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Coffee Lectures: The 37th series!

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With the new semester we start another series of Coffee Lectures with topics for students, assistants, and researchers. The 37th series of the Coffee Lectures begins on February 24, 2026.

Crash Courses Spring 2026

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Do you want to save a lot of time during your research or Master's project? The Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center offers a wide range of valuable crash courses on scientific information retrieval and visualization: Text-based literature search with Scopus, visualization with PyMOL or ChemDraw, ChatGPT for many applications, networking with LinkedIn, or information management with Obsidian. There is something for you too!

Events

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An introduction to using the scientific literature for material science students

Type of Event: Introduction
Language: German
Time: 12:45–14:30
Place: HCI D 451

General overview of the databases available at the ETH Zurich and the information solutions and services of the Information Center

Organic Compounds: Synthesis and Properties

Type of Event: Introduction
Language: German
Time: 12:45–14:30
Place: to be announced

Introduction for the students of the Laboratory Course in Inorganic and Organic Chemistry 1 (2nd semester).

Ollama, LLMs on your device (No. 76)

Type of Event: Coffee Lecture
Language: English
Time: 13:00–13:10
Place: HCI G2 and https://ethz.zoom.us/j/63020946312

Ollama offers the possibility to run a chatbot on your device. We show you how.

DataWarrior (No. 77)

Type of Event: Coffee Lecture
Language: English
Time: 13:00–13:10
Place: HCI G2 and https://ethz.zoom.us/j/63020946312

DataWarrior is an open-source program run locally for visualization and analysis of chemical and biological data. Molecular structures can be uploaded, their physico-chemical properties calculated, and structure-activity relationship tables analyzed. 

ChemDraw Beginner

Type of Event: Workshop
Language: English
Time: 18:15–19:45
Place: to be announced

With Compicampus IT short courses, the Chemistry | Biology | Pharmacy Information Center offers a training course for ChemDraw.

Circos (No. 78)

Type of Event: Coffee Lecture
Language: English
Time: 13:00–13:10
Place: HCI G2 and https://ethz.zoom.us/j/63020946312

Circos visualizes data in a circular layout. Originally designed for comparative genomics, it can display complex relationships among diverse data and transform dense tables into beautiful, publication-quality figures.