Major advances in biology and health

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  • Dates: November 26, 2019
  • Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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Symposium/Award ceremony. Organized by the Biology-Health Research Cluster.
Montpellier Institute of Botany, Charles Flahault Lecture Hall – 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090 Montpellier.

This day gives a voice to first authors/young researchers who will present their work published in 2018 in high-level journals. They will be rewarded with a prize at the end of the day. An introduction to the subject will be given by their Research Directors.

Schedule for the day

  • Presentation of work by young researchers/first authors who are award winners.
  • Presentation of the iGEM competition and the 2018 winning project, "Vagineering."
  • Pitches from new entrants to the UM.

Highlights of the day:

  • Presentation of the White Paper on Biology and Health.
  • Lecture by Professor Hugues DUFFAU ( Montpellier Institute of Neuroscience)
    "A meta-networking theory of brain processing: lessons gained from awake mapping in glioma surgery"
  • Lecture by Professor Simon MENDEZ ( Alexander Grothendieck Institute, Montpellier)
    "Numerical simulation for blood and blood flows: a tool for understanding, diagnosis, and treatment"