Research - University of Montpellier

Rocio Semino, a way with words

Rocio Semino is a researcher at the Charles Gerhardt Montpellier Institute. Last December, she was awarded a €1.35 million grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to conduct her research on metal-organic networks. Portrait of a chemist who masters the art of synthesis... without a test tube!

[LUM#15] Fake news epidemic

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Published on: February 14 , 2022

Social media, blogs, websites... Getting information about the COVID-19 pandemic has never been...

Science at UM [S01-ep11]: From populism to masculinity at the Science Bar

Published on: February 11 , 2022

This week, Alexandre Dézé and Emmanuelle Reungoat, political science researchers at Cepel and...

[LUM#15] One Health

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Published on: February 8 , 2022

For the past fifteen years or so, the One Health approach has been...

Science at UM [S01-ep10]: From circulating tumor cells to robots inspired by climbing plants

Published on: February 7 , 2022

This week, Catherine Alix Panabières, head of the Rare Circulating Cells Laboratory...

Tardigrades in quantum land?

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Published on: February 1 , 2022

Biology, including "molecular" biology, has traditionally been the exclusive domain of the privileged...

Portrait(s) of France(s): Digital technology—what are the challenges for society?

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Published on: February 1 , 2022

In the "metaverse," this fictional virtual universe that seems to fascinate Mark Zuckerberg...

[LUM#15] Towards food democracy

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Published on: January 31 , 2022

Restoring confidence in local food to limit the ravages of junk food. These are...

Science at UM [S01-ep09]: From vaccinating oysters to the Abiophen greenhouse

Published on: January 27 , 2022

This week, Caroline Montagnani, researcher at Ifremer and director of the IHPE unit,...

Mnemons: when memory depends on prion proteins

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Published on: January 27 , 2022

Just as we are able to memorize information, organisms...

Tawana Kupe, charisma in the service of African universities

On the recommendation of Patrick Caron, Vice President for International Relations, the University of Montpellier awarded Professor Tawana Kupe an honorary doctorate last October. A native of Zimbabwe, this media specialist has enjoyed a brilliant career in South Africa, culminating in his current position as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria.