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UCL tests new molecule to prevent cancer metastasis in mice

Three years ago, Pierre Sonveaux, a researcher at the UCL Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, and his team discovered that when the mitochondria (the power plants) of tumour cells are impaired, they promote the formation of metastases. Subsequently, the researchers verified a...
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Two new ERC Starting Grants

At the start of this academic year, Profs David Alsteens and Patricia Luis Alconero each landed an ERC Starting Grant. The former is a researcher at the Life Sciences Institute and the latter is a researcher at the Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (iMMC). F.R.S.-FNRS...
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2017 Quetelet Conference focuses on refugees

This year the annual Quetelet Conference of the UCL Centre for Demographic Research will focus on the analysis of demographic flows and behaviours of refugee and displaced populations, and will include a screening of the documentary ‘Exode’ followed by a debate. In 2015, more than 65 million...
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Jean Ladrière: philosophical giant

A philosophical giant: that is what comes to mind when contemplating Prof. Jean Ladrière, who died ten years ago and whose memory UCL – and more specifically his Higher Institute of Philosophy – will honour with a major international colloquium on 23-24 November. Jean Ladrière was a UCL...
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BLSI celebrates fifth anniversary

The business incubator Brussels Life Science Incubator (BLSI) just turned five years old. Inaugurated in 2012 on the Woluwe campus by UCL and the Brussels Capital Region, the BLSI today boasts an impressive record. In five years, it has incubated 81 businesses that have generated 262 jobs. ...
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