Organisation : Faculté des Sciences, des Technologies et de Médecine (FSTM)

  • News

    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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  • Events

    International Workshop on Improving GNSS and SAR Tropospheric Products for Meteorology

    The International Workshop on Improving Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Tropospheric Products for Meteorology will be held in Luxembourg from 25 to 26 February 2020. 

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    6th Young Water Professionals BeNeLux conference

    The University of Luxembourg will host the sixth edition of the Young Water Professionals BeNeLux conference on 12-14 February 2020. 

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    A stroll in the world of finitely generated groups

    This conference is part of the MAST Lecture Series organised by the Mathematics Department of the University of Luxembourg with the support of the FNR. The objective is to share the most recent developments of mathematics and their applications in the Luxembourg scientific community.

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    New opportunities for proteins identification using nanotechnology

    Physicists from the University of Luxembourg and their international research partners have reported a comprehensive perspective on how novel nanoscale tools called plasmonic nanopores might improve in an unprecedented manner the way we can discriminate single-molecule DNA bases, and even identify single proteins components, that is amino acids, coming from specific patients.

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    The “Physics meets Biology” website is launched!

    Physicists and biologists from the University of Luxembourg have recently launched the « Physics meets Biology » website. This initiative combines expertise in condensed matter physics and systems biology to understand living systems from a quantitative and mechanistic perspective.

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    Development of colorectal cancer kit detection

    Biologists from the University of Luxembourg together with researchers from the Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg (IBBL) and oncologists from the Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch (CHEM) are in the process of developing a kit which could facilitate the detection of colorectal cancer at early stage and help clinicians choose the best treatment.

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    AI algorithm can learn the laws of quantum mechanics

    An interdisciplinary team of chemists, physicists, and computer scientists from the University of Luxembourg, the University of Warwick and the Technical University of Berlin have developed a deep machine learning algorithm that can predict the quantum states of molecules, so-called wave functions, which determine all properties of molecules. 

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    Prof. Yannick Baraud appointed as ERA chair holder in data science

    Professor Yannick Baraud has recently joined the University of Luxembourg as responsible for the European Research Area (ERA) Chair in Mathematical Statistics and Data Science entitled “SanDAL”. Within the Mathematics Research Unit, he will create a high-level research group in mathematical statistics and data science.

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