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September 14, 2021
Joint LIBST - UNamur PhD Day
The joint LIBST and UNamur PhD students' day took place on September 10, 2021 in Louvain-la-Neuve. It was a great success since 60 PhD students presented their work during this day through flash-talks and posters. At the end of the day, the jury awarded 2 prizes for the best poster and 2...
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June 14, 2021
An omega-3 that’s poison for cancer tumors
In the framework of a collaborative program with IREC partners, LIBST researchers have demonstrated that highly unsaturated fatty acids specifically poison cancer cells facing the acidic micro-environment generated inside solid tumours. In 2016, Olivier Feron and Cyril Corbet (IREC) highlighted...
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April 23, 2021
New method to study the impact of ocean pollution
LIBST members have developed a new method of precision-cut adipose tissue slices (PCATS) to study in vitro the impact of ocean pollution on marine mammals. Subcutaneous adipose tissue biopsies were collected from elephant seals (Ano Nuevo colony, California) and precision-cut into 1 mm slices,...
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March 24, 2021
GMO plants that make you feel good
Marc Boutry, one of our PI, has just published a book (in French) entitled: "Des plantes OGM qui vous veulent du bien" at Regards Editions.
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March 24, 2021
A new phase in meiosis
In a paper published in Nature, LIBST member Corentin Claeys Bouuaert and colleagues demonstrate that the formation of DNA double-strand breaks during meiosis involves the condensation of its enzymatic machinery on DNA through a process known as phase separation. The work leads to new insights...
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