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NEUBIAS 2019: fruitful exchanges on bioimage analysis

The third European BioImage Analysts Conference NEUBIAS gathered almost 300 participants from 2 to 8 February 2019 in Luxembourg. Researchers, image analysists, microscopists, software developers and industrial partners from all over the world discussed the recent scientific developments and open tools in bioimage analysis.

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Robotix-Academy: discovering industrial robotics at the University

The fifth edition of the Robotix-Academy took place at the University of Luxembourg, on Kirchberg Campus, from 04 to 08 February 2019. This five-day training gathered 40 Master students, 4 professors and a dozen assistants from different partner Universities of the Greater Region: Université de Lorraine (France), Université de Liège (Belgium), ZeMA Saarbrücken (Germany) and…

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PMC Pump Prime Fund 2018 for Elisabeth Letellier

In the frame of the annual retreat of the Personalised Medicine Consortium (PMC), which took place in December 2018, Dr. Elisabeth Letellier from the Life Sciences Research Unit (LSRU) received an award for her research on colorectal cancer.

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Master MSSI celebrates 10 years !

Launched in 2009 by the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), the « Master en Management de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information” (MSSI) has been very successful to train high level information security managers. Ten years after, it was time to celebrate this achievement, to give an overview and to…

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« Ethics of Autonomous Vehicles »: research and ethical challenges

The five-day workshop on « Ethics of Autonomous Vehicles » took place from 21 to 25 January 2019 at the University of Luxembourg. The two guest researchers Antonio Bikić and Adriano Mannino (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich) did impressively show, which research questions we will be confronted in the future with regard to autonomous vehicles and their ethical challenges.

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“Physics meets Biology” meeting: fruitful interdisciplinary exchanges

What happens when physicists meet biologists? A dense and rich event with exciting presentations and lively discussions. This is how a recent initiative from the Physics and Materials Science Research Unit (PHYMS) and the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LSCB) from the University of Luxembourg started with the first edition of the “Physics meets Biology”…

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Une journée de mathématiques pour les lycéen(e)s luxembourgeois

L’Unité de Recherche en Mathématiques (RMATH) de l’Université du Luxembourg a accueilli une cinquantaine de lycéen(ne)s le 13 décembre 2018 dans le cadre du projet MATh.en.JEANS. Présent depuis plus de deux ans au Luxembourg, celui-ci a pour but de mettre à jour l’image des mathématiques chez les jeunes en leur donnant la possibilité de vivre…

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First MASSENA Business Club Day

On 13 December 2018, the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) organised the first business club day of the Doctoral Training Unit « Materials for Sensing and Energy Harvesting » (MASSENA). This event was a great opportunity for the 22 PhD students to meet and exchange with industrial players.

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Ultracentrifuge and nanosight: discover our new acquisitions

Thanks to the “Fondation Cancer” support, the Life Sciences Research Unit (LSRU) has just acquired two brand new equipment: one ultracentrifuge and one nanosight. These acquisitions will definitely play an important role in the current and future research activities of the Research Unit. But what exactly is an ultracentrifuge and a nanosight? What can they…

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FSTC Graduation Ceremony 2018: congratulations to all our graduates!

From 11 to 14 December 2018, the University of Luxembourg celebrated its « Graduation Week ». In a series of events, Bachelor, Master, and doctoral students received their diploma.