Portraits of the UM

Awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for his fight against mass rape and sexual violence against women in his country the DRC, the man many call "the man who fixes women" has once again pleaded for changes in international criminal law and for gender equality.

A specialist in brain tumors, Alexandra Garancher is pursuing her research in immunotherapy at the Institut de recherche en cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM) thanks to Muse funding.

Pascale Idoux is a lecturer and researcher in public law, and she talks about her discipline as others talk about birds: by taking you on a journey. During an hour spent in an office at the Faculty of Law and Political Science, she takes us on a tour of the European Public Law Organization, the Institut de l'entreprise training cycle, nuclear law, the Institut Universitaire de France and, of course, the University of Montpellier.

American geneticist Randall Wisser has just joined Inrae to design the seeds of tomorrow. His recipe: draw on the genetic resources of the world's seeds, then computer-model their adaptation to new environments. His arrival in Montpellier from the University of Delaware follows an EXPLORE mobility scheme, MUSE's international mobility program.

The Société française d'écologie et d'évolution has awarded its 2020 Grand Prix to Philippe Jarne, a CNRS researcher at the Centre d'écologie fonctionnelle et évolutive. The award recognizes his research in evolutionary and population biology, invasion biology and ecology. Portrait of a gastropod specialist.

A specialist in wine microorganisms, biologist Fabienne Remize is changing scale by taking over the management of a large unit, the UMR Sciences pour l'œnologie (SPO: Université de Montpellier, Inrae, Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro) as part of the MUSE I-SITE attractiveness program.