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Understanding and combating abnormal protein secretion and combating the envelope of pathogenic bacteria: these are the two focuses of two new UNamur projects selected as part of the 7th FRFS-Welbio call for projects. Among the 22 applications selected, Alison Forrester, a qualified FNRS researcher, has been awarded a Starting Grant and Xavier De Bolle, Professor, has been awarded an Advanced Grant. They are both WEL Research Institute Investigators and members of the Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS).

Like all human beings, children are protected by a series of rights. Géraldine Mathieu, a professor at the University of Namur, today looks at the right to identity and explains why this is still only partially respected in Belgium.

The Notre-Dame de la Paix Chair closed its annual lecture series with a dialogue between three scientists from different backgrounds to explore, from the angle of the common good, the question of the conquest of space, and the innovations and commercial exploitations that flow from it.

ECOBAT is an EOS project (FNRS/FWO) that brings together four universities: UCLouvain, KULeuven, the University of Bonn (Germany), and the University of Namur. This consortium currently mobilizes some twenty researchers at all levels (Masters, PhD students, post-docs, promoters), including Dr. Pierre Beaujean, under the supervision of Professor Benoît Champagne..

Since 2013, the University of Namur has launched an ambitious initiative to make its campus more sustainable through CaNDLE projects. Among these, the "Good school, bat's cool" project intends to set up resting and breeding sites for bats in urban environments. The project, spearheaded by Laura De Wandeleer and Jérémy Berthe, two passionate biologists from UNamur, focuses on two main areas: protecting bats and raising public awareness of their importance in the ecosystem..

The CRef once again questions the European Commission about EU-funded research projects that include Israeli universities.

The Belgian Space Week 2024 took place in Namur from October 7 to 13, 2024. The event gave young and not-so-young alike the chance to meet space players in person, highlight the challenges of the future in this field, and spotlight university teams invested in the space adventure.