Catherine Alix-Panabières: A Very Circulating Researcher (CTC)
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Catherine Alix-Panabières is an international specialist in circulating tumor cells (CTC) and liquid biopsy. A professor of oncology at the University of Montpellier and director of the Laboratoire Cells Circulantes Rares Humaines et Biopsie Liquide (LCCRH), she is the originator of the term, and has opened up a wealth of research into cancer biomarkers present in the blood, with therapeutic prospects in the offing.
Regards croisés sur le vivant en société
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Katerina Ioannidou: From soft physics to concrete applications
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A researcher at Montpellier's Mechanics and Civil Engineering Laboratory (LMGC), Katerina Ioannidou was awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal in 2024 for her work in statistical physics on porous concrete. Her research is helping to design materials capable of storing energy and sequestering carbon.
Can the blue economy alleviate poverty and rural exodus in East Africa?
Content type : Press release
Published on: April 12, 2024
The University of Montpellier continues to shine on the international stage. David Mouillot,...
Anne Charmantier: charcoal on chickadees
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In charge of a long-term study program on chickadees, Anne Charmantier is interested in the adaptation of these passerines to climate change and the urban environment. Director of research in evolutionary ecology at CEFE, she is a 2024 CNRS silver medalist.
Montpellier Global Days 2024: science mobilizes for tomorrow
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Published on: March 15, 2024
The 2024 edition of Montpellier Global Days will once again bring together the scientific community from 18...
Milena Dragicevic Sesic: a peaceful struggle for culture
Content type: Portrait
It is a singular personality who received the title of honorary doctor from the University of Montpellier at the end of December 2023. A leading Serbian teacher, deeply committed to the involvement of research in her field of expertise, Milena Dragićević Šešić has contributed to the development of cultural policy studies worldwide, notably through the Unesco Chair she has held since 2004.
Jean-Paul Metzger: The ecologist in the landscape
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In residence in Montpellier in autumn 2023 thanks to the UM's MAK'IT (Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions) program, ecologist Jean-Paul Metzger, professor at the University of São Paulo, has extended his research linking ecology and quality of life with French counterparts.
Daniele Di Pietro: the maths aesthete
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With his NEMESIS project, mathematician Daniele Di Pietro has just been awarded 7.8 million euros in ERC Synergy funding. His goal: to overcome the current technological barriers to numerical simulations of complex physical problems. The director of the Alexandre Grothendieck Institute in Montpellier, France, describes his career path in a discipline for which he was not originally destined.
Paul Antonio: Journey to the heart of the Earth
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Paul Antonio, a paleomagnetism researcher at the Géosciences Montpellier laboratory, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) grant for his proposal of a new experimental method to refine the dating of the Earth's inner core.
Erika Burioli: Mysterious transmissible cancers in mussels
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Erika Burioli works on cancer cells capable of spreading in the environment and infecting foreign organisms. The researcher at the Interactions Hôtes-Pathogènes-Environnements (IHPE) laboratory has been awarded a european research council (ERC) grant in September 2023 to continue her work on bivalves.
Nadine Laguette: inspiring and well-inspired
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With her young team specializing in inflammatory immune mechanisms at the Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (IGMM), Nadine Laguette is multiplying her successes. In ten years, she has made several key discoveries and won no fewer than three prestigious European ERC grants. At the end of 2022, she was awarded the Fondation Simone et Cino Del Duca de l'Institut de France cancerology prize.
Michel Bouvier: a "school" for medicine
Content type: Portrait
A world-renowned researcher in the field of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), Michel Bouvier has contributed to numerous fundamental and therapeutic discoveries on these proteins, which are the target of over 30% of drugs on the market. Many Montpellier researchers have trained with this professor from the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal. In 2023, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Montpellier.
Immun4cure: a university hospital institute (IHU) focusing on autoimmune diseases
Content type : Article
Published on: May 31, 2023
Supported by Montpellier University Hospital, Inserm and the University of Montpellier, and coordinated by...
Hydropolis brings together the water sciences community
Content type : Article
Published on: April 21, 2023
Drought, global warming, irrigation, contamination... The question of...