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… In addition to teaching, writing is his favourite way of passing on his knowledge. After completing a Master’s … went on to defend his thesis there in the year 2000. This was on the subject of the principle of consistency in … today) in Mergers and Acquisitions. Following this, he set up and directed up until 2011 the 2-year of master’s …
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… Brigaud's vocation. Passionate about nature since he was a young boy, he became interested in the world and the landscapes that surrounded him at an early age. He was fascinated by natural systems such as mountains, … the same site." Based on this intuition, Benjamin Brigaud set up a multidisciplinary course in the Morvan region of …
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… and services purchased by consumers. The climatic hell towards which we seem to be heading is paved with good … made. On the one hand, governments are failing to set common climate commitments. On the other hand, civil and … of the services and products we consume, or the other way around? Whatever the choice of the decision-making …
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… via organocatalysis) aims to synthesize polyesters from renewable resources, using organic catalysts. In the future, … artificially by chemical synthesis. In a bid to move away from oil, a new approach is exploring the use of … less than 1% of the world's total polymer production, is set to rise sharply in the years ahead. These future …
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… inactive (OFF) to the active (ON) state , and shortly afterwards the first structure of a GTPase-activating protein. … successes, Jacqueline Cherfils obtained funding to set up a team and purchase equipment. Since the late 90s, … cell biology, brefeldin A, the only GTPase inhibitor that was known at the time. In 2003, the biologist and her team …
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… Paris-Sud (now Université Paris-Saclay) in 1985. It was there that she earned her master's degree and embarked … of maximal attractors, guaranteeing the existence of a set of states towards which the solutions evolve. "Contrary to some … Paris-Sud (now Université Paris-Saclay) in 1985. It was there that she earned her master's degree and embarked …
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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 … unit, he embarked on the entrepreneurial adventure to set up a biotech company at the end of 2015. Together with …
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… published this portrait of Gilles Dowek, who passed away on Monday, 21 July 2025. This portrait will continue to pay tribute to the scientist he was. Gilles Dowek was a director of research at Inria, a … proof systems and the lack of equivalence between them, he set out to develop universal logical frameworks. "I felt …
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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 … of NASA's VERITAS mission, an orbiter scheduled to set off to map Venus in 2031. " My role is to model the …
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… international regulation of artificial intelligence. She was recently named Chevalière de l'Ordre des Arts et des … intellectual property and AI In 2007, Alexandra Bensamoun was recruited as a lecturer at Université Paris-Sud and … where she created a work-study programme on digital law. "I set up a research orientation dedicated to digital …
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… A strategic Franco-British partnership to push forward artificial intelligence for science, the economy and … society A strategic Franco-British partnership to push forward artificial intelligence for science, the economy and … a forthcoming Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will set out the governance structure, deadlines and resources …
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… her interest in mathematics. From secondary school onwards, she took part in many national competitions and discovered the joy of problem-solving. However, it wasn't until her undergraduate studies at the University of … She decided to cross the Atlantic to join the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she defended her …
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