WPF Events

Past Events

  • Thu 13. Sep 2012
    12:00

    Research and teaching in favour of a more sustainable World Food System. Is there a female perspective in natural science?

    In the labs: Odour perception in the brain and female insects’ behaviour; insects on the move. Also: The successful students’ debate. Experience of being Head of an ETH Department.

    Speaker: Silvia Dorn

    • ETHZ Environmental Systems Science D-USYS

    In the labs: Odour perception in the brain and female insects’ behaviour; insects on the move. Also: The successful students’ debate. Experience of being Head of an ETH Department.

    Schmelzbergstrasse 7, Room LFO G 28

  • Mon 22. Oct 2012
    12:00

    Research on ultrafast lasers and attosecond science

    Included a tour of some of the labs. Insight on how to grow a new high-risk research effort after about 10 years and into the experience of being a Director of NCCR MUST (Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology).

    Speaker: Ursula Keller

    • ETHZ Physics D-PHYS

    Included a tour of some of the labs. Insight on how to grow a new high-risk research effort after about 10 years and into the experience of being a Director of NCCR MUST (Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology).

    ETH Hönggerberg Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 16, Room HPT E 13

  • Mon 26. Nov 2012
    12:00

    Fate and transport of inorganic contaminants in aquatic systems

    Also: Insight on the rewards and challenges of academic leadership and into the experience of being a Director of a 450-person Federal Research Institute.

    Speaker: Janet Hering

    • ETHZ Environmental Systems Science D-USYS
    • EPFL Environmental Engineering IIE

    Also: Insight on the rewards and challenges of academic leadership and into the experience of being a Director of a 450-person Federal Research Institute.

    Clausiusstrasse, Room CLA J1

  • Wed 27. Feb 2013
    12:00

    How bacteria and cells recognize physical aspects of their environment

    Speaker: Prof. Dr. Viola Vogel In the Labs: Exploration on how cells and bacteria exploit proteins as mechano-chemical switches to sense physical properties of materials and of tissue fibers.

    Speaker: Prof. Dr. Viola Vogel

    In the Labs: Exploration on how cells and bacteria exploit proteins as mechano-chemical switches to sense physical properties of materials and of tissue fibers.

    ETH Hönggerberg Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, Room HCI E 401

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