Public Events Calendar

The global science festival Pint of Science events take place every year across 500 cities and 27 countries and are growing in popularity. A number of science-based presentations are arranged in local pubs with the main objective of bringing science to the general public in a relaxed and casual environment. 

In 2025, we are looking forward to organising the event again in bars and pubs between May 19-21. Every year during the festival people come to the local bars to hear funny, relaxed and informative talks from local scientists and learn something new about the world and the human society. Here is the opportunity for you to meet people eager to share their research over a pint of beer!

A Picture Says More Than a Thousand Words: Striking Visuals to Communicate Complex Science

Fabienne Estermann (PhD Student, Biozentrum, University of Basel)

As scientists, we are incredibly enthusiastic about what we do, but it's often hard to translate it into understandable information for people outside of our little scientific bubble. And this is exactly, where good graphics and illustrations can help us the most! In my talk I’ll show you how I have used visuals to communicate some of our research with friends, family, the public, and high-school students.

Literal Metaphors

Jonathan Moy de Vitry (Videographer/Producer, Right Here/Right Now Productions)

Communicating science visually is often a delicate balance between presenting all the subtleties and context of a topic and creating something that is understandable, even aesthetically pleasing, to the audience. Where is the line between elegant simplicity and oversimplification? How far can one take artistic interpretation without distorting the concept? What ethical considerations come into play?

As a filmmaker working with fields ranging from AI to psychiatric neuroscience and geology, I face these questions on a regular basis. And, while my talk might not have all the answers, I hope it will lay the groundwork for you to create beautiful and informative visuals of your own

Remembrance Membrane – Ideonella sakaiensis and PET

Robert Kirov (MA Student, FHNW-HGK IAGN)

My focus is unambiguous: sustainability in today's world. I aim to establish an aesthetic sensitivity that bridges boundaries and allows glimpses into the future while incorporating cutting-edge scientific research. I am currently working with a material scientist on a project. We are researching bacterial decomposition of a PET sculpture. The bacteria culture in question is called Ideonella sakaiensis and its ability to degrade plastic waste is very promising. This work shows the vital importance of an essentially invisible microbe to human existence and questions the widely hold assumption that complex life emerged from simple organisms. The other way around is more likely. Life sprang into existence from an unfathomable degree of complexity.

Pint of Science Basel 2025

19 May 2025

• from 18:30 pm – Klara, Clarastrasse 13, 4058 Basel: Connecting Art and Science
• from 18:30 pm – Didi Offensiv, Erasmusplatz 12, 4057 Basel: Built by Science: From Mini-Organs to Machine Minds

20 May 2025

• from 19.00 pm – Klara, Clarastrasse 13, 4058 Basel: Investition Gesundheit: Kosten verstehen, Bewegung nutzen
• from 18:30 pm – Didi Offensiv, Erasmusplatz 12, 4057 Basel: Bodies in Motion: Evolution’s Shape-Shifting Story

21 May 2025

• from 18:30 pm – Klara, Clarastrasse 13, 4058 Basel: Brain and Development: Unlocking the Secrets of Learning and Adaptation
• from 18:30 pm – Manabar, Güterstrasse 99, 4053 Basel: Quantum Technologies: Signal in the Noise?