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With the world facing an ever more delicate environmental situation, scientists are turning to nature, and in particular the forests, for solutions to many problems, such as the depletion of (...)
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European Café des Sciences : Nature-inspired innovation with Georgia Tech Professor Christopher Luettgen -
[France-Atlanta] Wastewater for Smart Cities: Transforming Sludge into Bioenergy , Atlanta, GA
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[France-Atlanta] Georgia Tech and ISAE-SUPAERO: A Strategic Partnership , Atlanta, GA
A long tradition of cooperation and student exchanges led Georgia Tech and ISAE-SUPAERO to sign a French-American partnership agreement in the field of aerospace engineering. Research (...) -
[France-Atlanta] Georgia Tech and Airbus: A Long-Standing History , Atlanta, GA
Airbus and Georgia Tech’s Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering collaborate through a successful public-private partnership where students, researchers, and faculty members exchange (...) -
France-Atlanta Event - Bridging the Sciences: Advances in HIV, Viral Hepatitis, and Emerging Viruses , Atlanta, GA
Outstanding French and American researchers and key opinion leaders will gather for a high-level, one-day scientific symposium on human viral infections. Interactive sessions will present basic (...)
Science & Technology Watch
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Cancer du Pancreas : Une étude apporte un nouvel espoir Une étude clinique de phase III menée par AstraZeneca sur Lynparza (Olaparib) vient apporter un nouvel espoir dans la recherche de voies thérapeutiques pour lutter contre le cancer du pancréas. Les résultats de l’étude ont montré une amélioration de la durée de vie d’une catégorie de patients.
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Le Wake Forest Institute (NC) met au point une technique de bioimpression de peau révolutionnaire Des scientifiques du Wake Forest Institute, en Caroline du Nord, ont récemment mis au point un système mobile de bio-impression permettant à partir de cellules de peau d’un patient, d’imprimer de la peau directement sur une plaie. Cette technique semble plus prometteuse que les techniques existantes.
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La Gastronomie Moléculaire réinvente la cuisine grâce à la science La gastronomie moléculaire est la discipline scientifique qui s’intéresse aux mécanismes des phénomènes survenant lors des transformations culinaires. Selon Hervé This, les applications qui en découlent pourraient apporter des solutions en matière de santé et d’environnement.
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Une avancée dans la compréhension des différences de comportements bactériens in-vitro et in-vivo Une équipe de la School of Biological Sciences du Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) en collaboration avec plusieurs autres universités américaines et organismes de recherche Danois, a mis en évidence des différences de niveau d’expression des gènes bactériens, codants pour diverses fonctions métaboliques, en fonction du développement in-vitro ou in-vivo des bactéries. Ces recherches ouvrent des perspectives d’amélioration des modèles d’études bactériens en laboratoire et ainsi une meilleure efficacité des traitements d’infections bactériennes.
News
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Georgia Tech Signs Agreement with École Polytechnique (l’X) Rachel Maguer, Vice President, Marketing and International Relations, École Polytechnique, and Yves Berthelot, Vice Provost (...)American Society for Microbiology Microbe 2018 conference held in Atlanta The Microbe conference, biggest annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, was held from June 7th to June 11th (...)Reception at the Consulate General of France in Atlanta in honor of Professor Pascale Cossart, "secrétaire perpétuelle" of the French Academy of Sciences Pascale Cossart, secrétaire perpétuelle of the French Academy of Sciences, was honored by the consulate for her latest book (...)
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Science Breakfast - October 2019 - Vijeth Iyengar - Research and Development for Technology to Support Aging Adults Dr. Vijeth Iyengar, Brain Health Lead and Technical Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Aging at the Administration (...)Signature of a Declaration of Intent by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the French space agency CNES On October 23, on the sidelines of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and (...)Funding Opportunities - France-Stanford Center for AY 2020-21 Each year, the France-Stanford Center offers more than $200,000 in funding for research projects bringing together scholars (...)
Calls for Proposals
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ATIP – Avenir Program 2020 Young group leader Under a partnership between Inserm and CNRS, a call for proposals is launched aimed at enabling young scientists to create and lead a team within an established Inserm or CNRS laboratory in (...) -
The call for proposal 2020 of the ATIP-AVENIR… The call for proposal 2020 of the ATIP-AVENIR program has been published with the aim of enabling young scientists and/or physicians (i.e. Ph.D obtained between September 15th 2009 and September (...) -
Position: 2 year post-doctoral position The laboratory of Dr Julien C. Marie is seeking an experienced, creative and autonomous post-doctoral fellow to study the effects of TGF-b on T cell-biology. A particular focus is proposed on (...) -
Call for Proposals 2019-2020 Béatrice Denys Foundation for Therapeutic Innovation The Béatrice Denys Foundation for Therapeutic Innovation announces the opening of the 2019-2020 call for proposals supporting projects in biomedical academic research in preparation for the (...) -
Call for Proposals 2020 Neurodegenerative Diseases Neurodegenerative diseases represent some of the most important medical challenges in the world today. It is essential to shed light on the fundamental mechanisms involved in the etiology of this (...) -
Call for Proposals 2020 Environment Health The exposure of environmental agents (physical or chemical agents, infectious, dietary contaminants as well as stress and way of life) to humans can have an impact on overall health. These (...) -
POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN THE FIELD OF STEM CELL PLURIPOTENCY AND REPROGRAMMING A post-doctoral position is available in the laboratory of Fabrice Lavial at the Cancer research center of Lyon (CRCL). The main lab interests are centered on the control of stem cell (...) -
Chateaubriand Fellowship: Call for Applications 2020-2021 The Chateaubriand Fellowship in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM), offered by the Embassy of France in the United States, Office for Science and Technology, aims to (...) -
France-Berkeley Fund: 2020 Call for Proposals The 2020 call for proposals of the France-Berkeley Fund is now open until January 31, 2020. -
The Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML) is recruiting new group leaders in 2020 The CIML*, a world-class immunology institute with a tradition of high quality research, provides an exceptional international research environment, with a renowned graduate program. The (...)
