2024 BEL-PEL Conference

8^th BEL-PEL Conference on Emerging Topics in Science

Saturday, 9^th November 2024
Department BSSE of ETH Zurich, Klingelbergstrasse 48, 4056 Basel
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Program

9:30 – 10:00 Welcome Coffee

10:00 – 10:15 Andreas Hierlemann (ETHZ, BEL)

Welcome and introduction

10:15 – 10:35 external page Carolina Nunes, external page Jana Petr (ETHZ, BEL)

Human-derived Rett syndrome electrophysiology for the development of new therapies
Visualizing long-term cellular dynamics in an organotypic brain tumor model

10:35 – 10:55 external page Annalisa Bucci (Institute of Ophthalmology, Basel, CH)

Synchronization of visual perception within the human fovea

10:55 – 11:15 external page Rene Lenggenhager (Chairman Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology, METAS)

From apprenticeship to PhD: my journey through the Swiss educational system

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:05 Petra Dittrich (ETHZ, D-BSSE)

Droplets – constant dripping wears away the stone

12:05 – 12:25 Andreas Güntner (ETHZ, D-MAVT)

Mobile health sensing tools: from nanotechnology to devices

12:25 – 12:45 external page Elise Aeby (CSEM, Neuchâtel, CH)

Tools for life science

12:45 – 12:50 Group Photo (Atrium)

12:50 – 15:00 Lunch and Optional Lab Tours

15:00 – 15:20 external page Mark Allen (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA)

Reflections on 35 years of microfabricated magnetics

15:20 – 15:40 external page Tobias Gänswein, external page Amanzhol Kurmashev (ETHZ, BEL)

Investigating network dynamics and connectivity across cortical layers
From static to dynamic: advancing in vitro studies of bacterial infection and antibiotic resistance

15:40 – 16:00 external page Alissa M. Fitzgerald (Fitzgerald & Associates, Burlingame, CA, USA)

The future of MEMS