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Equivalence is a procedure for recognizing studies carried out abroad as equivalent to those provided in educational establishments in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.

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Study stays Do you want to spend part of your studies at a university abroad?1) First of all, check that your study program authorizes you to carry out such an exchange, by consulting the pages dedicated to international mobility at your faculty, or by contacting your international mobility manager.2) If this possibility exists, identify in the list of partner universities with which UNamur has signed a bilateral exchange agreement. In fact, in order to study abroad, a bilateral agreement must exist between UNamur and the partner university, and it must concern your field of study.3) Have you found some interesting destinations? Now's the time to enter your application in "Mobility Online", the mobility path management platform used by UNamur.This is open between mid-December and mid-February of the year preceding the mobility stay. The link will be communicated to you by your faculty's international mobility manager, after the November information sessions.You will need to identify yourself and encode several pieces of information.You will be able to choose three destinations, based on those available for your program and study cycle.From the moment you apply, you'll need to upload a number of documents, such as:Your CVA cover letterYour transcriptsA proposal for an exchange study programProof of proficiency in the language(s) of instruction/host countryThe documents required may vary between faculties. Don't hesitate to ask for advice from the mobility coordinator at your faculty! Selection procedures Selections and destination allocations are made by the mobility managers at each faculty during February and March.If you have been shortlisted, you will be contacted by your faculty manager, who will inform you of the allocated destination. The administrative and academic procedures for organizing your mobility start immediately afterwards. They involve several players: the first, of course, is you. You will be accompanied by the mobility program coordinators in the International Relations Department for all aspects relating to your scholarship, and by the mobility manager in your faculty for all pedagogical aspects.You will also be in contact with people responsible for administrative and pedagogical aspects at the partner university.Meeting deadlines is very important for the success of your stay abroad, especially if you are going to a destination outside the EU and need a study visa.Important note: your final selection will take place after the June examination session. Find out more about practical details SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Selection calendar See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Mobility for all See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Insurance and visa See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Scholarships See content

Find out more Throughout the year, information sessions are organized by program managers and faculty mobility coordinators and by the International Relations Department to give you information on international exchange opportunities, destinations and funding possibilities.These sessions are organized at key times during the academic year:Academic start: information at the back-to-school welcome sessionsTestimonial evening: 06 November 2024Faculty information sessions: first half of NovemberMeetings with exchange students from your faculty: early January Apply at The call for applications for study stays in Flanders, Europe and other destinations outside Europe opens in mid-December. Interested students receive the link to the online application form via their faculty coordinators. The call closes in mid-February.Selections take place during February and March.The call for applications for training stays in Flanders, Europe and other destinations outside Europe is open continuously, throughout the year.To be eligible, applications must be submitted on the Mobility Online platformby June 30 at the latestfor a stay in Flanders or within the European Union during Q1 of the following academic yearfor a stay in other destinations outside Europe during Q2 of the following academic yearby by September 30 at the latestfor a stay in Flanders or within the European Union during Q2 of the following academic yearGraduate studentsPhD students wishing to apply for a long or short research stay must apply:no later than 2 months before the presumed date of departure if the host institution is located in a third country associated with the programno later than 3 months before the presumed date of departure if the host institution is located in a third country not associated with the program.Short-term mobility programsApplications for course-type stays (short hybrid mobility or short intensive program) are only accepted for activities selected in advance by the departments in agreement with the International Relations Department. Find out more about practical details SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Procedures See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Insurance and visa See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Green mobility See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Housing See content

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 was quickly declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020.At the start of the pandemic, healthcare professionals were faced with the marketing of numerous kits designed to measure binding antibodies. The role of neutralizing antibodies as the best correlate of protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection was quickly highlighted. A neutralization assay with the use of pseudovirus was therefore developed by our team and compared with several binding assays.There have been considerable efforts to produce and clinically validate new vaccines against COVID-19. The CRO-VAX HCP study was designed to assess the humoral response in a population of healthcare professionals who had received two doses of COVID-19 BNT162b2 vaccine.Given the decline in vaccine efficacy over time and the emergence of variants likely to evade immunity, a third dose was quickly recommended by the authorities to boost immunity. This was administered to 155 volunteers in the CRO-VAX HCP study.Still facing a decline in vaccine efficacy over time and the emergence of new variants, a second adapted booster was proposed. In September 2022, 54 participants in the CRO-VAX HCP study received this second booster. The humoral response was assessed and neutralizing antibodies against several variants were measured. In addition, we also measured the cellular response using an interferon-gamma release assay. Compared with the humoral response, which declines considerably over time, the cellular response remained fairly stable. This could therefore explain why individuals with low antibody titers can still be protected against a severe form of the disease .

The school will deal with optimizing computations on different types of hardware (CPU, GPU), presenting their respective characteristics, architectures and bottlenecks. It will cover both generic optimization methods applicable to all types of hardware, and the various libraries, technologies and languages available to achieve the best possible performance. Ideally, the machine's peak performance. Hardware considered: CPU, GPU.Languages considered: C++17, C++20, CUDA, Fortran, Rust, PythonLibraries considered: SYCL, Eve, Numpy, cunumerics, legate, Jax, Thrust.Compilers considered: G++, Clang++, nvc++, gfortran, nvfortran, dpc++.Profiling tools: Valgrind, Maqao, Perf, NSight, Malt and NumaProfAll methods will be illustrated on simple examples, such as Hadamard products, reductions, barycenter calculations and matrix products in order to be applied to a single problem: the simulation of a Gray Scott reaction. This problem is simple enough to be understood quickly, yet complex enough to be difficult for compilers to optimize without help. Each method will be broken down into simple versions, using default options, and one or more advanced versions, which will allow their advantages and disadvantages to be discussed and quantified.For more information on its content, please consult the school websiteOn the University of Namur satellite site, you'll enjoy the following benefits: Interaction with official LAPP trainers; Group support and a good working atmosphere; Lunch and a drink at the end of the day on the first day; You choose what you want to follow on site. We encourage you to come on the first day, but you make up your own program on the other days.To register for the UNamur satellite site: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScxikCQTfsQl9zZfnidm4xLSuDpdJGcgyLKOfJ2wo4VMgrgRw/viewform Read more

ABCB5 belongs to the ABC transporter superfamily composed of 48 members. These transporters have been extensively studied for their role in cancer multidrug resistance and, more recently, in tumorigenesis. ABCB5 has been identified as a marker of skin progenitor cells, melanoma stem cells, and limbal stem cells. Its expression has also been reported, among others, in melanoma, colorectal cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma and several hematological malignancies. The unique feature of ABCB5 is that it exists as both a full transporter (ABCB5FL) and a half-transporter (ABCB5β). Several studies have shown that the ABCB5β homodimer, in contrast to ABCB5FL, cannot confer multidrug resistance. Since these studies focused on a limited number of drugs, we cannot exclude the possibility that this homodimer may be involved in drug resistance or biological functions that have yet to be elucidated. However, it is also reasonable to hypothesize that ABCB5β could dimerize with other half transporters of the ABCB family to become functional. Using three complementary techniques: (1) nanoluciferase-based bioluminescence resonance energy transfer, (2) coimmunoprecipitation, and (3) proximity ligation assay, we identified two novel heterodimers in two melanoma cell lines: ABCB5β/B6 and ABCB5β/B9. Both heterodimers could be expressed in High-Five insect cells when both interacting partners were fused using the linker region of ABCB1, resulting in chimeric heterodimers. ATPase assays revealed that all chimeric heterodimers have a basal ATPase activity and that both functional nucleotide-binding domains in each dimer are required for their basal ATPase activity. Also, we obtained preliminary data suggesting that ABCB5β traffics from the endoplasmic reticulum to melanosomes independently of its dimerization, suggesting that its heterodimers might be located in similar organelles. However, several limitations were encountered when attempting to confirm their intracellular localization. Finally, since several anti-ABCB5 antibodies in the literature have shown a lack of specificity, we generated a mouse monoclonal anti-ABCB5 antibody in collaboration with Atlas Antibodies. The specificity of this antibody was demonstrated by immunofluorescence, making this antibody an important tool in the characterization of ABCB5β and ABCB5FL. Although further studies are needed to elucidate the physiological relevance of ABCB5β heterodimers, preliminary data support the hypothesis that ABCB5β is involved in melanogenesis. Taken together, these results represent an important step towards elucidating the functional role of ABCB5β in melanocytes and melanoma.

The mission of the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS is to develop basic scientific research through initiatives presented by researchers. It promotes the production and development of knowledge by supporting individual researchers on the one hand, and by funding research programs carried out in laboratories and departments located mainly in the universities of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation on the other.At the University of Namur, many researchers carry out their work thanks to funding from the FNRS.The FNRS is a major source of funding for the University of Namur.

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On June 11, 2024, the University of Namur welcomed a delegation from the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. A moment of exchange to discuss the role of academic, political and economic players in the Grand Duchy and the Walloon Region, and to evoke current collaborations between UNamur and the University of Luxembourg.