Organisation : Département Sciences de la vie et médecine

  • News

    1.2 million euros to tackle the notorious oncogene RAS in cancer

    Daniel Abankwa, Professor within the Department of Life Sciences and Medicine at the University of Luxembourg, has recently gained a total of €1.2 million competitive funding from the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) for three cancer related bilateral research projects that will commence in fall. All projects are conducted in collaboration with outstanding international colleagues. The…

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  • Events

    International Webinar – Response Measures to COVID-19 in China: Essential lessons learned from China and other regions

    Panel discussion theme: Exit strategy and risk management of deconfinement of COVID-19

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    International Webinar – Feedback from medical resuscitators for intensive care (2nd edition)

    For this second edition of the Webinar « The medical resuscitators for intensive care – what lessons can be learned from their experience? », the different topics will be: Prof. Huiqin Xi: Issues and strategies of nursing care in makeshift ICU during 2019-nCOVProf. Qin Wang: clinician experiences of renal replacement therapy in COVID-19 managementProf. Jing Du: Clinical practice with critical ultrasound…

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    International Webinar – China and the World amid/after Covid-19

    Theme Economists: What economic complications following the COVID-19 pandemic? What are the strategies / steps for crisis management together?SpeakersProf. WAN Guanghua (Director, Institute of World Economy, Fudan University)Prof. DING Chun (Director, Centre for European Studies, Fudan University)

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    Nouveaux Bachelors en ingénierie, médecine, physique et mathématiques

    L’Université du Luxembourg offrira quatre nouveaux programmes de Bachelor, en ingénierie, médecine, physique et mathématiques, à partir de septembre 2020.

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    Better understanding satiety feeling

    Researchers from the Universities of Burgundy, Paris, and Luxembourg together with other scientists from CNRS, INRA and INSERM groups have just highlighted a mechanism in the brain that led to satiety after a standard meal. It is based on a cascade of events, called neuroglial plasticity, that engages pre-synaptic mechanisms, which do not involve structural…

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    Exposition # Liewen

    L’association Protransplant organise une exposition sur le don d’organes au Luxembourg.

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    Conférence sur le don d’organes au Luxembourg

    L’association Protransplant organise une conférence sur le don d’organes au Luxembourg.

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    Three doctoral candidates in biology receive the 2019 Pelican Grant

    Borja Gomez Ramos, Nadège Minoungou and Mina Tsenkova, three PhD students from the Life Sciences Research Unit (LSRU) at the University of Luxembourg, have recently been awarded the Pelican Grant from the Fondation du Pélican de Mie et Pierre Hippert-Faber. They will use the grant for their research activities in the fields of Parkinson’s disease,…

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    Colorectal cancer initiation and progression: the role of low oxygen

    Scientists from the University of Luxembourg together with researchers from the Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg (IBBL) and the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) have recently demonstrated the mechanisms by which low oxygen levels trigger series of cellular changes leading to the survival, renewal and growth of colorectal cancer cells. The findings further reinforce current knowledge on the…

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