Category: Research

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    Doctoral research in law and physics boosted by PRIDE Grants

    The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) has awarded two PRIDE Grants to the University of Luxembourg. The grants will support the research work of 27 PhD candidates and represent a total financial commitment of six million euros over six years.

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    New Bachelors in Engineering, Medicine, Physics and Mathematics

    The University of Luxembourg will launch four new Bachelor programmes – in engineering, medicine, physics and mathematics – starting in September 2020.

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    COVID-19: Research Luxembourg is mobilising

    Provision of equipment and specialised personnel, support for hospital staff, scientific studies

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    Thomas Cauvin joins the University with FNR ATTRACT fellowship

    The French national Thomas Cauvin, currently Professor of History at the University of Colorado and President of the International Federation for Public History, will join the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg thanks to an FNR ATTRACT fellowship endowed with 2 million euros (over five years). Thomas Cauvin’s…

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    Inventing Autonomy for In-Orbit Satellite Repairs

    The University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) signed a partnership agreement with the space start-up LIFT ME OFF (LMO). The cooperation provides crucial research support for tackling future needs of autonomous in-orbit satellite repairs.

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    University supports closing the gender gap in science

    11 February marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, designed to raise awareness for gender gaps in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). In the academic year 2018/2019, 1689 students were enrolled at the Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM) of the University of Luxembourg. 541 (32%) of those were…

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    The exposome: when our environment drives health and disease

    Science, one of the most prestigious scientific journals, has published in its latest issue two papers by Associate Prof. Emma Schymanski, FNR ATTRACT fellow and head of the Environmental Cheminformatics research group at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine of the University of Luxembourg (LCSB). This is a glowing acknowledgement of the relevance of the…

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    Megeno and University partner to develop EU-wide genome data services

    Megeno S.A. and the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) signed a partnership agreement on the development of user-centred, transparent and secure genome data services.

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    Paul Wilmes receives ERC Consolidator Grant

    Associate Prof. Paul Wilmes of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxemburg has received a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for his project “ExpoBiome”. Within this project, Wilmes will explore the interaction between microbial molecules and the human immune system in patients with Parkinson’s disease and rheumatoid arthritis.

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    Working, Yet Poor Project Receives a 3.2 Million EUR H2020 Grant

    The pan-European research project Working, Yet Poor (the “WorkYP Project”) was recently awarded 3.2 million euros for three years by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. The WorkYP Project will examine the social and legal reasons behind the increasing number of EU citizens who are still at risk of living below the poverty line despite being…

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