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Lecture Series One Earth: Impacts and countermeasures to global change and effects on the biosphere
Event date: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Hour:  15:30 17:30
Place:  Ellipse Room - Maison du Livre - Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC)
Speaker: Prof. Jack Gilbert

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Prof. Michael Heneka is appointed Director of the LCSB
Published on Wednesday, 02 June 2021
The Board of Governors of the University of Luxembourg has ratified, at an extraordinary meeting held on 31 May 2021, the appointment of Prof. Michael Heneka as Director of the Luxembourg Centre fo...
Ten University Projects Granted Early Access to MeluXina
Published on Monday, 07 June 2021
Luxembourg’s first supercomputer MeluXina was officially launched on 7 June. MeluXina is a key element of Luxembourg’s data-driven innovation strategy, catering for the needs of companies, start-up...
Luxembourg paves the way for a new era of healthcare digitalisation
Published on Thursday, 10 June 2021
Prof. Klucken joins the movement to make digitalisation part of every-day patient care
The University of Luxembourg mourns the loss of Pierre Hippert
Published on Monday, 14 June 2021
Pierre Hippert, a long-lasting and avid supporter and friend of the University of Luxembourg died Thursday, 3 June, at the age of 92.
Science4Everyone: Electron Microscopy
Event date: Monday, 14 June 2021
Hour:  12:00 12:30
Speaker: Sonja Fixemer
Using molecular biology to search for oil and gas
Published on Monday, 26 July 2021
Within the framework of the EU project PROSPECTOMICS, five international partners have started to develop environmentally-friendly exploration methods.
European experts address the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on Thursday, 12 August 2021
How should Europe deal with the COVID-19 pandemic in the future? Which strategies should be pursued and what specific risks should be considered? To answer these questions, researchers from the Max...
Combining sequencing approaches and omics to characterise microbiomes
Published on Wednesday, 01 September 2021
DNA contains the blueprint for life, be it for mammals, plants or microorganisms. Thanks to current technologies, DNA can be extracted from virtually any environment, including mixed comm...
Launch of ZeroPM, a new European project focusing on water pollution
Published on Monday, 06 September 2021
Persistent, mobile (PM) substances are being recognised as serious threats to the safety of water resources. In many cases, drinking water supplies have to be purified using expensive technologies...
Rudi Balling's Goodbye lecture series
Event date: Thursday, 16 September 2021
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place:  LCSB - BT2 - RIKEN conference room
Rudi Balling's Goodbye lecture series - Prof. David Leigh
Event date: Thursday, 23 September 2021
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place:  WebEx
Rudi Balling's Goodbye lecture series - Prof. Ortwin Renn
Event date: Thursday, 30 September 2021
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place:  WebEx
Rudi Balling's Goodbye lecture series - Dr Sara-Jane Dunn
Event date: Thursday, 07 October 2021
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place:  WebEx
New academic year 2021-2022 opens with optimism and hope
Published on Friday, 08 October 2021
The University of Luxembourg held its Rentrée Académique 2021-2022 on 7 October on Belval Campus.
Visit of the Prime Minister to meet researchers working on COVID-19
Published on Thursday, 14 October 2021
On 5 October, on Campus Belval, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel along with Minister for Higher Education and Research Claude Meisch met with researchers from the diffe...
Rudi Balling's Goodbye lecture series - Prof. Edith Heard
Event date: Thursday, 14 October 2021
Hour:  16:30 19:15
Place:  Maison du Savoir (MSA)
International Metaproteomics Symposium - A fast-growing field
Published on Tuesday, 26 October 2021
At the end of September, researchers from the Systems Ecology group at the LCSB organised the fourth International Metaproteomics Symposium at the Neumünster Abbey in Luxembourg. This 3-day ev...
BY-COVID: A new EU project for pandemic preparedness
Published on Friday, 29 October 2021
BeYond-COVID (BY-COVID), a new €12 million Horizon Europe funded project, was recently launched. It will tackle the data challenges that can hinder effective pandemic response. The c...
Launch of the European Platform for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Published on Friday, 05 November 2021
A new European initiative will build a collaborative platform for data and sample sharing, to accelerate the discovery and validation of biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases. The European...
Science Festival 2021: participate in our workshops!
Science Festival
Event date: Thursday, 11 November 2021
Hour:  9:00 14-11 | 19:00
Place:  Centre culturel de rencontre Abbaye de Neumünster + Musée national d’histoire naturelle
Quality Day 2021 - Dr. Leonard Freedman
Event date: Thursday, 11 November 2021
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Speaker: Leonard Freedman
Scienteens Lab launches new workshops in computer science
Published on Monday, 22 November 2021
The Scienteens Lab, an extracurricular learning centre of the University of Luxembourg, is organising its first workshops in computer science for secondary school pupils. Designed to be an interact...
ParkinsonNet Luxembourg celebrates 5 years
Published on Friday, 26 November 2021
ParkinsonNet Luxembourg was established only 5 years ago and began full operations in 2018 with the first multidisciplinary professional training. Modelled after the highly effective Dutch programm...
Experimental and computational synergy – Promising COVID-19 results
Published on Monday, 06 December 2021
An international collaboration between researchers from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg, the Centre for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC...
COVID-19 Disease Map: LCSB-coordinated effort proves to be effective
Published on Monday, 13 December 2021
Since spring 2020, researchers of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg have coordinated a group of 230 scientists with different background...
Scientific Symposium: How to boost research collaborations through open data exchange
Event date: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Hour:  8:30 11:35
Place:  online
Quilvest supports biomedical research at the University of Luxembourg
Published on Thursday, 16 December 2021
The family-owned holding Quilvest SA has made a major donation towards the University of Luxembourg, and more specifically to the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), the University’s...
PhD Graduation Ceremony 2021
Published on Monday, 20 December 2021
In the academic year 2020/2021, more than 1850 students graduated from the University of Luxembourg, including over 150 doctoral candidates. To congratulate the graduates and wish them all the best...
Microbiome and molecules - Novel methodologies for exploration
Published on Tuesday, 21 December 2021
In an article recently published in the journal ISME Communications, researchers from the Systems Ecology group of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of L...
Michael Heneka takes up position of Director of the LCSB
Published on Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Prof. Michael Heneka, who was appointed as Director of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) in June 2021, has taken up his position at the start of 2022. He...

Science4Everyone - Communication via Extracellular Vesicles
Event date: Monday, 21 February 2022
Hour:  12:00 12:30
Speaker: Dr. Miriam Fougeras
The Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine opens its doors!
Published on Wednesday, 23 February 2022
If you ever wondered what biomedical research is and what a laboratory looks like, then join us for a guided tour in our wet and dry labs!
CoVaLux research programme launched
Published on Thursday, 24 February 2022
Research Luxembourg has announced the CoVaLux research programme (COVID-19, Vaccination & long-term health consequences of COVID-19 in Luxembourg), a comprehensive study aimed at addressing key...
Multiscale modelling of bacterial populations
Event date: Thursday, 24 February 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Campus Limpertsberg, Bâtiment des Sciences, BS 3.03
Speaker: Dr. Philip Pearce, invited by Dr. Luke Davis
Paul Wilmes elected Executive Board member of the Section des Sciences
Published on Monday, 28 February 2022
On 9 February, Prof. Paul Wilmes, head of the Systems Ecology group at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg, was elected as a member of the executive...
Science4Everyone - Yeast: the model organism expert in pizza baking
Event date: Monday, 07 March 2022
Hour:  12:00 12:30
Speaker: Chiara Romano
University participates in the “Chercheurs à l'École" 2022 Programme
Published on Friday, 11 March 2022
The University of Luxembourg participates in the 2022 edition of "Chercheurs à l'Ecole” taking place this year from Monday 14 to Friday 18 March.
Midbrain single-cell sequencing to understand Parkinson’s Disease
Published on Thursday, 17 March 2022
Researchers from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, investigated...
Spinoffs Magrid Learning Solution and NIUM enter the market
Published on Thursday, 17 March 2022
Two spin-offs of the University of Luxembourg, Magrid Learning Solution and NIUM, are about to launch their commercial offer, following the signature of licenses negotiated with the Office for Part...
Science4Everyone - Tales from the lab: Mini-organs on a dish
Event date: Monday, 21 March 2022
Hour:  12:00 12:30
Speaker: Daniela Vega
Multiscale simulation approaches for probing biomolecular phase behaviour
Event date: Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Campus Limpertsberg, Bâtiment des Sciences, BS 0.03
Speaker: Dr. Jerelle A. Joseph Research Fellow, King’s College Cambridge, invited by Dr. Luke Davis
Controlling self-assembly by chemical fuels
Event date: Thursday, 31 March 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Campus Limpertsberg, Bâtiment des Sciences, BS 0.03
Speaker: Talk by Prof. Thomas Hermans, invited by Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Esposito
B or not to B: Insights in the regulation of anti-viral immunity
Published on Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Researchers delve into the inner workings of the antibody immune response, finding key differences in the metabolism of two closely related immune cell subsets.
The why behind mild COVID-19
Published on Thursday, 21 April 2022

All-Luxembourg study helps to anticipate a personal COVID-19 health trajectory

From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of published studies have focused on severe C...

Climate warming alters glacier-fed stream ecosystems worldwide
Published on Wednesday, 27 April 2022
According to two recent studies carried out as part of the Vanishing Glaciers Project, the ecosystems of glacier-fed streams are undergoing profound change around the world. That could have major r...
Science4Everyone - Organs-on-chip: What are they and why we want to use them
Event date: Monday, 02 May 2022
Hour:  12:00 16-05 | 12:30
Speaker: Dr. Gemma Gomez Giro
Antibiotics impact gut microbiome and antimicrobial resistance
Published on Tuesday, 03 May 2022
Antibiotics are commonly used to treat infections and ensure the safety of surgical procedures. However, their overuse has led to the emergence and spread of resistant bacteria, resulting in an “ar...
The Chemical Origins of Biological Metabolism
Event date: Wednesday, 04 May 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Campus Limpertsberg, Bâtiment des Sciences, BS 0.04
Speaker: Talk by Prof. Joseph Moran, invited by Prof. Dr. Massimiliano Esposito
Science Workshops at the Nuit de la Culture 2022
Event date: Saturday, 14 May 2022
Hour:  18:30 21:30
Place:  Centre Omnisports Henri Schmitz Hall 2 34 Bd Hubert Clément L-4064 Esch-sur-Alzette
Science4Everyone - Mind-Gut Connection
Event date: Monday, 16 May 2022
Hour:  12:00 12:30
Speaker: Dr. Gemma Gomez Giro
Inaugural Lecture Prof. Dr. med. Jochen Klucken
Event date: Thursday, 19 May 2022
Hour:  17:00 18:00
Place:  Maison du Savoir (MSA) Auditorium 3.330
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Jochen Klucken
The first Donor of the University of Luxembourg
Published on Friday, 27 May 2022
The University commemorates the first anniversary of the death of its long-time supporter and friend, Mr Pierre Hippert.
Science4Everyone - Drug Screening: From the lab to the patient
Event date: Friday, 03 June 2022
Hour:  12:00 12:30
Speaker: Dr. Bruno Dos Santos Rodrigues
International team discovers endogenous anti-inflammatory substance
Published on Thursday, 09 June 2022
A research team led by Prof. Karsten Hiller of the Braunschweig Integrated Centre of Systems Biology, BRICS, in collaboration with scientists at the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) and the Uni...
Surprising Connection between Immune Balance, Ageing and Parkinson’s
Published on Friday, 10 June 2022
Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) experts together with collaborators from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg have begun to unravel the complex...
Science4Everyone - Study participant involvement
Event date: Monday, 13 June 2022
Hour:  12:00 12:30
Speaker: Anne-Marie Hanff
Clinical research on Innovative Healthcare: Integrated Care in Parkinson´s Disease - Lessons from Germany
Event date: Thursday, 16 June 2022
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place:  Black Box, Maison des Sciences Humaines (MSH) 11, porte des Sciences 4366 Esch-sur-Alzette
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Tobias Warnecke and Carina Lummer
Global biodiversity framework falls short on chemicals
Published on Friday, 17 June 2022
An international group of scientists are highlighting the broad impacts of chemical pollution on ecosystems to decision makers as negotiations continue on a new international agreement to protect b...
Inaugural Lecture Associate Prof. Evan Williams
Event date: Monday, 20 June 2022
Hour:  11:00 12:00
Place:  Maison du Savoir (MSA) Auditorium 3.330 (3rd floor)
Speaker: Associate Prof. Evan Williams
Digital health and digital biomarkers: Achieving successful academia-industry collaborations in digital health
Event date: Monday, 20 June 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Black Box, Maison des Sciences Humaines (MSH)
Speaker: Prof. Susan Louise Moore
Science4Everyone - A visit at the Parkinson's Research Clinic
Event date: Monday, 27 June 2022
Hour:  12:00 12:30
Speaker: Laure Pauly
Motility-induced phase separation
Event date: Monday, 18 July 2022
Hour:  14:00 16:00
Place:  Campus Limpertsberg, Bâtiment des Sciences, BS 0.03
Speaker: Talk by Dr. Alexandre Solon, LPTMC, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, France, invited by Professor Etienne FODOR
19 PhD positions in immunology and chronic inflammation – Apply now!
Published on Tuesday, 16 August 2022
In the framework of the NextImmune2 Doctoral Training Unit, the University of Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) are recruiting 19 PhD students to work on research projects foc...
The Expobiome Map – Exploring the role of microbiome-derived molecules
Published on Friday, 09 September 2022
The human microbiome, the collection of microorganisms that live in and on our body, is intricately connected to our health. Recent studies have shown that these microbial communities are implicate...
Multiple Types of Long COVID Identified for the First Time
Published on Wednesday, 14 September 2022
All-Luxembourg study finds that Long COVID is not just a single disease but can take a variety of forms with different symptoms and potential treatments.
A new survey to detect risk factors for Parkinson’s disease
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Published on Monday, 26 September 2022
The National Centre of Excellence in Research on Parkinson’s Disease (NCER-PD) is launching an online survey addressed to residents in Luxembourg and the Greater Region who are over 50 and not diag...
Clinical research on Innovative Healthcare: Multiple Sclerosis Management 4.0: MS digital twin
Event date: Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Hour:  16:00 18:00
Place:  Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), TTM meeting room,
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tjalf Ziemssen
Lecture series: Digital health and digital biomarkers - Digital health applications in MS: A review of the first 10 years
Event date: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  WebEx: https://tinyurl.com/digibio2
Speaker: Associate Prof. Riley Bove, MD MSc; UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Inaugural Lecture LCSB Director Prof. Heneka
Event date: Monday, 17 October 2022
Hour:  17:00 18:00
Place:  Maison du Savoir (MSA) Auditorium 3.520 (3rd floor)
Speaker: Prof. Dr Michael Heneka
Clinical research on Innovative Healthcare: Advances in targeted motor circuit interventions for movement disorders
Event date: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:30
Place:  Centre Hospitalier du Luxembourg (CHL) - Amphitheatre
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Jens Volkmann
FNR awards 2022 – LCSB researchers in the spotlight
Published on Friday, 21 October 2022
On 20 October, the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) presented the FNR Awards 2022 to reward exceptional contributions to science and science communication in Luxembourg. During the cere...
European Digital Medicine Conference Luxembourg 2022
Event date: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Hour:  12:30 27-10 | 17:00
Place:  Maison du Savoir (MSA) Auditorium 3.500 (3rd floor)
Toward European roadmap for the evaluation of digital medical devices
Published on Friday, 28 October 2022
The World Health Organisation currently lists more than 2 million devices with a medical purpose. These innovative health technologies are transforming the medical landscape. They have the potentia...
Neurodegeneration Lecture Series: Protective effects of synaptic stimulation in Alzheimer disease and taupathies
Event date: Tuesday, 08 November 2022
Hour:  11:00 12:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
Speaker: Dr Davide Tampellini
Four University professors on the Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list
Professors Stéphane Bordas, Michael Heneka, Alexandre Tkatchenko and Paul Wilmes
Published on Friday, 18 November 2022
Professors Stéphane Bordas, Michael Heneka, Alexandre Tkatchenko, and Paul Wilmes have been ranked among the “Highly Cited Researchers” 2022 list by Clarivate.
Inaugural Lecture Prof. Dirk Brenner
Event date: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Hour:  17:00 18:00
Place:  Maison du Savoir (MSA) Auditorium 3.330 (3rd floor)
Speaker: Prof. Dirk Brenner
Researchers' Days 2022
Event date: Friday, 25 November 2022
Hour:  8:30 26-11 | 19:00
Place:  Rockhal
LCSB booth draws attention at the Researchers’ Days
Published on Monday, 28 November 2022
On 25-26 November, the LCSB participated in the Researchers’ Days 2022 with a booth dedicated to microorganisms and how we study them. Organised by the Systems Ecology group, the activities were a...
Construction of a new building for biomedical research
Biotech 3 groundbreaking
Published on Tuesday, 29 November 2022
On Tuesday, 29 November 2022, Claude Meisch, Minister of Research and Higher Education, and Simone Asselborn-Bintz, Mayor of Sanem, broke ground for the new Biotech 3 building on Campus Belval, in...
Neurodegeneration Lecture Series: Clearance of neurotoxic peptides across the blood brain barrier in Alzheimer’s Disease models
Event date: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Hour:  11:00 12:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
Speaker: Claus Pietrzik
Clinical research on Innovative Healthcare: Adaptive Platform Trials: The Clinical Trial of the Future
Event date: Tuesday, 06 December 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:30
Place:  Centre Hospitalier du Luxembourg (CHL) Amphitheatre
Speaker: Dr Ariel Dora Stern
PARK-QC Seminar
Event date: Thursday, 08 December 2022
Hour:  10:30 12:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
FNR PEARL Chair on Alzheimer’s disease for Prof. Michael Heneka
Michael Heneka
Published on Friday, 09 December 2022
The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) has awarded an FNR PEARL Chair to the director of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg for a research pro...
Lecture Series: Digital health and digital biomarkers - Digital Biomarkers in Precision Neurology
Event date: Monday, 12 December 2022
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
Speaker: Prof. Holger Fröhlich
Gaining unprecedented view of small molecules by machine learning
Published on Monday, 19 December 2022
A new tool to identify small molecules offers benefits for diagnostics, drug discovery and fundamental research.
How damaged cells inhibit muscle regeneration over lifetime
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Published on Monday, 19 December 2022
Humans have a limited capacity for self-regeneration of tissues and organs but they do keep a pool of stem cells throughout their life that can self-renew and differentiate into specific cell types...
Open Science for water research
Open Science for Water generated by DALL.E2
Published on Thursday, 19 January 2023
For the launch of the new scientific journal Nature Water, researchers Emma and Stan Schymanski contributed an article about the future of water research. This opinion paper focuses on...
Precision Medicine in Parkinson’s disease: past lessons and conquering new frontiers
Event date: Thursday, 26 January 2023
Hour:  9:00 27-01 | 2:00
Place:  Campus Belval, MSA
Lecture Series One Earth: Impacts and countermeasures to global change and effects on the biosphere
Event date: Wednesday, 01 February 2023
Hour:  12:00 13:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
Speaker: Dr. Aurélie Cébron, Research Scientist, CNRS, LIEC UMR 7360 Faculté des Sciences et Technologie, Université de Lorraine, France
WHO study: Luxembourg has lowest excess mortality during pandemic
Published on Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Luxembourg’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Biological Embedding of Experience
Event date: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
Hour:  11:00 12:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room - Campus Belval
Speaker: Prof. Robert Kumsta
Lecture Series: Digital health and digital biomarkers - Digital Phenotyping and Mental Health Research and Clinical Applications
Event date: Monday, 20 February 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Speaker: Prof John Torous; Lucy Gray
Rare disease day 2023: Surprises & challenges in rare disease research
Rare disease day 2023: Surprises and challenges in rare disease research
Published on Tuesday, 28 February 2023
On Rare Disease Day 2023, Prof. Carole Linster from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg reflects on her team’s work on metabolite repair disorders,...
Shifts in human gut microbiome due to COVID-19
Published on Thursday, 09 March 2023

COVID-19, caused by an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in March 2020.  While some peopl...

University Open Day - The LCSB opens the doors of its labs!
Published on Friday, 10 March 2023
On 18 March, the University of Luxembourg organises its yearly Open Day, during which prospective students, parents and the general public can explore the campus. It will be the perfect opportunity...
Successful launch of BRAINS experiment into space
Published on Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Midbrain organoids from the interdisciplinary BRAINS project have successfully launched towards the International Space Station. After more than a year of intense preparati...

FNR video featuring PEARL Chair Prof. Jochen Klucken
Published on Friday, 17 March 2023
The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) has just launched a new video showcasing the work of the Digital Medicine group, headed by FNR PEARL Chair Prof. Jochen Klucken. The group...
University Open Day
Event date: Saturday, 18 March 2023
Hour:  9:30 16:00
Place:  Campus Belval
The role of epigenetic control and cell identity maintenance in inflamm-aging and neurodegeneration
Event date: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Hour:  11:00 12:00
Place:  Campus Belval | House of Biomedicine II 6, avenue du Swing, L-4367 Belvaux RIKEN room
Speaker: Dr Jenny Russ
Lecture Series: Digital Health and Digital Biomarkers - Multimodal Data Integration in Digital Health for Rare Genetic Diseases
Event date: Friday, 24 March 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
Speaker: Dr Anaïs Baudot
COVID-19 Task Force awarded the 2022 Science for Society Prize
Published on Wednesday, 29 March 2023
The 2022 Science for Society Prize, an initiative of the Science for Society Foundation, under the aegis of Fondation de Luxembourg, has been awarded to the Research Luxembourg COVID-19 Task Force,...
Lecture Series: Digital Health and Digital Biomarkers - Digital Biomarkers in Clinical Trails: Boon or Bane?
Event date: Monday, 03 April 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2) - RIKEN room
Speaker: Dr Thanneer Malai Perumal
Lecture Series One Earth: Impacts and countermeasures to global change and effects on the biosphere
Event date: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
Hour:  12:00 13:30
Place:  Ellipse Room - Maison du Livre - Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC)
Speaker: Prof. Piotr Oleskowicz-Popiel, Research Scientist, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
Uncovering cellular mechanisms of neurodegeneration one image at a time
Event date: Thursday, 20 April 2023
Hour:  11:00 12:00
Place:  Campus Belval | House of Biomedicine II 6, avenue du Swing, L-4367 Belvaux RIKEN room
Speaker: Dr Jaime Grutzendler
Differentiating typical and atypical parkinsonism early in disease
Published on Tuesday, 25 April 2023

The new international DEEPEN-iRBD study aims to model the progression of REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) towards typical or atypical forms of parkinsonism. This aims to...

Clinnova to Launch Precision Medicine Initiative Across Europe
Published on Thursday, 27 April 2023
Inaugurating a new initiative to foster AI-driven precision medicine via data federation, standardisation, and interoperability.
Uni Talk - Les filles dans la tech
Event date: Thursday, 27 April 2023
Hour:  12:30 13:30
Place:  En ligne (WebEx) - Webinaire en français
Lecture Series: Digital Health and Digital Biomarkers - A mixed-method approach for creating digital health ontology
Event date: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Hour:  10:00 11:00
Place:  Online lecture
Speaker: Prof. Frada Burstein
THE ROLE OF BRAIN BORDERS IN AD
Event date: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
Hour:  11:00 12:00
Place:  Campus Belval | House of Biomedicine II 6, avenue du Swing, L-4367 Belvaux RIKEN room
Speaker: Dr Jonathan Kipnis
Lecture Series One Earth: Impacts and countermeasures to global change and effects on the biosphere
Event date: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
Hour:  12:00 13:30
Place:  Ellipse Room - Maison du Livre - Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC)
Speaker: Prof. Tim LENTON
Lecture Series: Digital Health and Digital Biomarkers - The role of Digital Twins in Health
Event date: Friday, 05 May 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
Speaker: Prof. Sofia Scataglini
Lecture Series: Digital Health and Digital Biomarkers - Digital Health Solutions - The Patient Perspective
Event date: Monday, 08 May 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
Speaker: Dr. Valerie Storms
The 7th Venusberg Meeting on Neuroinflammation
Event date: Thursday, 11 May 2023
Hour:  8:00 13-05 | 17:00
Place:  MSA
Resounding Success for 7th Venusberg Meeting on Neuroinflammation
Published on Wednesday, 17 May 2023

From 11-13 May, the event united over 200 global researchers and students in neuroinflammation, fostering collaboration and discussing cutting-edge advancements on the hist...

Prof Jorge Goncalves Wins Hubei Province Chime Bell Award
Published on Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Prof. Jorge Gonçalves received the Hubei Province Chime Bell Award in recognition of his outstanding academic contributions in the fields of modelling and machine learning. The award, initiated in...
Lecture Series: Digital Health and Digital Biomarkers
Event date: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
Speaker: Arne Küderle
Lecture Series: Digital Health and Digital Biomarkers - Investigating Mobile Health for Development
Event date: Monday, 22 May 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Online: WebEx
Speaker: Dr. Maike Greve
Guest Speaker Lecture - Exploring synaptic and mitophagic defects in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Event date: Thursday, 25 May 2023
Hour:  10:00 11:30
Place:  Campus Belval Biotech II (BT2), RIKEN room
Speaker: Prof. Wim Vandenberghe
Lecture Series: Digital Health and Digital Biomarkers - AI for Digital Health Equity: challenges and opportunities
Event date: Friday, 26 May 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:00
Place:  Online: WebEx
Speaker: Prof. Sarah Khalid
Ground-breaking discovery for diagnosing neurodegenerative diseases
Published on Tuesday, 30 May 2023
An international team consisting of researchers from Japan and Luxembourg show for the first time that pathological forms of the alpha-synuclein protein present in the blood of patients can be used...
Lecture Series One Earth: Impacts and countermeasures to global change and effects on the biosphere
Event date: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
Hour:  15:30 17:30
Place:  Ellipse Room - Maison du Livre - Luxembourg Learning Centre (LLC)
Speaker: Prof. Jack Gilbert
Clinical research on Innovative Healthcare: Current State of Nursing Care Situation of People with Parkinson's Disease in Germany
Event date: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:30
Place:  Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) TTM room, 1st floor
Speaker: Prof. Martin Südmeyer & Dr Odette Fründt
Lecture Series on Neurodegeneration - Tubes, Channels and Iron: Intercellular Connectivity, Glymphatic Clearance and Iron Accumulation in Parkinson’s Disease
Event date: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
Hour:  10:00 11:00
Place:  BT2 - RIKEN room (ground floor)
Speaker: Dr Dean Pountney
Guest Speaker Lecture - At the Nexus of Genes, Aging, and Environment: Understanding Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Regulation in Health and Disease
Event date: Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Hour:  16:00 17:30
Place:  Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) TTM room, 1st floor
Speaker: Prof. Julia Schulze-Hentrich
EIT Health Digital Medical Devices Summer School
Event date: Monday, 10 July 2023
Hour:  9:00 21-07 | 14:00
Place:  10-14 July - Maison du Savoir, University of Luxembourg, Campus Belval, Luxembourg | 17-21 July - IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain