Research 56 - University of Montpellier

[LUM#12] A strategist named Zika

LUM magazine

Published on: May 05, 2020

What do Ulysses and the Zika virus have in common? Cunning! Like the hero of the Odyssey,...

Protecting the sea, feeding people

Published on: April 28, 2020

How can we reconcile the imperative need to protect coral reefs without penalizing...

Andrea Tomassi: A grant to revolutionize geodynamics

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April also saw the success of Andréa Tommasi, Director of Research at the Geosciences laboratory of the University of Montpellier, winner of a European Research Council grant for her RhEoVOLUTION project. A good start to the year for this specialist in terrestrial deformation, who was also awarded the CNRS silver medal in 2020.

[LUM#11] Meeting the e-health challenge

LUM magazine

Published on: April 13, 2020

Nearly twenty years after the emergence of digital technology in the hospital sector, the...

PhyML, a software package from Montpellier to trace the Covid-19 epidemic

Published on: April 10, 2020

The PhyML bioinformatics software, developed over the last fifteen years at the...

[LUM#11] Noise for senescent cells

LUM magazine

Published on: April 06, 2020

Compare the senescent cells that accumulate in our bodies as we age...

[LUM#11] Made in Mada

LUM magazine

Published on: March 30, 2020

Auriane, Raphaël, Isabelle and Sabine, students in the Ecology and Biology of...

Coronavirus: consequences for the electricity market

The conversation

Published on: March 25, 2020

For the moment, it's difficult to determine the full impact of the coronavirus epidemic...

MOOD: A project to better detect emerging diseases

Published on: March 24, 2020

Coordinated from Montpellier by CIRAD researcher Renaud Lancelot, the MOOD project has been...

[LUM#11] Green by nature

LUM magazine

Published on: March 23, 2020

Green voting, participatory science or joining associations fighting to protect the environment...

[LUM#12] Biodiversity in the second grade

LUM magazine

Published on: March 11, 2020

With a special report on the effects of global warming on biodiversity, this...

The mystery of tardigrades' extreme resistance finally solved?

The conversation

Published on: March 11, 2020

September 2007. A Russian rocket takes off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying...

Welcome to Coronaland! Towards the zombification of humans?

The conversation

Published on: March 09, 2020

The theme of the zombie apocalypse has worked its way into the imagination of the masses...

Louise 0. Fresco, Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Montpellier

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Louise O. Fresco, Professor and President of Wageningen University & Reseach, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by Philippe Augé, President of the Université de Montpellier, on the occasion of her visit to the Université de Montpellier for a conference on "revisiting the linked destinies of agriculture and food" in March 2020. Fresco, Professor and President of Wageningen University & Reseach, was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Montpellier by Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier.

West Bank: the palm trees of discord

The conversation

Published on: February 24, 2020

The peace plan unveiled by President Trump on January 28, 2020 proposes the annexation of...

What role does culture play in municipal elections?

The conversation

Published on: February 20, 2020

Once again this year, it looked as if nothing was going to happen. The debates between candidates...