Psychological consultations for UM students are available all summer
The University of Montpellier will offer reinforced psychological support to all its students from July 25 to September 4, 2022 inclusive.
[Podcast] A LUM LA SCIENCE #27: From the seventh wave to the beach
For this last issue of A LUM la science before the summer, Mircea Sofonea, epidemiologist at the Mivegec laboratory, gives us an update on the seventh wave of Covid. This is an opportunity to look back at the media treatment of the pandemic and the prospects for research.
Covid epidemic resumes: why Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants are spreading in France
Forgotten by the media for several weeks, the Covid epidemic is back in the news with the BA.4 and BA.5 variants taking hold in France, after their breakthrough in Portugal in particular.
[Podcast] A LUM LA SCIENCE #25: From Alzheimer's disease to the Charles Flahault Heritage Fund
This week in A LUM LA SCIENCE, Fabrice Caudron, a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Genetics in Montpellier, is our guest. He and his team have just discovered that a plant substance could protect the neurons of Alzheimer's patients. In the second half of the programme, Elizabeth Denton, library curator, introduces us to the Charles Flahault heritage collection.
Biotechnology made in Montpellier
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Three essential actions in the service of health to improve patient care. This is a constantly evolving sector in which innovation plays a key role. What is the role of academic research in a world where biotechnology giants and Big Pharmas reign supreme? A place that cannot be ignored, as shown by the companies presented here, which are taking up the challenge of creating new medicines. A
The challenges that aerobatic flight imposes on pilots' bodies
Our species is acclimatised to a world of constant gravity - in this case, a pervasive force of acceleration arising from the Earth's attraction (the unit of gravity, g, is 9.81 m/s2 ). There are, however, circumstances where our bodies are subjected to more than the classical Earth gravity... This is again a matter of acceleration.