Researcher portraits, Research
… the competitive exams in science, David Néron thought he was destined to become a teacher. However... “My initial … can test their ideas much more quickly and save valuable time with their innovative work,” explains David Néron. The … of the future In addition to being dedicated to students planning to undertake long, research-intensive studies and …
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… characteristics. The goal is to better anticipate the undesirable effects of treatments, which often continue after … are still poorly understood. The Intertox project was created in order to better understand these phenomena. … it be communicated? Should the risk be quantified at the time it is communicated? Should strategies for managing …
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… political, social and cultural developments. Frank Georgi was admitted to the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud in 1981. At the same time, he took history courses at Université Paris 1 … movement evolved to align itself with socialism, democratic planning, the social ownership of the means of production …
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… of this evolution. These special algorithms mimic the way the brain works to solve complex problems. "The human … they have to learn everything all at once. Every time they learn something new, they almost instantly forget … of anti-ferrous materials, etc." This is why the C2N team plans to accommodate PhD thesis students and post-doctoral …
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… work at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (ICP). "I was already studying biological phenomena at the molecular … at the University of California, Riverside (USA), she was hired in 2003 as a lecturer at Université Paris-Sud (now … working conditions directly, and within a reasonable time frame." This involvement reflects her taste for …
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… specific phenomena and eventually lead to public health or waste management issues. Although relatively weak, the … radiation is in fact sufficient to penetrate one to two centimetres into living tissue. Radon ( 222 Rn), produced by … of stars, is found on Earth as a byproduct of radioactive waste processing and accounts for 99% of man-made …
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… into Latin between 1258 and 1266. Maaike van der Lugt was particularly interested in how this knowledge, ranging … historiques. (Heredity between the Middle Ages and modern times. Historical perspectives.) "I studied the concept of … In particular, they look at how scholars of the time planned to modify or influence the generative process, and …
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… de Versailles - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. In 2008, she was accepted into a professional Master's programme and … "I didn't touch a single lab bench for three years!" She was aiming to model the olfactory process, from the capture … a sequence revealing the protein's dynamic life on a time scale down to the microsecond (µs or 10 -9 s). "This …
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… soil bacteria to degrade pollutants of human origin." It was also during this time that she met her future husband, a Frenchman, and made … working on viruses that infect archaea. "Having always worked on bacteria up until then, I began to take an … soil bacteria to degrade pollutants of human origin." It was also during this time that she met her future husband, a …
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… reductive groups. He won the 2023 Jacques Herbrand Prize, awarded by the French Academy of Sciences for solving the … from his years at secondary school in Lithuania. "At the time, I was lucky enough to take part in the International … reductive groups. He won the 2023 Jacques Herbrand Prize, awarded by the French Academy of Sciences for solving the …
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… people and is incubated at IncubAlliance Paris-Saclay. It plans to recruit five more employees by 2025, and expand the … in the event of impact, including containers for nuclear waste storage, stratospheric balloons in aeronautics, drones … in fuel cells. Expanding into new markets At the same time, AM3L is exploring porous tooling. "Our idea is to …
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… to understand how labour is divided among social insects. Awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2024, Julie Carcaud is … genetically modified bees, the neurons light up in real time. Using a suitable microscope, Julie Carcaud can then … producing genetically modified bees is also a considerable achievement, as this is particularly difficult with …
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