Portraits of the UM

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. 

In January 2021, Johanna Calderon, a researcher in neuropsychology and psychiatry at Harvard University, will head up an attractive chair at the University of Montpellier in the neurodevelopment of congenital heart pathologies. A first in France.

On October 22, the University of Montpellier, and more specifically the Faculty of Law and Political Science, paid tribute to Professor Georges Frêche, who passed away ten years ago. A look back at the career of an outstanding academic and political figure who didn't wait for posterity to build his own legend.

André Neveu was awarded a major distinction in the field of theoretical physics and mathematics by the International Centre for Theoritical Physics (ICTP) on August 10. The 2020 Dirac Medal rewards the Emeritus Research Director of the Charles Coulomb Laboratory - along with two other eminent physicists - "for their pioneering contributions to the creation and formulation of string theory".