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The FNR is pleased to announce that the second edition of the Science Communicator Networking Event will take place on Thursday, 23 May 2019 at Hotel Novotel Luxembourg Kirchberg. Registrations for science communicators are open until Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 14:00.
Thursday, 21 March 2019. Lecture: 09:00 – 10:00 Lycée Guillaume Kroll Salle de projection audiovisuelle. Meet & Eat: 10:30 – 12:00 (registration required). House of BioHealth, Room Françoise Barré-Sinoussi32 rue Henri Koch, Esch/Alzette 4354, Luxembourg. Speaker: Prof Charles Dinarello.
In order to clarify the most frequently asked questions around requests for budget shifts in FNR-funded projects, we have modified the guidelines for budget shifting.
Ernesto Gargiulo has always had a curious and inquisitive disposition, which as a child saw him spending hours outdoors, in a quest to discover. At University, Ernesto’s attention turned to oncology. Set on applying and strengthening his knowledge, the Italian national embarked on a PhD at the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), where he works on characterising exosomes, small extracellular vesicles, linked to cancer development, progression and chemo-resistance.
The United Kingdom is one of the most important research partners in the EU. Scientists are accordingly concerned about Brexit – on both sides of the Channel. In his capacity as FNR Secretary General, Marc Schiltz discusses Brexit’s implications for European research.
When Thomas Elliot (Tom) cycled from Indonesia to London, he witnessed many people living in hardship. Motivated to research how consumption affects social and environmental justice in a bid to help reduce the hardship witnessed, the New Zealand national applied for an open PhD position at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), where he now works on a project that fuses urban metabolism and ecosystem services.
Economist Prof Conchita d’Ambrosio has been FNR PEARL Chair at the University of Luxembourg since 2013, where she leads a team of scientists investigating how different factors determine individual and social well-being.
