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… manage to inactivate and break them down. The transferable elements embedded in the host's DNA are naturally … are targeted so much. “Several hypotheses have been put forward, but we do not have a definitive answer yet. This may … the transfer from the virus to a second host. He also plans to study the potential of extracellular vesicles as …
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… young women. As a medical student, Martin Schlumberger was attracted to endocrinology. When he did his semester … radiation from the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant caused thyroid cancer in children and teenagers in the … the younger generation of doctors, because despite considerable progress, patients are still dying of cancer. Martin …
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… structure, heptazine chemistry is now being reinvented. New ways of synthesizing precursors and new derivatives are … new, promising and numerous applications. Chemistry is always full of original research topics. Still extremely … fluoresce in violet and this fluorescence has a long lifetime. They are also quasi-reversibly reduced at a relatively …
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… people talking... these are the situations an architect wants to be able to hear before finalising a project. In … requires professional skills and expertise, but sometimes internal resources are lacking. “At present, when an … part. The aim is to make the links between what is measurable and what people perceive. Typically, a long …
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… and cross-disciplinary subject. Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste was interested in life sciences from an early age. She … in the ecology laboratory at Université Paris-Sud. At that time, chestnut trees used as biofuel were of great interest … were of poor quality and unusable. Ireland demanded an explanation and compensation from France. The Forestry …
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… objects. The first confirmed sighting of a supernova was in the year 185, although there are records of similar … then ejected, leaving behind a neutron star. This is sometimes called a magnetar when it has the strongest magnetic … approximation. This involves filtering out sound waves which are not very useful for studying the subsonic …
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… of young objects in space and their attendant future planets depends on many interacting factors. Led by Anaëlle … de Paris), the MagneticYSOs project , which has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant, focuses on the magnetic … a very subtle interaction which requires working in real time. A computer doesn't do this on its own. Researchers …
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… she is interested in the structure and properties of plant polymers. It is in this context that she is developing … industry sector at ENSIA, Stéphanie Baumberger decided, towards the end of the 1990s, to focus on a PhD investigating … knowledge’ in every way possible. “I’d like to spend more time supporting my students in the development of their …
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… the subjects of social work, disability, old age and vulnerability. Maryse Bresson was a student in the Social Science department at the École … be the homeless in contemporary France and, at the same time, she worked as a volunteer in a social welfare office …
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… the issue of sustainable development in his thesis, which was supervised by Gilles Rotillon at Université de Nanterre. … to study for a post doctorate at the Department for Maritime Economics in Ifremer, Brest. “I worked for two years on … disciplines. Other areas of focus include the protection of plants and animals in relation to human health and health …
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… most children were playing with LEGO ® , Bernard Yannou was already dreaming of devising construction plans. "If someone had asked me back then what I wanted to … of his thesis and became its Director in 2015, at the same time becoming a project leader and then lecturer at École …
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… Originally from the Franche-Comté region, Didier Boichard was fascinated by cattle from an early age. After graduating … such as milk production. In the past, their potential was assessed by progeny testing where, cows were inseminated … all the characteristics of that cow." Added to over time, this database is a mine of information that the …
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