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EPFL Life Sciences

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The official account of EPFL's School of Life Sciences in Lausanne, Geneva and Sion 🇨🇭 We tweet in EN&FR. @EPFL_en

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EPFL@EPFL_enJun 29
A study led by the laboratory of Andrea Ablasser has mapped how thousands of genetic changes affect a protein central to immunity, inflammation, cancer, and rare immune diseases. actu.epfl.ch/news/mapping-th…
Mapping the hidden rules of a key immune sensor

Mapping the hidden rules of a key immune sensor

A study led by EPFL has mapped how thousands of genetic changes affect a protein central to immunity, inflammation, cancer, and rare immune diseases.

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Four ERC Advanced Grants to EPFL's School of Life Sciences actu.epfl.ch/news/four-erc-a… #ERCAdG
Four ERC Advanced Grants to EPFL's School of Life Sciences

Four ERC Advanced Grants to EPFL's School of Life Sciences

Four professors at EPFL’s School of Life Sciences, Gisou van der Goot, Felix Naef, Alexander Persat, and Pavan Ramdya, have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC).

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects Gisou van der Goot actu.epfl.ch/news/american-a… #epfl
American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects Gisou van der Goot

American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects Gisou van der Goot

EPFL professor Gisou van der Goot has been elected into membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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EPFL@EPFL_enApr 10
🦠 Scientists from EPFL show that cholera bacteria can exchange protective genes, including antiviral immune systems, when they live in aquatic environments. The finding helps explain how these pathogens survive viral attacks and evolve in marine habitats. actu.epfl.ch/news/how-choler…

How cholera bacteria swap defenses against viruses

EPFL researchers show that cholera bacteria can exchange protective genes, including antiviral immune systems, when they live in aquatic environments. The finding helps explain how these pathogens...

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EPFL@EPFL_enApr 13
Researchers at EPFL have discovered how oxygen-sensing explains why amphibians regenerate limbs and mammals do not. actu.epfl.ch/news/when-oxyge…
When oxygen determines if a limb can regrow

When oxygen determines if a limb can regrow

Researchers at EPFL have discovered how oxygen-sensing explains why amphibians regenerate limbs and mammals do not.

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🧠🏆@GioeleLaManno receives the Boehringer Ingelheim @FENSorg Research Award actu.epfl.ch/news/gioele-la-… #EPFL
Gioele La Manno receives the Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award

Gioele La Manno receives the Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award

EPFL neuroscientist Gioele La Manno has received the 2026 Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award for his contributions to our understanding of how the brain develops.

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When light boosts protein evolution actu.epfl.ch/news/when-light… #epfl
When light boosts protein evolution

When light boosts protein evolution

EPFL researchers have developed a light-based method that can produce proteins that switch states, respond to signals, and even compute, using light and the cell cycle.

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Three promotions in the Life Sciences actu.epfl.ch/news/three-prom… #epfl
Three promotions in the Life Sciences

Three promotions in the Life Sciences

The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL. Among them, Elisa Oricchio (ISREC), Jacques Fellay (GHI) and Bruno Correia (IBI) have been...

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EPFL joins $25 million research on cancer avoidance actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-joins… #epfl
EPFL joins $25 million research on cancer avoidance

EPFL joins $25 million research on cancer avoidance

Jacques Fellay’s lab at EPFL will lead data integration and analysis within the Cancer Grand Challenges ATLAS team, selected to investigate why some high-risk individuals never develop cancer.

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EPFL@EPFL_enMar 2
Researchers at EPFL, Heidelberg University and Roche have built a human mini-bladder to show how urine composition weakens bladder tissue, helping infections recur even after antibiotics. go.epfl.ch/4b354f
A human mini-bladder shows the culprit of recurrent infections

A human mini-bladder shows the culprit of recurrent infections

Researchers at EPFL, Heidelberg University and Roche have built a human mini-bladder to show how urine composition weakens bladder tissue, helping infections recur even after antibiotics.

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EPFL@EPFL_enFeb 27
New preclinical models for invasive lobular carcinoma have enabled the testing of a promising new drug that effectively slows tumor growth by targeting key features of the disease - opening the door to future clinical trials. go.epfl.ch/fd2a98
A promising new drug for an invasive type of breast cancer

A promising new drug for an invasive type of breast cancer

EPFL researchers have developed preclinical models for invasive lobular carcinoma and trialed a new drug. It slows tumor growth effectively by targeting specific features of the disease and opening...

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A two-layer safeguard for stem cell identity actu.epfl.ch/news/a-two-laye… #epfl
A two-layer safeguard for stem cell identity

A two-layer safeguard for stem cell identity

EPFL researchers uncover how two proteins work together to prevent stem cells from activating the wrong genetic programs.

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Pioneer factors steer chromatin remodeling for gene accessibility actu.epfl.ch/news/pioneer-fa… #epfl
Pioneer factors steer chromatin remodeling for gene accessibility

Pioneer factors steer chromatin remodeling for gene accessibility

Researchers at EPFL uncover how the pioneer factors OCT4-SOX2 and the BAF remodeling complex coordinate their actions on nucleosomes to regulate DNA accessibility.

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Electrical charges control gene expression actu.epfl.ch/news/electrical… #epfl
Electrical charges control gene expression

Electrical charges control gene expression

Researchers at EPFL reveal how subtle electrical properties of key gene‑regulating proteins shape how efficiently they find and activate genes inside cells.

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EPFL@EPFL_enFeb 13
Can neurons be rejuvenated to restore memory? Our scientists show that switching on three “reprogramming” genes in a very small group of memory-related neurons restored memory in aged mice and in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. go.epfl.ch/71bfb4
Rejuvenating neurons restores learning and memory in mice

Rejuvenating neurons restores learning and memory in mice

EPFL scientists report that briefly switching on three “reprogramming” genes in a small set of memory-trace neurons restored memory in aged mice and in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease to level of...

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EPFL@EPFL_enJan 29
🐻 Scientists from our university and Alaska Pacific University has developed an AI program that can recognize individual bears in the wild, despite the substantial changes that occur in their appearance over the summer season. go.epfl.ch/d8e2b4

AI enables a Who's Who of brown bears in Alaska

A team of scientists from EPFL and Alaska Pacific University has developed an AI program that can recognize individual bears in the wild, despite the substantial changes that occur in their appeara...

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EPFL@EPFL_enFeb 4
Neural interfaces are the winners of the 2026 Queen Elisabeth Prize for Engineering. Nine scientists are honoured, including J.Bloch and G.Courtine (EPF/UNIL/CHUV,) recognized for their development of electronic spinal stimulation technology. actu.epfl.ch/news/neuroscien…

Neurosciences get a royal reward

Neural interfaces are the winners of the 2026 Queen Elisabeth Prize for Engineering. Nine scientists are honoured, including Jocelyne Bloch and Grégoire Courtine, from EPFL and UNIL/CHUV, recognised...

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Juan Manuel García-Arcos joins EPFL as Ambizione Fellow actu.epfl.ch/news/juan-manue… #epfl
Juan Manuel García-Arcos joins EPFL as Ambizione Fellow

Juan Manuel García-Arcos joins EPFL as Ambizione Fellow

Juan Manuel García-Arcos has joined EPFL’s School of Life Sciences as an SNSF Ambizione Fellow, where he will carry out an independent research project hosted in the lab of Professor Pierre Gönczy.

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EPFL@EPFL_enJan 16
🧪 A new liver- and gut-targeted oral drug has shown, in a first clinical trial, its ability to reduce triglycerides and other blood lipids - major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, stroke, and pancreatitis. go.epfl.ch/502f54

First-in-human drug trial lowers high blood fats

In a Phase 1 clinical study, researchers led by EPFL and their partners report that a new liver- and gut-targeted oral drug can safely lower triglycerides and other blood lipids.

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EPFL@EPFL_en19 Dec 2025
Our scientists have identified a molecular pathway that protects cells from lipid oxidation and ferroptosis, a regulated form of cell death involved in aging and several diseases. go.epfl.ch/fa3d89
How cells survive oxidative stress

How cells survive oxidative stress

EPFL scientists have identified a molecular pathway that protects cells from lipid oxidation and ferroptosis, a regulated form of cell death involved in aging and several diseases.

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