… 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 … by research because it has been considered more of a militant than a scientific issue. Frank Georgi, on the contrary, …
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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 what they knew before. This makes them very …
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… inactive (OFF) to the active (ON) state , and shortly afterwards the first structure of a GTPase-activating protein. … tumours, leading to many cancers. That's why it's so important to find out how GTPases can be blocked." ARF GTPases … A, the only GTPase inhibitor that was known at the time. In 2003, the biologist and her team discovered that …
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… work at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (ICP). "I was already studying biological phenomena at the molecular … production of reactive forms of oxygen. This step is important for identifying where to act to control the enzyme and … working conditions directly, and within a reasonable time frame." This involvement reflects her taste for …
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… into Latin between 1258 and 1266. Maaike van der Lugt was particularly interested in how this knowledge, ranging … initially intended for an intellectual and academic elite, was transformed and disseminated in more accessible forms, … historiques. (Heredity between the Middle Ages and modern times. Historical perspectives.) "I studied the concept of …
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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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… 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 … treatments, potential exposure to chemical pollutants such as dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), …
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… Doctor in Gastroenterology at Saint-Antoine Hospital, who was writing a thesis on the analysis of the microbiota … its protective effect in murine models of colitis. "This was the beginning of a long story that changed our lives and … 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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… that enable certain soil bacteria to degrade pollutants of human origin." It was also during this time that she met her future husband, a Frenchman, and made … 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 … questions that are ultimately very concrete, yet resistant." He discovered the question that was to interest him …
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… by layer, as everything is digital, which is very important for industrial customers. Finally, whereas it takes … 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 … Ecology Laboratory (EGCE - Univ. Paris-Saclay/CNRS/IRD) . Awarded an ERC Starting Grant for her Olfatask project in … genetically modified bees, the neurons light up in real time. Using a suitable microscope, Julie Carcaud can then …
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