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Let's go and discover the qualified researchers of UNamur, winners of the funding granted by the FNRS in 2022. Today, we meet Michaël Lobet, currently a lecturer at UNamur, who will begin his new mandate as a qualified FNRS researcher at the NISM Institute next fall. The subject of his research: twisted optics for the manipulation of slow photons or how to create light traps. Explanations.

Since 1996, the European Radiation Research Society (ERRS) has awarded the Bacq and Alexander Prize each year to an outstanding European researcher in recognition of the recipient's achievements in the field of radiation research. This year, the award was presented to Professor Carine Michiels, from the University of Namur.

The lysosome, a small intracellular organelle, is often represented as the stomach of the cell due to its acidity and the presence of numerous digestive enzymes within it. Its role? The degradation of numerous molecules and their recycling to build new molecules and fuel energy production in the cells. Since 2003, Marielle Boonen has been particularly interested in the lysosome. Together with researchers from UNamur, she has highlighted the role of a lysosomal enzyme called HYAL1 in the bone remodelling process.

For 10 years, IBM, an international company at the forefront of technological development, has been collaborating with UNamur, and more particularly with Professor Wafa Hammedi. This year, IBM came to challenge the students of the master’s in management & engineering sciences.

In the summer of 2022, Jeanne Nérac took up her duties as President of the General Assembly of UNamur Students (AGE). At 21, she is a bachelor student in pharmacy. This dynamic student, who has fallen in love with the Namur campus, wishes to place this new academic year under the sign of enthusiasm and collective work. Interview.

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) published a report (August 2022) which lists and assesses the different values we place on nature. This is a huge task carried out over three years by experts from all over the world, including Nicolas Dendoncker, professor at the Department of geography and member of the ILEE Institute at the UNamur.

The health crisis has proven to be a tremendous catalyst for the use by the academic world of distance learning devices. A forced march that forced teachers and students to acquire sometimes unmastered techniques. In the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences and Management, a think tank led by Jean-Yves Gnabo, Director of the Economics and Management department with shift hours, and Denise Van Dam, educational coordinator, investigated the opportunity of open the field of possibilities in technical and educational matters. Objective? Offer learners more flexible Bachelor's or master’s training courses designed specifically for adults returning to study, by providing them with an environment that allows them to live a memorable, impactful experience that serves as a springboard.

The Summer School in International Finance takes place every summer at UNamur. About fifteen students from the Michigan State University spend a month in Namur, accompanied by two professors. At the initiative of this summer school, Antoinette Tessmer, a former doctoral student from UNamur, now professor of Finance in the USA. An experience which combines finance and French lessons, service to society and the discovery of Belgium in all its aspects.

Mohamed Chellegui (University of Sfax) and Yathreb Naghmouchi (University of Carthage), PhD students of Tunisian origin, have just completed their research stays at the Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of the Department of Chemistry of the University of Namur (NISM Institute) under the supervision of Professor Benoît Champagne. These exchanges were made possible thanks to the Erasmus + International Credit Mobility programme and the International Relations Service of UNamur. A look back at an enriching experience from both a scientific and human point of view.

In the summer of 2022, we set out to discover the UNamur researchers who were awarded funding by the FNRS in 2022. Today, it is Laurent Houssiau, who has been awarded a bilateral collaborative research project funded by the FNRS and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ). His project focuses on the design and development of new multifunctional thin overlays that aim to improve the clinical performance of dental implants.

In the summer of 2022, we set out to discover the qualified researchers at UNamur who were awarded funding by the FNRS in 2022. Today, we meet Alison Forrester, currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut Curie (Paris), who will soon be joining UNamur for her new term as an FNRS qualified researcher at the NARILIS Institute. Her research focuses on studying compounds that could modify the efficiency of the protein production process and thus open up new therapeutic approaches.

In the summer of 2022, we set out to discover the UNamur Qualified researchers who were awarded funding by the FNRS in 2022. We met Vincent Jacquet, a member of the Department of Political Science and the Transitions Institute. His research focuses on citizen participation and its impact on solving the crisis of democracy.