.: EPFL SV- Life Science Symposium, August 29th -31st, 2012
Global Health meets Infection Biology
Every year the School of Life Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) holds a major international symposium on its campus: the EPFL Life Science Symposium (LSS).
This year's edition, the LSS2012, will be organized by the Global Health Institute (GHI). It will take place August 29th -31st, 2012 in Auditorium SG1 (SG building) under the title "Global Health meets Infection Biology".
This two and a half-day event is structured around four core themes that will each feature several high profile speakers from around the world:
- Global Health
- Evolutionary genomics of pathogens and their hosts
- Mechanisms of infection
- Innovative interventions
+ six short talks selected from abstracts submitted
Symposium format: featured talks by invited speakers / short talks selected from submitted abstracts / poster session / Life Sciences Fair (industry exhibit)
Registration (mandatory) closes on August 24th 2012
A special session of LSS2012 will be dedicated to presenting the annual Debiopharm Group Life Sciences Award 2012, which this year will honour a young European investigator below the age of 45, active in the field of INFECTIOUS DISEASES & IMMUNOLOGY, as well as the Junior Debiopharm Group Life Sciences Award 2012, that will honour young researchers (postdocs or group leaders) under the age of 33 working at a Swiss institution in the wider area of CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Download Program (pdf)
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