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Philippe Langella: a brilliant career marked by major discoveries on probiotics and intestinal microbiota

… for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) and Leader of the Commensals and Probiotics-Host Interactions … University of Grenoble in 1976, before pursuing a Master's degree in industrial and applied microbiology in Marseille. His passion for microbiology led him to complete a PhD thesis at the Dairy Technology Research Laboratory …

Published on: Fri 12/04/2024 - 10:42

Landslide Tsunamis: from modelling to real-life situations

… Landslide Tsunamis: from modelling to real-life situations Landslide Tsunamis: from … Research The unstable morphology of many of the planet’s reliefs are cause for massive collapses. When these … CNRS) and the University of California, Santa Barbara, set an experimental modelling system of these phenomena. It …

Published on: Thu 16/12/2021 - 17:29

Fermented products: the promise of healthier, more sustainable food?

… know-how that mankind has enjoyed for millennia. Regarded as a lever for healthier, more sustainable food, … insight into the composition of these products and their underlying biochemistry, their impact on human health and the … changes among human groups (in France, this period was between 6,000 and 2,000 BC). It is thought to have emerged …

Published on: Tue 01/04/2025 - 14:01

MSCA Individual Fellowships: 2020 applicants met expert evaluators from the European Commission

… MSCA Individual Fellowships: 2020 applicants met expert evaluators from the European Commission MSCA … projects. Organised in face-to-face meetings on the Plateau de Saclay since 2015, the European service has been able to … health context to offer this year remote interviews by videoconference. This particular organization made it …

Published on: Fri 17/07/2020 - 16:51

Université Paris-Saclay celebrates the New Year

… Paris-Saclay celebrates the New Year Estelle Iacona, President of Université Paris-Saclay wishes the institution’s students, staff and partners an excellent New Year. University … and Higher Education Graduate school. The event brought together representatives from the University’s constituent …

Published on: Mon 30/01/2023 - 16:08

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne visits the Institut d’Optique Graduate School/Université Paris-Saclay

… French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne visits the Institut d’Optique Graduate … d’Optique Graduate School/CNRS). After visiting two rooms dedicated to quantum gas and quantum optics, the Prime … Pasqal, a start-up specialising in quantum computing which develops quantum processors and which was also co-founded by …

Published on: Fri 18/11/2022 - 13:08

Christine Le Scanff: Healing the mind by exercising the body

… had no choice but to finance her studies by taking the competitive examination to become a physical education teacher … the age of 21. This led to two parallel lives: that of a student studying for a degree in educational sciences, and that of a physical …

Published on: Wed 30/06/2021 - 09:34

Antoine Browaeys: The quest for quantum computing using cold atoms

… using cold atoms. The start-up Pasqal , which he co-founded in 2019, is now steering this research towards industrial applications. The French Academy of Sciences has recently awarded the researcher the … and optics overlap, as well as in the field where theoretical physics and experimental physics have common ground. …

Published on: Fri 25/02/2022 - 09:56

An amazing protein that regulates the mobility of bacteria

… their movements. However, these bacteria in motion sometimes have to change direction. Jacqueline Cherfils and her … direction in a coordinated manner. Two proteins mainly determine the direction of movement of this bacteria: MglA … this information between the two proteins. Until now, the identity of this messenger has remained mysterious. In their …

Published on: Thu 06/02/2020 - 15:55

The green pea genome: when the assembled sequence sheds light on the evolution of the species

… time the genome sequence of the green pea. This work provides new information on the genomic history of this leguminous plant. In 1866, Pisum sativum L., better known as “green pea”, became the favourite subject of study of the founding father of genetics, Gregor Mendel. The monk and botanist from Silesia (part of the current …

Published on: Sun 24/11/2019 - 12:45

Comète Film Festival: vote for your favourite short film

… « Comète Film Festival » ? Comète, a Telecom ParisTech student association for audio-visual arts, has created a brand … Comète Film Festival , to  reward the best short films made by international youth. The festival aims to provide a … the projections. Entry is free on registration. The competing films Lost in Carranza Tailor Sur la route du Cotonou …

Published on: Fri 17/05/2019 - 10:00

Université Paris-Saclay commits to the fight against period poverty

… more affected by poverty than men, particularly those aged between 18 and 29 (1) 8% of women and girls surveyed said … Paris-Saclay and elected representatives from its student associations are launching the “Never in the red … stocks will be available for over 5,000 scholarship students within the University’s nine constituent faculties and …

Published on: Fri 19/02/2021 - 09:31