Publication of the first Biology-Health White Paper
The excellence of research in Biology-Health at the Montpellier-Nîmes site, illustrated by the results of its young researchers and the publication of its first white paper.
This November 26, 2019 , the Pôle de Research Biology-Health of the I-SITE Montpellier University of Excellence invites young researchers who have contributed to major scientific advances in Biology-Health [see program] to present their results published in top-level journals in 2018. These talented young researchers, introduced by their research supervisors before presenting their work, will be awarded a prize (€500) at the end of the day.
Inspired by the Académie des Sciences' "journée des grandes avancées", this interdisciplinary event is designed to promote young researchers embarking on a research career and give them the opportunity to make themselves known, as well as to encourage cross-disciplinary exchanges between the different research areas that make the Occitanie-Est Biology-Health community a reference on a national and international scale.
Preview of the Pôle's 1st white paper Research Biology-Health
After a presentation by Dr. Pierre-Emmanuel Milhiet of the Biology-Health Research Cluster, of which he has been director since September 2019, in the context of the Montpellier University of Excellence I-SITE, this day is an opportunity to present one of the Cluster's first major achievements: the publication of the 1st Biology-Health White Paper dedicated to Biomarkers and 6P Medicine.
Prof. Jacques Mercier, Vice-President of the University of Montpellier, will present this collective achievement, which highlights the site's undeniable strengths in fundamental and clinical research in this field, as well as its strong potential for partnership development with industry. Divided into thematic sheets based on the cluster's 7 areas of research, this first white paper also presents the main success stories that have led to fundamental discoveries and the development of innovative technologies on our site.
Two high-level lectures and a presentation of the Vagineering student project, awarded in 2018 at the major international synthetic biology competition organized by MIT in Boston (IGEM2018).
Prof. Hugues Duffau of Montpellier University Hospital, renowned for his open-brain operations, will present the theory of network organization in brain plasticity: lessons learned from awake surgery on patients with cerebral gliomas. Dr Simon Mendez will present his work, carried out as part of the flagship Rheoblood project supported by Labex NUMEV, in particular the use of numerical stimulation in fluid mechanics and its application to blood flows.
Montpellier students, winners of the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) 2018, will be presenting their "Vagineering" project. They propose a reversible long-acting contraceptive method using bacteria from the vaginal microbiota.