Nerd Nite : Microscopy, Antibodies and Digitalization

Let's gather around to learn about our immune system, digitalization, and structural biology!

Nerd Nite is a free monthly event that invites participants to give short, fun, and informative presentations on all kinds of topics while the audience enjoys a drink. Our passionate speakers will share their expertise and ideas on a variety of topics.Each presentation will last between 15 and 20 minutes, followed by questions. A break between each presentation allows participants to refill their drinks and chat about the presented topics... or about something else entirely. Come meet new nerdy people !

Lineup for March 27th :

🦠Seeing the Invisible: The Shapes That Changed Biology🔬

How do you discover the shape of something so small that even light can’t see it? This talk tells the funny and very human story of structural biology, the field that figured out what DNA, proteins, and viruses actually look like. From incorrect metal models of DNA and blurry “blob” images to the recent arrival of AI that can predict protein shapes in seconds. Along the way, we’ll see how understanding the molecular machinery changed medicine, biology, and the way we imagine ourselves at the smallest scale.

About the presenter: Inzhu is doing her PhD in structural biology in IGBMC in Illkirch. When she is not further destroying her eyesight by looking at gray and blurry images of extremely small things on a computer screen in a dark room, she surprisingly enjoys socializing and is not afraid of sunlight at all 🧛‍♀️

📱Open-source digitalization in a factory 🏭

How using open-source software in an industrial environment can lead to immediate value for everyone in a factory. Ensuring data quality is kept while letting employees developing their own tools is possible and even needed. We’ll talk about software architecture, sustainability, ontologies, and people!

About the presenter: H-Yanis has a PhD in materials science and has been working in data science for the Li-ion battery cell manufacturing industry for the past 10 years

​🔬Monoclonal antibodies: Medicine for the Modern Era 🧫

Each and every one of us has antibodies running through our veins. As an essential part of our immune system, they recognise threats, neutralise invaders, and provide us with immunological memory to prevent the flu that knocked you off your feet for a week from doing so a second time. The human immune repertoire can generate up to 10 trillion different antibodies, enough to bind and neutralise almost any potential menace, including pathogens or molecules that do not even exist yet. So how does this amazing system come to be? How can we harness this incredible resource to expand its usefulness beyond its evolutionary function of fighting infection? And what does monoclonal even mean? 

About the presenter: Conor completed his PhD in pharmaceutical sciences at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Illkirch and is currently working as an account manager specialising in monoclonal antibody development at ProteoGenix. When not developing these multi-functional molecules, he likes running, doing yoga (both good for the immune system!), and getting frustrated while following geopolitics and current affairs (not so good for the immune system).

Drinks and snacks will be available at the Association's bar.

Do you wish to present ? Contact us !