Topic : Sciences de la vie & médecine

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    CIRCLES kick-starts: from research on microbes to healthy diets

    Microbes offer an untapped potential and could be the key to a better and healthier living. Yet, research and innovation developments on microbiomes remain scarce. To challenge the state of play, the European Union has made the development of innovative applications on microbiomes a priority. In 2018, the EU is providing four consortia more than…

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    Large international study discovers 11 new epilepsy genes

    Epilepsy is a common neurological condition with a controversial past. The cause was unknown and often shrouded in mystery. We now understand that the cause is largely genetic, however, little is known about the specific genes responsible for the most common forms of the disorder. This is particularly important when we consider that a third…

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    Pump Prime Fund Awardees announced at the PMC Retreat 2018

    On 10th December 2018, Luxembourg’s researchers and clinicians gathered at the 8th edition of the annual retreat of the Personalised Medicine Consortium (PMC). The event was an opportunity to exchange knowledge, provide updates on the progress of ongoing projects in personalised medicine and announce the three awardees of the 2018 PMC Pump Prime Fund.

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    3D culture of dopaminergic neurons to better mimic Parkinson’s disease

    Scientists around Prof. Dr Jens Schwamborn from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg have developed a novel in vitro model to test drug candidates against Parkinson’s disease (PD).

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    Emma Schymanski awarded FNR ATTRACT fellowship

    Following the 2017/18 ATTRACT Call, Associate Prof. Dr. Emma Schymanski has been awarded a 2 MEUR ATTRACT Consolidator Grant for a project aiming to develop methods to identify unknown chemicals and their effects on health and disease at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg.

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    The 4th International Parkinson’s Disease Symposium

    An interdisciplinary conference to tackle Parkinson’s disease and dementia

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    RIKEN delegation visited Luxembourg’s biomedical research centres

    Representatives of the renowned Japanese RIKEN Centre for Integrative Medical Sciences (RIKEN-IMS) visited Luxembourg from 24 to 26 September 2018 to discuss latest scientific results, meet government representatives and the directors of the local biomedical research institutions. They presented current and future joint research projects and discussed on how to secure a long-term scientific collaboration…

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    La Scienteens Academy 2018 en vidéo !

    Digital Luxembourg a filmé les participants de la Scienteens Academy pendant la semaine qu’ils ont passé au Scienteens Lab et la vidéo est maintenant en ligne !

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    Identification of a risk factor in genetic generalised epilepsies

    Five researchers of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg participated in an international collaboration involving several European consortia (Epicure, EuroEPINOMICS CoGIE and EPIPGX) together with labs from Australia and Canada working on epilepsy.

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    LCSB researchers predict cell conversion factors

    Thanks to a newly developed computational method, Luxembourg researchers can accurately predict how one subpopulation of cells can be converted into another.

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