UM Profiles

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.

She has revolutionized chemistry by combining it with ecology. 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.

Under the patronage of Alexandre Viala, professor of public law atUM, the University of Montpellier had the honor and pleasure of welcoming Belgian scholar François Ost to confer upon him the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. Here is a profile of this legal scholar and philosopher of law who excels in the art of narrating the law to better understand it.

Julie Josse, a statistician and researcher at Inria, joined the Desbrest Institute of Epidemiology and Public Health (IDESP) in January 2021. As a specialist in missing data, she has been applying statistical power to the field of health for nearly ten years.

Karim Majzoub leads the “RNA Viruses and Host Factors” research team at the Montpellier Institute of Molecular Genetics (IGMM). A recipient of the 2020 Atip-Avenir – MUSE award, he was awarded a grant of 1.5 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC) to conduct his research on delta viruses. A virus responsible for hepatitis D in humans, but recently found in a large number of animal species

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