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… Maaike van der Lugt: Exploring medieval history through science and medicine Maaike van der … 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 …
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… Chemistry team. With her passion for chemistry, she discovered the experimental structure of an olfactory receptor. … de Versailles - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. In 2008, she was accepted into a professional Master's programme and … 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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… health Marina Kvaskoff is a member of the Exposome and Heredity team at the Centre for Research in Epidemiology and … on endometriosis, fighting relentlessly to fund and raise awareness of it, thus helping to make this disease central to … reactions and the formation of lesions that can sometimes lead to disabling pain. It affects 200 million women …
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… Philippe Langella: a brilliant career marked by major discoveries on probiotics and intestinal … Doctor in Gastroenterology at Saint-Antoine Hospital, who was writing a thesis on the analysis of the microbiota … in 2008 in the American journal PNAS, now cited 4,000 times, paved the way for countless studies on Fprau and the …
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… in archaea, she focuses on the molecular mechanisms involved in nucleic acid metabolism and their evolution in these … soil bacteria to degrade pollutants of human origin." It was also during this time that she met her future husband, a Frenchman, and made …
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… in arithmetic geometry, he is more specifically interested in p-adic Hodge theory, the arithmetic of elliptic curves … 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 …
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… including energy and aeronautics. With production scheduled to begin in 2025, AM3L is also committed to … 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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… queens of social organisation The Olfatask project is led by Julie Carcaud, lecturer at the Evolution, Genomes, … 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 …
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… Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). It was founded in 2023 by Benoît Larrat, then a researcher in … represent one of the greatest medical challenges of our time. They all face the same limitation: 98% of known … Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). It was founded in 2023 by Benoît Larrat, then a researcher in …
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… Fischmeister is French national institute of health and medical research (Inserm) emeritus director of research at … channels and their regulation by the cyclic nucleotide pathway. Researcher portraits Research Some journeys, through … Saclay plateau. "I didn't have any real career plans at the time. It wasn't until I became an engineering student that I …
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… biodiversity crisis Céline Bellard, CNRS Research Fellow based at the Ecology, Society and Evolution Laboratory (ESE - … the face of climate change, species react in one of three ways: through local adaptation, changes in phenology (the … and the setting of conservation targets. At the same time, Céline Bellard is working with the MNHN and the French …
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… Researcher portraits Research Born into a family that valued education and science, Nina Hadis Amini developed a taste … the entrance exam reserved for foreign students. She was particularly interested in applied mathematics and … Her PhD thesis focused on "the stabilisation of discrete-time quantum systems and the stability of continuous-time …
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