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Successful start for the new Bachelor in Medicine |
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Published on Monday, 28 September 2020 | |
The new Bachelor in Medicine team welcomed 125 students during the launch of the academic year 2020-2021, which started on 14 September 2020 at the University of Luxembourg. They inaugurated the fi... |
Virtual simulators: the future of medical studies |
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Published on Wednesday, 25 November 2020 | |
In order to anticipate future training needs in the healthcare sector, the University of Luxembourg will invest in cutting-edge 3D tools in the coming months. On this occasion, from September to No... |
Towards an extensive offer for medical studies |
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Published on Monday, 14 December 2020 | |
With the aim of creating a “Health campus”, the University of Luxembourg organised different meetings with potential partners. In parallel, two new courses are offered for first-year bachelor stude... |
Excellent Doctoral Thesis Awards 2020 in science |
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Published on Friday, 22 January 2021 | |
The Doctoral School of Science and Engineering (DSSE) at the University of Luxembourg has recently awarded nine doctoral candidates for their outstanding doctoral thesis. The research topics includ... |
Cancer Quiz: Test your knowledge! |
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Published on Thursday, 04 February 2021 | |
For the World Cancer Day (4 February), an interdisciplinary team of scientists in Luxembourg publishes a quiz about cancer on Kahoot. The quiz contains several questions about the causes of cancer,... |
[Article series] The experts behind Luxembourg's COVID-19 fight |
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Published on Friday, 26 February 2021 | |
Iris Behrmann, Head of the Department of Life Sciences and Medicine (DLSM) at the University of Luxembourg, is co-principal investigator of the COVID-19 research project "CovSerum: Early detec... |
International Master in Biomedicine celebrates its first graduates |
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Published on Thursday, 04 March 2021 | |
Launched in 2018 as a tri-national programme with the University of Luxembourg, the University of Strasbourg and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the first graduates from the International... |
Better understanding breast cancer |
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Published on Monday, 15 March 2021 | |
Researchers from the University of Luxembourg have demonstrated that Ser5 phosphorylation of the actin-bundling protein L-plastin increases breast cancer cell invasiveness. Their findings have been... |
Advancing diagnosis and therapy: Exploring the cancer microbiome |
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Published on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 | |
Six new interdisciplinary research projects have received multi-year funding in the context of the Audacity funding instrument of the University’s Institute for Advanced Studies. |
Relais pour la Vie 2021: together and connected |
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Published on Tuesday, 30 March 2021 | |
The cancer research team from the Department of Life Sciences and Medicine at the University of Luxembourg took part in the 2021 edition organised by the Fondation Cancer. |
10 years building colorectal cancer collection |
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Published on Friday, 16 April 2021 | |
Initiated in 2011 by the University of Luxembourg and the Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg (IBBL) as a concerted action against colorectal cancer (CRC), the collection of tumour samples from variou... |
An informative quiz night about cancer |
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Published on Thursday, 29 April 2021 | |
On 23-25 April 2021, an interdisciplinary team of scientists in Luxembourg invited the public to participate in three interactive online quizzes around the topic of cancer. Participants learned mor... |
2020 Pelican Grant: five doctoral students awarded |
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Published on Thursday, 20 May 2021 | |
Beatriz Garcia Santa Cruz, Dimitrios Kyriakis, Eleftheria Charalambous, Erica Grant and Mohaned Benzarti have recently been awarded the Pelican Grant from the Fondation du Pélican de Mie et Pierre... |
Luxembourg Olympiads in natural sciences: congrats to the winners! |
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Published on Friday, 30 July 2021 | |
On 1 July 2021, 18 secondary school students who won the Luxembourg Biology Olympiad, the Luxembourg Chemistry Olympiad and the Luxembourg Physics Olympiad were congratulated during the award cerem... |
New courses in medicine launched |
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Published on Wednesday, 22 September 2021 | |
On 20 September 2021, the University of Luxembourg honoured students of medicine and launched the new medical specialiations. More than 70 people attended the event in Belval. |
Life Sciences PhD Days |
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Event date: Thursday, 07 October 2021 | |
Hour: 9:00 08-10 | 18:00 | |
Place: Online |
Journée d’introduction pour les médecins en voie de spécialisation |
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Published on Friday, 08 October 2021 | |
Le 30 septembre 2021, l’Université du Luxembourg a accueilli les jeunes médecins qui entament des études spécialisées en médecine générale, neurologie et oncologie médicale sur le campus de Limpert... |
Les spécialistes en oncologie découvrent l’unité de simulation |
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Published on Friday, 03 December 2021 | |
Dans le cadre de leur formation spécialisée en oncologie médicale, nos jeunes médecins en voie de spécialisation (MEVS) ont pu approfondir leurs connaissances et développer leurs compétences dans l... |
A day for high school students to discover medical studies |
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Published on Thursday, 12 May 2022 | |
Contemplating a medical career requires an early immersion, to navigate numerous challenges ranging from admission processes to rigorous scientific background requirements. |
Study shows microbiome-derived formate promotes colorectal cancer |
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Published on Monday, 20 June 2022 | |
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and lethal malignancies in Western countries. It is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second most common cause of death from cancer... |
Medicine and the end of life - experiences and insights |
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Published on Monday, 11 July 2022 | |
To mark the publication of the book Das Warschauer Konzert - oder der letzte Gang (loosely translated as “The Warsaw Concerto – or the final curtain”) by Dr. Bernard Thill, the medical education te... |