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Pierre-Emmanuel Meunier and Johan da Silveira, two designers and inventor artists currently working at Autodesk, will present their project baptized : tattoué , the first automated tattoo machine, (...)
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Conference "Manufacturing Transparency" at UC Berkeley , Berkeley, CA
"Manufacturing Transparency" (Oct. 28th at UC Berkeley) aims at exploring the concept of transparency, from various angles, sociological, artistic, philosophical, scientific. Speakers from (...) -
CAFFEET 2015 - Innovative solutions to integrate renewable energy , San Francisco, CA
This 5th edition of CaFFEET, organized 2 months before the start of the COP21 Climate Change Conference in Paris, will address the key factors, the challenges and the opportunities related to the (...) -
France, an attractive place for US startups , San Francisco, CA
The Office for Science and Technology in San Francisco organized September 17, 2015 The YEI (Young Enterprise Initiative) program at the coworking space Parisoma, The evening’s theme was France’s (...) -
French Ameri-Can Climate Talks - Can technology halt climate change? , San Francisco, CA
The challenge of global warming is not to be reduced to shared emissions burden. Most importantly, it brings opportunities to create employment, economic growth and innovative modes of production (...)
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UC Berkeley annonce la création du Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence L’UC Berkeley crée un nouveau centre de recherche centré sur l’alignement des intelligences artificielles avec les comportements humains. Le Centre sera dirigé par Stuart Russell, Professeur d’informatique et d’ingénierie à UC Berkeley.
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L’Etat de Californie accroit son soutien aux incubateurs du système University of California L’assemblée de Californie vient de décider d’octroyer US$ 22M par an à l’Université de Californie pour stimuler son système d’innovation et d’entrepreneuriat.
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UCSF crée un nouvel institut dédié aux neurosciences grâce à un don de 185 millions de dollars UCSF a annoncé le 25 mai dernier la création prochaine du UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, financé par un acte philanthropique d’un montant sans précédent pour l’institution. Dans un effort important visant à accélérer le développement de nouveaux traitements pour les pathologies affectant le cerveau et le système nerveux, la Weill Family Foundation et le couple formé par Joan et Sandford Weill a en effet réalisé un don de 185 millions de dollars, permettant de financer la création de ce nouvel institut et ses nombreuses initiatives internes à venir.
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Un brevet d’œil bionique témoigne de l’intérêt de Google pour le transhumanisme. Le 28 avril 2016, la société Google a fait un pas de plus vers la création d’un humain augmenté en déposant le brevet N°20160113760 qui décrit un dispositif médical intra-oculaire appelé lentille électronique. L’invention d’Andrew Jason Conrad vise à corriger le processus musculaire naturel d’accommodation de l’œil, qui lui permet de former une image nette sur la rétine.
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Jennifer Doudna, co-discoverer of CRISPR/Cas9, winner of the 2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO prize On February 17th, the Office for Science and Technology met with Jennifer Doudna, professor at UC Berkeley and co-discoverer (...)NETVA 2015 - A week of intense immersion in San Francisco From last October 19th to the 23rd, the Office for Science and Technology at the Consulate General of France in San Francisco (...)France, an attractive place for US startups The Office for Science and Technology in San Francisco organized September 17, 2015 The YEI (Young Enterprise Initiative) (...)
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France-United States space cooperation : Launch of OSIRIS-REx mission The OSIRIS-REx mission was launched Friday 9 September from the Cape Canaveral base in Florida, on board an Atlas V (...)France Alumni USA, extend your French experience! Launched on June 21, 2016, France Alumni USA is a platform and network of professionals who have completed part or all of (...)Inserm, France’s rising research star according to Nature The French National Institute of Health and Medical research (Inserm) is listed in the World Top 100 institutions with the (...)
Calls for Proposals
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French American Doctoral Exchange Program (FADEx) : Epigenetics Metabolism & Nutrition For the next edition of FADEx, the OST will partner with Inserm, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, to organize a seminar on Epigenetics Metabolism & Nutrition for (...) -
Genopole Young Biotech Award Genopole, France’s leading biopark, is organizing the sixth edition of its competition for biotech start-ups in the environmental, food & agriculture and/or industrial sectors (excluding the (...) -
Call for application: Inria International Chairs Inria is hiring experienced researchers for long visits (12 months along five years), giving them the opportunity to develop or strengthen collaborations in their expertise fields/areas with (...) -
ENS Department of Physics - Junior Research Chairs Call 2016 The Department of Physics at ENS Paris invites applications for four JRC (Junior Research Chairs) at postdoctoral level. Appointments will be for two years with a possible one year extension. The (...) -
IMéRA calls for applications 2017-2018 IMéRA is an Institute for Advanced Study of the Aix-Marseille University, a unique research center where both emerging and top-level scientists can take advantage of residence schemes to carry out (...) -
FACCTS: 2017 Call for proposals The France And Chicago Collaborating in The Sciences (FACCTS) program is designed to enhance science at the University of Chicago by encouraging closer relations between researchers in Physics (...)
