Nerd Nite Strasbourg

22/04/2026

Did you know you can win a drink every Nerd Nite? 🍻

Join us at 6:30pm as we kick things off with a fun quiz to start the evening. It’s the perfect chance to test your knowledge.

Answer correctly, win the quiz, and you’ll be rewarded with a well-deserved drink, not a bad way to begin the night! 🎆

Come early, grab a seat, and get ready for a lively atmosphere, good vibes, and a great time.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!🎉

17/04/2026

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18:30 Pre-Talk Quiz Challenge !Before the talk begins, we’ll kick things off with a quick and fun quiz! Everyone can try to answer a short set of questions for the chance to win a free drink Come early, join in, and test your knowledge!

14/04/2026

Nerd Nite is back!
Looking for a fun, curious, and slightly nerdy night out? Join us for Nerd Nite, a free monthly event where passionate speakers share fascinating ideas on all kinds of topics… while you enjoy a drink 🍻
Each talk lasts around 30 minutes and is followed by a Q&A. In between, take a break to refill your glass, chat about the talks… or anything else entirely.
💬 Come for the talks, stay for the conversations, and meet new nerdy people!
April 24th
📍 Le Shadok
Doors open: 18:00
🧩 Quiz: 18:30 (join us and try to win a free drink!)
First talk: 19:00
💻⚛️ How to build a quantum computer; AKA physicists are wizards 🧙
Quantum computing: Maybe you’ve heard of this burgeoning technology, or maybe your eyes start to glaze over when you hear the word “qubit”. Quantum computing is incredible, but it’s also super complicated. That’s a problem because it’s impossible to appreciate something you don’t understand.
I want to show you how to build your very own quantum computer while also convincing you of something else: physicists are wizards. No, maybe we don’t fly on broomsticks or shoot fireballs, but lasers are pretty close. I want to show you that the cutting edge of physics and technology is just as astounding as a magic spell (albeit well understood), no math required.
🌍🧐 The earth isn't flat, but do you know how you know that?
We all know the earth isn't flat... right ? There is loads of evidence of this... right ? But does all that evidence come from a real sceptic perspective, or are we all repeating what we were taught in schools without really knowing how to justify this belief in the "globe earth"?
Let's analyze what are good arguments in favor of the scientific worldview in the playground of conspiracy theories in order to better prepare ourselves and the people around us against bad arguments and ideas.
Drinks & snacks available at the bar
🎤 Want to present at a future Nerd Nite? Contact us!

26/03/2026

Up next 🎙️🎙️ He’ll tell you what your immune system is up to !!🧬

Meet Conor 👇

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).😬

See you tomorrow at Le Shadok 🥳

Bring your curiosity, we’ll bring the science 🍻🔬

25/03/2026

Meet the speakers taking over this week!!!

She sees what the eye never could 👀

Meet Inzhu, one of our three speakers! 🔬

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🧛‍♀️

Come find out what she's been staring at in the dark!!🔎

Friday at Le Shadok 🥳

18/03/2026

Science. Drinks. Good people. Every month, Nerd Nite brings together curious minds for short, fun, and surprisingly fascinating talks on just about anything.🔬🔭🎨Come grab a drink and get your mind blown 🤯
This month we’re diving into immune systems, industrial digitalization & the invisible shapes that changed biology forever. Come meet new nerdy people! 🤓
This time we have:

🦠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).

📍 Le Shadok
📅 March 27th
💸 FREE entry
Want to present at a future Nerd Nite? Slide into our DMs 👇

30/01/2026

In February we'll talk about love, s*x, loneliness, and relationships in a resolutely modern way !
Bring your partner(s), situationship, AI boyfriend, waifu body pillow, or just come on your own and meet some really cool people there !

22/01/2026

Let's shake thinks up with Saksham ! Join us tomorrow at Le Shadok for an evening of discoveries 🍻🤓

Saksham is a 2nd-year PhD student at Institut de Physique de Paris studying geophysics, specifically earthquakes. He has a double masters degree in solid earth sciences and now he is pursuing his academic interests forward. 🌏💥
With a very goofy personality, he likes to make lame jokes and annoy people in his free time. 😁

🔜Join us at Nerd Nite : https://fb.me/e/6MTNLhHSs

21/01/2026

On Friday, we'll play chess with Ananya to better understand Immunity ! ♟️🧪

Ananya is a second year PhD student who is currently "two-timing" her research labs in IGBMC and IBMC. Her research is to explore the functions of the enigmatic proteins C19orf12 and Nazo using mammalian cells and drosophila fly cells. 🐶🪰

🔜Join us at Nerd Nite : https://fb.me/e/6MTNLhHSs

20/01/2026

Come meet Olivier on friday ! 👋

Olivier plays Lego everyday... but with molecules 🧱🧪

Trained as a physicist in London (yes, he survived both the rain and unsweetened tea ☔️), Olivier then dived into organic chemistry for his PhD in Grenoble . Not content with just making molecules, he jetted off to Switzerland to shine polymers with light at the University of Bern ✈️🇨🇭✨.

Now back in France as a permanent researcher at CNRS Strasbourg 🔬, Olivier is on a mission: to coax polymers into becoming eco-friendly, high-performance electronic devices 🌱⚡️.

His dream? Organic disposable devices that could instantly tell you if water is drinkable… or at least tell you if your beer has gone bad 🍺😅.

With his team, he designs new materials that conduct electricity like a boss, studies how chemical doping gives them superpowers 🦸‍♂️🧬, and uses fancy spectroscopy to peek into their secret lives . And the best part? He’s teaming up with scientists worldwide to make electronics cooler, greener, and more accessible 🌍🤝💚.

So if you’ve ever wondered what your electronic devices are made of, grab a drink and ask Olivier—he’s got answers (and probably a few bad science puns) 😄🔬.

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14/01/2026

Let's start the year by getting even nerdier 🤓😎

19/11/2025

Hello Everyone,

Nerd Nite Strasbourg is back with another fun series of presentations, snacks and beers. For the first time, we also have a small challenging quiz, before the three very interesting talks.

Get your free ticket and see you soon!

PS: you can find more details on Nerdnite and the talks on our 'events' page.