News for p2
July 31, 2018
Three ERC Starting Grants for UCL projects
Researchers Géraldine Laloux, Corentin Claeys Bouuaert and Sylvie Nozaradan each earned a prestigious ERC Starting Grant to continue and expand their research at UCL.
Géraldine Laloux, currently FNRS research associate at UCL’s de Duve Institute, was awarded for her project ‘PREDATOR:...
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July 17, 2018
EURATOM - Nuclear Research: call for propositions 2018
DL: 27 September 2018 (17 h)
The use of nuclear technology in the EU has an outstanding nuclear safety record but research is still needed to maintain a high level of safety in operating nuclear facilities, including the treatment and long-term management of associated radioactive waste; and...
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May 14, 2018
UCL discovers a bacterial shield against the immune system
A major discovery at UCL in the fight against bacterial infections: Jean-François Collet and his team have discovered a new protein, CnoX, which plays a major role in defending bacteria against our immune system. Thanks to this discovery, UCL researchers will be able to develop a system that...
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April 27, 2018
University of Louvain and Wageningen University launch...
A-Mansia is the latest co-spin-off from the University of Louvain (UCL) and Wageningen University. It aims to develop Akkermansia-based products. Three years from now, a first nutritional supplement will become available, based on a gut bacterium called Akkermansia, discovered in 2004 by...
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March 22, 2018
Double investment in research, innovation and education
To boost Europe's competitiveness and sustainability
As European associations of universities, we call upon the European Commission, the European Parliament and the European Council, to double the budget for research, innovation and education in the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework...
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