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[Article series] The experts behind Luxembourg’s COVID-19 fight

Prof. Jorge Gonçalves (JG) is Principal Investigator at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg, where people with broad and diverse backgrounds focus on understanding the mechanisms of diseases. Prof. Gonçalves is an engineer and computer scientist by training and his research group at the LCSB focuses on understanding the…

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University makes gradual return to campus

The University will gradually return some activities to the campuses as of 4 May. During a first stage, presence on campus will be allowed for staff and students conducting or attending TPs and TDs that could not otherwise be substituted; lab personnel such as researchers, technical and safety staff; personnel responsible for the implementation of the return to…

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University Receives Funding to Research COVID-19

The University of Luxembourg is an important pillar in the research effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. It is one of the participating partners in the research activities coordinated by Research Luxembourg, working on multiple interdisciplinary projects.

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E-mail Scam

L’Université du Luxembourg est actuellement victime d’une usurpation d’identité dans une campagne qui semble cibler un certain nombre d’entreprises.

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Predi-COVID : Prédire la gravité de l’infection COVID-19

Le groupe de travail sur le COVID-19 de Research Luxembourg annonce le lancement de «Predi-COVID»1, une étude visant à identifier les principaux facteurs de risque et les biomarqueurs associés à la sévérité du COVID-19, ainsi que les conséquences à long terme de la maladie sur la santé au Luxembourg. « Predi-COVID » contribuera à mieux comprendre pourquoi…

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André Losch Fondation soutient la recherche sur COVID-19

André Losch Fondation vient d’annoncer son engagement dans la lutte contre la pandémie: elle apporte son soutien à Research Luxembourg par un don généreux de 1,4 millions d’euros. La Fondation aide ainsi à financer trois études sur COVID-19 actuellement en cours au Luxembourg : l’étude CON-VINCE qui vise à mieux comprendre la propagation de la…

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A survey to understand the effects of social distancing measures

In less than a month, COVID-19 has profoundly changed our daily habits. Between “home-office”, “home-schooling” and only leaving our homes for basic necessities, our social interactions have been drastically reduced. Stress factors such as the loss of income, gloomy news and daily uncertainties must be added to this social isolation. If the need for social…

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Progress for Alzheimer and Parkinson‘s treatments

Physicists from the University of Luxembourg together with scientists from Australia, China and Switzerland have recently studied amyloid diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s by using a particle accelerator. The results have been published in the Biophysical Journal in April 2020.

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La recherche doctorale en droit et en physique stimulée par PRIDE

Le Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR) a octroyé deux bourses PRIDE à l’Université du Luxembourg. Ces bourses vont financer la recherche scientifique de 27 doctorants et représentent une subvention totale de 6 millions d’euros sur 6 ans.

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History in the Making: #covidmemory

The COVID-19 pandemic is an event whose historic dimension is immediately obvious to us. Comparisons with the Spanish flu at the end of the First World War and the very Western view that it is the greatest crisis since the Second World War are on everyone’s lips. The state of emergency declared in Luxembourg on…