Excellence in Biomaterials — EPFL BioE Days 2025, Joint Symposium with SSB+RM2025
EPFL Rolex Learning Center (RLC) Forum, August 20-22, 2025
Join us for the 2025 edition of the Bioengineering Day / SSB+RM Annual Meeting. This interdisciplinary symposium brings together leading researchers at the forefront of bioengineering, nanomedicine, and molecular biotechnology. With a program featuring exceptional invited speakers and emerging talents, the meeting will explore cutting-edge strategies for engineering biological interfaces, from DNA nanotechnology and synthetic biology to immune modulation and regenerative medicine.
The event provides a vibrant platform for scientific exchange, highlighting innovation, excellence, and translational potential in bioengineering.
Program
updated: 03.06.2025
A. Satellite Event — Young Scientist (YS) Meeting
Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025 / venue: RLC Forum
| 14:00–15:00 | Welcome by doctoral students of the EDBB program Pitches by EPFL labs offering visits (labs/speakers TBA) |
| 15:00–16:30 | Guided lab visits / various buildings (TBA) |
| 16:30 | Apéro and social program (lakeside picnic), open-ended |
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 / venue: RLC Forum
| 09:00–09:30 | Registration |
| 09:030–09:40 | Welcome |
| 09:40–10:45 | Short Student Talks (10’ each): 3 from EPFL, 3 from SSB+RM |
| 10:45–11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–11:45 | Career Talks (TBA) |
| 11.45–12:30 | Career Panel Discussion (Panelists TBA; lunch bags provided) |
B. Main Event
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025 / venue: EPFL Rolex Learning Center (RLC) Forum
| 12:30–13:3 | Registration |
| 13:40–14:20 | Keynote Talk: Kam Leong, Columbia University, New York (USA) Design of Nucleic Acid-Binding Biomaterials for Inflammatory Diseases |
| 14:20–15:05 | Contributed Talks — 3 x 15 min (speakers TBA) |
| 15:05–15:35 | Coffee Break |
| 15:35–16:00 | Invited Talk: Eileen Gentleman, University of Lausanne (CH) Synthetic Hydrogels Reveal a Role for ILC1 in Intestinal Epithelial and Matrix Remodelling |
| 16:00–17:00 | Contributed Talks — 4 x 15 min (speakers TBA) |
| 17:00–17:30 | SSB+RM General Assembly |
| 17:30–19:00 | Networking Apéro & Poster Session (1) |
| 19:00–22:00 | Social Evening: outdoor BBQ Dinner with music / venue: Rolex Learning Center Arches |
Friday, Aug. 22, 2025 / venue: EPFL Rolex Learning Center (RLC) Forum
| 09:00–09:40 | Keynote Talk: Carlijn Bouten, Technical University, Eindhoven (NL) Material-Driven In Situ Tissue Regeneration |
| 09:40–10:05 | Invited Talk: Xiao-Hua Qin, ETH Zurich (CH) Microarchitected Biomaterials: Geometry-Guided Tissue Morphogenesis |
| 10:05–10:30 | Invited Talk: Simone Schürle-Finke, ETH Zurich (CH) Engineering and Controlling Biohybrid Microrobots for Therapeutic Interventions |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Award Talks: Hubbell-Swartz Young Bioengineer Award, Finalists’ Talks — 4 x 15 min (speakers TBA) SSB+RM Award Talk (speaker TBA) |
| 12:30–14:00 | Buffet Lunch & Poster Session (2) |
| 14:00–14:25 | Invited Talk: Matteo D’Este, AO Davos (CH) Shaping Polymers Into Cell-Instructive Constructs for Musculoskeletal Applications |
| 14:25–15:10 | Contributed Talks — 3 x 15 min (speakers TBA) |
| 15:10–15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30–16:00 | Contributed Talks — 2 x 15 min (speakers TBA) |
| 16:00–16:40 | Keynote Talk: Cole DeForest, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (USA) Engineering Native Biological Complexity From the Inside-Out and Outside-in |
| 16:40–16:50 | Award Ceremony: Announcement of Laureates of Hubbell-Swartz Young Bioengineer Award SSB+RM Award Poster Award EDBB Doctoral Distinctions 2025 IBI Lebowski/Lebowska Award |
| 16:50–17:00 | Closing Remarks and Farewell |
| 17:00 | End of Symposium |
Conference Fees
| in CHF | Early Bird | After July 15 |
| Students | 200 | 250 |
| + YS with lunch box | 215 | 265 |
| everyone else | 300 | 350 |
Abstract Submission
Submit your abstract here using this template.
Abstract submission deadline: July 15
Notification on acceptance: July 22
(Note! Only single page .docx files will be accepted!)
Location and Directions
Rolex Learning Center EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Public Transportation
Staying in Lausanne
Information to follow.
Organisation
Meeting chairs:
TBA
Local organizing committee:
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