FameLab 2026 brings young researchers to the stage to share their science in just three minutes. The Basel semi-final took place on 3 June at 6:30 pm at Verso.
FameLab is an international science communication competition that gives young scientists a stage to inspire audiences around the world. Their challenge: explain a scientific topic in just three minutes – convincingly, creatively and without slides.
Thanks to all participants, the jury members, Kelly and Aurelie for making this an amazing evening!
And congrats to Mohammed, Anna, and Sofia for reaching the Swiss final.
These were the participants:
- Victoria Brugada Ramentol “The Algorithm Knows Your Brain”
- Claudia Nguyen “Uncertain: Superbugs and Where to Find Them: Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance Over Time and Space”
- Meltem Gönel “When the vessels go on strike: Why Successfully Treating a Stroke Is Sometimes Not Enough to Save the Brain”
- Michael Lukas Keller “A Toast to Potential: What a skin cell can tell us about dementia”
- Sofia Garipova “Rolling stones that save our lives”
- Anna Uzonyi “Scars are cool, but dolphins are cooler”
- Leonie Seefeldt “Slaying Sleeping Beauty”
- Mohamed El Fakiri “The Radioactive Pop”
- Marta López Gilberte “How far we’ll go: The unknown waters of fitness and assisted reproduction”
- Cristina Cipriano “Who decides which nature survives?”
Important Dates
- Semi-Final Bern, 30 April 2026
- Semi-Final Zurich, 6 May 2026
- Semi-Final Lausanne, 20 May 2026
- Semi-Final Basel, 3 June 2026
- Virtual Master Class on 13 & 14 June 2026 (mandatory for all national finalists)
- National Final on 6 September 2026 in Bern
- International Final – December 2026