Scientists share knowledge

We inform the public about current research topics in the life sciences and at the same time facilitate dialogue with the public. Our goal is to make current scientific topics more accessible through personal contact with researchers.

We coonect school classes and other interested groups together with life science researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. Scientists present their reserach topics and answer questions.

Are you interested in a personal exchange with scientists? Do you have questions you would like to ask them directly? Get in touch with us!

Duration: 45 min. (1 lesson), 25 min. presentation and 20 min. discussion
Format: usually virtual via Zoom (some exchanges are possible in person / on-site, these topics are marked with (*)
Target group:s children (7 - 13 years), teenagers (14 - 18 years), adults
Experts: Researchers (Master's students, doctoral students, post-doctoral students, lecturers, professors) at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich

You can register via email at info@lifescience.uzh.ch

List of Topics

1. Human biology & Medicine

	Topic	Key words	Target audience
1.1	Fighting the enemy inside out: the implication of bacterial microbiota in invasive infection	commensal, probiotics, innate immunity, pathogen, infection, antibiotic resistance, human upper respiratory tract	Teenagers , adults
1.2	Gut microbiome, antibiotic resistance, vaccination, new vaccines	Vaccine, antibiotics, bacteria, microbiota, metabolic diseases, neonatal health, salmonella, E. coli, breath analysis	Children, teenager and adults

2. Engineering and Biology

	Topic	Key words	Target audience
2.1	Tissue Engineering	substitutes, wound healing, macrophage, Regenerative Medicine and Immunotherapy	Children, teenagers and adults

3. Environmental Sciences

	Topic	Key words	Target audience
3.1	Biodiversity (*)	A brief history of life on planet Earth. Why are there so many species? Species depend on each other. The services of Biodiversity	Children

4. Plant Sciences

	Topic	Key words	Target audience
4.1	Plant Microbiology	plants, rhizosphere, bacteria, microorganism, agriculture	Children, teenagers and adults

5. Palaeontology

	Topic	Key words	Target audience
5.1	Evolutionary Biology	fossils, evolution, species, phylogenies, diversification, extinction	Children, teenagers and adults