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New miniature organ to understand human pancreas development

The pancreas is a little organ behind the stomach and has two main functions – digestion and blood sugar regulation. How the human pancreas develops has been relatively unexplored for ethical and practical reasons. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden, Germany, the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for…

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PhD Graduation Ceremony 2020

In the academic year 2019/2020, more than 1600 students graduated from the University of Luxembourg, including 129 doctoral candidates. The university traditionally confers the diplomas and celebrates the success of its graduates at the Graduation Week in December. Considering the ongoing health crisis, the event was postponed to spring 2021. On 12 May, a smaller, livestreamed event took place to congratulate the graduates and wish them all the best…

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BioVaria Startup Award goes to OrganoTherapeutics

OrganoTherapeutics, a spin-off project from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg, won a BioVaria Startup Award during this year’s virtual BioVaria, an event bringing together leading tech transfer professionals, innovators from academia and startups with investors and representatives of the global biotech and pharma industry. OrganoTherapeutics uses cutting-edge human-specific…

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Dernière ligne droite pour « CON-VINCE »

Initialement lancée en avril 2020 sous l’égide de la Taskforce COVID-19 de Research Luxembourg, l’étude CON-VINCE vise à évaluer la prévalence et la dynamique de la propagation de la COVID-19 au sein de la population luxembourgeoise, avec un focus particulier sur les individus asymptomatiques et légèrement symptomatiques.

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LCSB contributes to the development of a European Health Data Space

Advances in health and biomedical sciences require that health research is performed timely, efficiently and oriented to high-quality results. To meet this need and to maximise the impact of health research, adopting best practices in health data management is essential.

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La CMCM soutient la recherche sur l’épilepsie

La CMCM a démarré un partenariat avec le centre de recherche biomédicale, le Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) ayant comme but d’accélérer la recherche sur la maladie de Parkinson (PD) et l’épilepsie.

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Nouvelles activités en ligne et en classe pour 2021

Pour adapter son offre à la situation actuelle – qui empêche les classes de se rendre dans nos locaux – le Scienteens Lab a développé de nouvelles activités : des présentations en ligne interactives et des petits ateliers qui peuvent être réalisés à l’école avec l’aide de notre équipe. Consultez le programme et contactez-nous pour…

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The Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine recruits a new Director

The University of Luxembourg aspires to become one of the world’s leading research universities. It is the only university in Luxembourg, a country developing a knowledge-based economy in a unique multicultural environment. The Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) is one of three Interdisciplinary Centres of the University of Luxembourg.

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LCSB wins two FNR Awards 2020

On 19 November, the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) presented the FNR Awards 2020 to reward outstanding achievements in science and science communication in Luxembourg. The LCSB won two awards: one for Outstanding Scientific Publication and one for Outstanding Promotion of Science to the Public.

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PerMedCoE: HPC/Exascale Centre of Excellence in Personalised Medicine

Coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and funded by the European Commission, this recently launched HPC centre of excellence will optimise codes for cell-level simulations in HPC/Exascale and bridge the gap between organ and molecular simulations, thus contributing to the European Personalised Medicine Roadmap.