S4L Cafés

The S4L Cafés are an attractive meeting place for new and established scientists from our S4L community. Typically, a S4L Café hosts two  presentations with speakers from different backgrounds, presenting and discussing their latest research on related scientific topics. 

The goal is to promote community building among the more fundamental and technology-oriented researchers of Utrecht life sciences, and to inspire each other with examples of ongoing research and technologies. Participants come from the whole S4L community, ranging from the Faculties of Science and Veterinary Medicine, UMCU, Princess Maxima Centre and the Hubrecht Institute. The science part is followed by drinks & bites, so S4L Cafés are inspiring and fun to attend!Upcoming S4L Cafés are also announced under events
 

Monday, January 13, 2025
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16:00 to 17:30 hrs. (incl. drinks)
David de Wiedgebouw, M2.01

Past events:

Monday September 23, 2024
Under attack: host-pathogen interactions in (zombie)ants and humans

Charissa de Bekker, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science
Karin Strijbis, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Monday, June 3, 2024
Pan-genomes to uncover host adaptation in plant and animal pathogens
Michael Seidl, Microbial Genome Evolution Team, Institute of Biodynamics and Biocomplexity, Faculty of Science
Aldert Zomer, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Monday, March 25, 2024
In vivo and in vitro models to study neurodegenerative diseases   
Tessa Sinnige, Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science
Paula Perez Pardo, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science


Monday September 18, 2023
Cellular dynamics, quantitative imaging and organoids for cancer treatment
Anne Rios, Princess Máxima Centre for Pediatric Oncology
Saskia Suijkerbuijk, Institute of Biodynamics and Biocomplexity, Faculty of Science

June 19, 2023
Modeling and AI for the Life Sciences
Monica Garcia Gomez, Theoretical Biology, Institute of Biodynamics and Biocomplexity, Faculty of Science
Sanne Abeln, AI Technology for Life, Dept. of Information and Computing Sciences, Faculty of Science

April 17, 2023
Regulators and intruders of intercellular communication by Extracellular Vesicles
Frederik Verweij, Institute of Biodynamics and Biocomplexity, Fac. of Science
Esther Nolte-‘t Hoen, Dept. Biomolecular Health Sciences, Fac. of Veterinary Medicine

March 6, 2023
The sense(ing) of oxygen in plants and fabricated mammalian tissues
Daan Weits, Institute of Environmental Biology 
Mylene de Ruijter, UMCU, Dept. of Orthopedics

June 13, 2022
Brain functioning: cellular dynamics and quantum consciousness
Corette Wierenga, Institute of Biodynamics and Biocomplexity  
Cristiane de Morais Smith, Institute for Theoretical Physics 

March 28, 2022
Mitosis
Geert Kops, Hubrecht Institute
Susanne Lens, UMCU  

January 24, 2022 (online) 
Wonders of the Microbiome
Aletta Kraneveld, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences 
Ronnie de Jonge, Institute of Environmental Biology 

September 20, 2021 (online)
Epithelial cell polarisation and specialization in C. elegans
Mike Boxem, Institute of Biodynamics and Biocomplexity, Utrecht University 
Signalling dynamics in the control of embryonic development and tissue homeostasis
Katharina Sonnen, Hubrecht Institute  

May 31, 2021 (online)
Gene Expression Dynamics
Marvin Tanenbaum, Hubrecht Institute 
Corona Viruses in Humans and Animals
Raoul de Groot, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

March 29, 2021 (online)
Unravelling metabolic dependencies in cancer and autoimmunity
Celia Berkers, Faculties of Science and Veterinary Medicine
Ribosomal profiling in single cells
Alexander van Oudenaarden, Hubrecht Institute