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… PSL for eight years. A specialist in the mathematical and numerical modelling of complex phenomena, Bertrand Maury’s … from particle flows to the movement of crowds. He has been awarded a 2022 silver medal by the CNRS. Before graduating … Maury had never considered becoming a researcher. He was attracted by abstract mathematics, although the subject …
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… level. To achieve this, she is developing analytical methods based on fluorescence spectro-imaging. For the past … 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 …
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… and developing algorithms for simulating granular media and viscous suspensions for a better understanding of … directly linked to applications, the researcher, who has always claimed to apply mathematics to physics, is thriving in … set in motion by a towed ball . "Our models do not always take into account all the physics of the experiment. …
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… Paris-Sud (now Université Paris-Saclay) in 1985. It was there that she earned her master's degree and embarked … electrical circuits. Mathematically, she explored nonlinear dynamical systems, using bifurcation theory, often … the work of my probabilistic colleagues!" This question, bordering on metaphysics, is the common thread running …
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… Tamara Basta-Le Berre: understanding the molecular mechanisms at work in archaea Tamara Basta-Le Berre: … soil bacteria to degrade pollutants of human origin." It was also during this time that she met her future husband, a … Tamara Basta-Le Berre's career path has been anything but linear. "Since I started in research, I've always been …
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… of the Earth's formation from an early age. As a child, she was fascinated by a lecture given by Maurice and Katia … "My first contact with the theory of plate tectonics, which was still very new at the time,"she recalls. Three years later, this theory was …
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… of the Inverse modelling for atmospheric and satellite measurements (SATINV) team at the Laboratory for Climate and … articles on aerospace, which he learnt by heart. Later, he was inspired by a 2nd year Master's internship at the … about automatic learning and artificial intelligence. So, I was working on what we now call machine learning," recalls …
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… Rodolphe Fischmeister: a pioneer in cardiac cellular electrophysiology … channels and their regulation by the cyclic nucleotide pathway. Researcher portraits Research Some journeys, through curiosity and daring, open up new horizons. This was the case with Rodolphe Fischmeister. The son of …
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… Alain Abergel: investigating the interstellar medium Alain Abergel: investigating the interstellar medium … However, he quickly realised that the courses he was most passionate about were those in fundamental physics … VEGA-1 and VEGA-2 spacecraft during the Halley flyby, I was one of the first to observe a cometary nucleus, its …
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… nutrient-rich microalga. It is supported and accompanied by members of the Université Paris-Saclay Innovation Alliance, … Innovation In response to the ecological transition, new ways of eating have been emerging in recent years: edible … is in high demand, but supply remains limited, with nearly 90% of production concentrated in Asia. This led to …
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… of all projects, from the extraction to the procurement of sequences, for all the technologies we were working … permanent monitoring. “I do a lot of reading and I'm always on the lookout for new things that could help us in our … of stages - from nucleic acid extraction to sequencing - in order to improve the sequencing for projects.” Together with …
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… Jean-Marc Aury: Genomes in the age of Big data Jean-Marc Aury: Genomes in the … although the error rate remains very high (of the order of 5% to date).” Finally, whereas sequencers only … University and enjoyed a work placement at Genoscope. “I was fascinated by the sequencing of Tetraodon nigroviridis, …
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