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JULES HOFFMANN NOBEL LAUREATE SYMPOSIUM - ATTRACTing Future Research Leaders to Luxembourg

On 26 April 2013, the FNR had the pleasure to welcome more than 200 guests from politics, business, academia and Luxembourg’s research community at its Nobel Laureate Symposium in the presence of Professor Jules Hoffmann, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011.

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Pre-Announcement for the next M-ERA.NET Transnational Call

The M-ERA.NET Transnational Call 2013 will be launched in July 2013.

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RESCOM 2013-2 Call Documents now available on the FNR website!

The next Call Deadline to apply for funding for International Scientific Conferences, Exploratory Workshops, Lecture Series and Summer Schools is 1 July 2013.

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INTER Mobility 2013-2 Call Documents now available on the FNR website!

The next Call Deadline is 1 July 2013.

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FNR ATTRACT Fellow at the LCSB discovers endogenous antibiotic in the brain

Scientists from the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg have discovered that immune cells in the brain can produce a substance that prevents bacterial growth: namely itaconic acid.

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Former University of Luxembourg PhD student funded by the FNR's ATTRACT Programme wins scientific prize

Physicist Dominik Berg distinguished by Umicore Scientific Award for his ground breaking PhD work in the field of thin film photovoltaics.

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