the respect of ethical standards in research in order to protect those involved in research. Research involving animals, is carried out at the Center of Phenogenomics, or ethically reviewed by the Animal Research Ethics Committe (AREC) if carried out abroad. The Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) ethically reviews research projects carried out by EPFL researchers and involving human participants and/or personal data.

Brain Mind Institute (BMI)

Researchers at the BMI develop and deploy technology to understand brain systems across scales from theory, to molecules, cells, circuits and behavior.

Neuro-X Institute (INX)

The alliance of neurosciences, neurotechnology and neurocomputation, for medicine.

Ecosystem

Events

EPFL Neuro Memento

BMI Distinguished Seminar // Michael Schmid: Vision in Health and Disease: Parallel Pathways and Prosthetic Restoration

 12.11.2025   12:1513:15

Speaker: Michael Schmid, University of Fribourg, CH
Location:  SV 1717 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Vision & Cognition Seminar // Felix Wichmann: Object recognition in humans and DNNs

 13.11.2025   14:0015:00

Speaker: Felix Wichmann, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Location:  SV 2615
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Neuro-X seminar: Dr Carolina Aguilar – Scaling Precision Neuroelectronics: From Frontier Materials to Future Therapies

 14.11.2025   09:1510:15

Speaker: Dr Carolina Aguilar
Location:  AAC 2 31
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Markram & Priestley Labs

 19.11.2025   12:1513:15

Speaker: TBD & Margaret Lane
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Dysfunctional motor synapse refinement in ALS

 21.11.2025  

Speaker: Marine Van Campenhoudt
Location:  SV 1717 &  Online
Category: Thesis defenses
Target audience: General public

BMI Seminar // Lukas Van Oudenhove: Small Molecules, Big Impact? Short-chain fatty acids as microbiota-gut-brain axis mediators of human psychophysiology

 26.11.2025   12:1513:15

Speaker: Lukas Van Oudenhove, KU Leuven University, Belgium
Location:  SV 1717 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

La Manno & Zenk Labs

 03.12.2025   12:1513:15

Speaker: TBD
Location:  SV 1717
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

BMI Seminar // Bassem Hassan

 10.12.2025   12:1513:15

Speaker: Bassem Hassan, Paris Brain Institute, ICM, FR
Location:  SV 1717 &  Online
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Vision & Cognition Seminar // Gregory Francis – Grouping, selection, and segmentation

 11.12.2025   14:0015:00

Speaker: Gregory Francis, Affiliation: Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
Location:  SV 2615
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

Vision & Cognition Seminar // MIYoung Kwon – From retinal encoding to oculomotor adaptation: Crowding as a window into visual adaptation under degraded viewing

 17.12.2025   14:0015:00

Speaker: MIYoung Kwon, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Location:  SV 2615
Category: Conferences – Seminars
Target audience: Informed public

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Important Neuro Conferences