Yves Bergeron and Yves Mauffette, honorary doctors of the University of Montreal
The University of Montpellier honored Canada by awarding honorary doctorates to Quebec professors Yves Bergeron and Yves Mauffette on Friday, December 2. This was an opportunity for President Philippe Augé to highlight the valuable partnerships that unite UM not only with the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) and in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT) but also with the universities of Laval and Sherbrooke.
Jean-Philippe Pin: His Head Is Full of MSG
Jean-Philippe Pin, a research director at the Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF) in Montpellier, whose work in molecular pharmacology was recognized this year with the Lamonica Prize, is opening up new therapeutic avenues for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Raoul Belzeaux: A Seamless Blend of Two Disciplines
Straddling the fields of psychiatry and molecular biology, Raoul Belzeaux, a professor and psychiatrist at Montpellier University Hospital, focuses on biomarkers of mental disorders. The researcher has just received the Marcel Dassault Prize for his project on rapid testing for bipolar disorder.
Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier, interpreter and shaper of evolution
With one foot in evolutionary genomics and the other in bioinformatics, Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier of the Montpellier Institute of Evolutionary Sciences (ISEM) examines genomes in search of repetitive elements that can influence species adaptation. She advocates for bioinformatics as a scientific discipline in its own right.
Claude Grison: The Formula for Clean Chemistry
She has revolutionized chemistry by making it more environmentally friendly. Claude Grison has just been awarded the 2022 European Inventor Award in theResearchcategory by the European Patent Office. Here’s a look back at the career of the director of the ChimEco laboratory, for whom dialogue and interdisciplinarity are the keys to innovation.
Once upon a time, there was François Ost
Under the patronage of Alexandre Viala, professor of public law at the University of Montpellier, the University of Montpellier had the honor and pleasure of welcoming Belgian scholar François Ost to confer upon him an honorary doctorate. Here is a profile of this legal scholar and philosopher of law who excels in the art of explaining the law to better understand it.
