Organisation: University / Central Administration and Rectorate

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    Active lipids enable intelligent swimming under nutrient limitation

    Biophysicists from the University of Luxembourg have uncovered how microplankton – key photosynthetic organisms which produce nearly 50% of the oxygen we breathe – adopt a thrifty lifestyle when nutrients turn limiting. They strategically harness internal lipids to regulate swimming properties to maximise their fitness.

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    Débat avec Gilles Grin et Jacques Santer – Construction européenne: la révolution d’un continent

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    International ideas competition for new interdisciplinary centre

    The University of Luxembourg will establish a new interdisciplinary centre (IC) for researching complex environmental systems. In an ideas competition or “Concours d’idées”, the University is inviting outstanding researchers from around the world to submit by 8 January 2023 concepts for the development of the centre. The scientists with the most innovative and most convincing…

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    INSIDE COLON event – Boosting cancer prevention

    From 10 to 12 November (10.00-16.00)at the Cactus Belle Etoile shopping mall

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    First Luxembourgish AI Model created in BGL BNP Paribas Partnership

    The first Luxembourgish language model using the state-of-the-art BERT technology was recently released. It was developed through a partnership between BGL BNP Paribas and the University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT). Thus, Luxembourg now has its own language model, LuxemBERT, which is open source and publicly available online.

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    The University condemns violence at Iranian universities

    The University of Luxembourg strongly condemns the violent repression of public demonstrations in Iran as well as all aggression against students and academics who continue to peacefully demonstrate in universities, schools and cities in Iran.

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    €1.5M to attract world-class researchers at the University’s IAS

    The University of Luxembourg will receive 1.5 million euros from the European Union’s flagship research programme, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, to finance ten research projects at the Institute for Advanced Studies Luxembourg (IAS). These will be part of a new Young International Academics programme, starting in 2024 with a total budget of four million euros.…

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    Exploring multiculturalism in education

    As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many scholars and scientists have left the country. More than 30 Ukrainian researchers displaced by the war have temporarily joined the University of Luxembourg mainly as research fellows and in some cases under temporary contracts funded by the FNR. In this series of interviews, we briefly present…

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    First Autonomous Car in Luxembourgish Traffic

    The University of Luxembourg’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) demonstrated its autonomous car in live traffic on Kirchberg today, Thursday 3 November 2022. This represents the first time a single-family autonomous car has joined the flow of traffic in Luxembourg with members of the public as passengers.

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  • Events

    Alternative Investments

    Roman Kräussl invites you to be part of a workshop on “Alternative Investments”, taking place on the 11th of November 2022 at the Hotel Sofitel Luxembourg Europe.

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