LEM x LFIM BBQ 2026

After two years it becomes a tradition, no? We enjoyed the sun and returned to Les Îles for yet another wonderful BBQ with our and Wendy Queen’s team!

July 2025

EPFL Campus Summer Party

Some of us made joined the EPFL campus party and had a blast - of course raclette can’t be missing at a Swiss party ever!

June 2025

Farewell to Prof. Zach

We bid farewell to our very own Prof. VanOrman, as he starts his own group at Hope College in the US - thank you for everything you have done for our team, we will miss you, but stay in touch as we witness all the great science that will come out of your lab!

May 2025

Summer has arrived in Switzerland!

We enjoyed some sunny days with spritz and good vibes - and a few brave ones even went for a swim!

April 2025

Collage of people enjoying winter activities, including skiing and curling, and dining indoors.

Winter Group Retreat 2025

The Winter Group Retreat in Crans-Montana was a success!

3 days of beautiful nature, great companionship, awesome food, curling (spin manipulation remains a theme)! To a new year of great science and fun together!

January 2025

Group of people at a holiday party with a variety of desserts and a buffet table.

Thanksgiving celebration with LFIM

We celebrated our first Thanksgiving in Switzerland! Teaming up with LFIM (Queen group), we fried the turkey and enjoyed a feast that lasted the entire day! We are so grateful for the wonderful time and the amazing people who made this possible!

November 2024

Group of smiling people sitting at a restaurant table with plates of food; outdoors, a person standing with a bottle and city skyline in the background.

Kinga onboarding and celebration

We are so back in 2024! Group lunch to celebrate Kinga joining us as part of her Master’s at Oxford, and she immediately got great news to celebrate reg. her upcoming PhD at Imperial College with Aron as well!

January 2024

Collage of group outdoor activities, cooking, and gathering indoors with friends.

Group Winter Outing!

included hiking, Feuerzangenbowle, cookie baking and so much more… we celebrated a year full of great science and lots of fun!

December 2023

Group of eight people smiling, one person being playfully held up horizontally by others, standing in front of a brick wall.

Rowland Holiday Party

Note: Sascha did not come up with the whole lifting idea…

December 2023

Collage of three dining scenes with groups of well-dressed people enjoying meals together in restaurant settings.

MRS Fall Meeting 2023

lots of talks by our group means lots of food needed as fuel!

November 2023

Collage of two men smiling, one wearing a "My First Thanksgiving" bib, next to a Thanksgiving meal with turkey, ham, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, green beans, and a roasted turkey in a pan.

Thanksgiving = Friendsgiving

November 2023

Halloween 2023, Feldmann Lab at the Rowland Institute

Halloween at the Rowland!

October 2023

Not so formal Friday in the Feldmann Lab

Formal Friday! (except for Sascha…)

And we also welcome Ben to the group!

September 2023

Group photo and baked goods to celebrate Langa

Welcome to & birthday bagels for Langa!

Langa’s onboarding in the group coincided with her birthday -> birthday bagels deluxe (and pastries)!

June 2023

Inter-group social with the Aizenberg Lab

Inter-Group Happy Hour!

Social with our friends from Joanna Aizenberg’s Lab after a great talk by Matteo Mitrano!

May 2023

St. Patrick’s Day

What better way to celebrate Marcel joining our team than having a joint group social with American Pub food? Lot’s of fun with friends from the Reece and Aizenberg Labs!

March 2023