Research News - January / February 2022 #7
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| Research projects | Development, partnerships and intellectual property |
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| Scientific and Technical Culture | Research press review | ||
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A LA UNE: MidiSciences 2022
We are delighted to announce that MidiSciences will finally be back in 2022 after a year's absence.
These are short lectures on a wide range of subjects aimed at the general public. The aim is to convey the essentials of a research topic, and then to share questions and thoughts on emerging knowledge in a discussion.
Due to health measures, only university students and staff may attend MidiSciences in person.
The Midisciences are offered on both campuses:
- January to mid-March, Campus Hannah Arendt, amphitheatre 2E01, 1pm to 2pm
- From the end of March to mid-May, Jean-Henri Fabre Campus, Agrosciences lecture theatre from 1 to 2 p.m.
The lectures will be available for viewing online on Canal U.
To follow them live, go here: https://v-au.univ-avignon.fr/live/colloque/
MidiSciences from 24 February to 7 April
The portraits
February 2022 - Christel Vidaller
Christel Vidaller is a lecturer in Ecology, Population Dynamics and Genetics, Conservation and Restoration at Avignon University and a member of the IMBE. Her research focuses on the dynamics of plant populations and communities in the context of restoration ecology.
Recently, in collaboration with Thierry Dutoit, she set out to find out what ecosystem services had already been identified in environments as common as intensively farmed fields or artificial meadows.
January 2022 - Frédéric Jeorge
Frédéric Jeorge is a doctoral student in Language Sciences at the Cultural Identity, Texts and Theatricality Laboratory (ICTT). After several careers in different countries and fields, he decided to return to his studies.
He is currently working on the way in which the level of French of young migrants from sub-Saharan Africa is assessed by official testing systems. By transposing his associative activity into formal research, Frédéric Jeorge hopes to give greater visibility and concrete means of action to a subject that is close to his heart.
>> Discover his portrait
Doctoral Schools
Jobs for Young Doctoral Students 2022
The South Region is renewing its support for future doctoral students in the region, renewing its "Young Doctoral Jobs" funding scheme for 2022.
Future doctoral students are invited to take note of this call for applications for "Young Doctoral Jobs". and the application form to download.
Complete applications must be submitted to before 1st March 2022 one copy in electronic format (only 1 PDF file per project) to the following address dari@univ-avignon.fr
National 2022 "PhD Disability" campaign
The national "Doctorat Handicap" campaign has been renewed for 2022. As last year, 30 contracts will once again be funded by the Ministry, along with 180 months for extensions.
- From Wednesday 30 March at 12 noon to Wednesday 11 May at 12 noon application forms
- From Monday 27 June: transmission of results with confirmation request
Interested candidates should contact the doctoral schools directly to prepare their applications.
The application form and attachments (in PDF format only) must be submitted on the Ministry's web platform by the doctoral school departments or the department responsible for coordinating applications.
Contact: gestion-ed@univ-avignon.fr
Research projects
Launch of the two projects selected by the ANR in 2021
The NitrosoCard projectS-nitrosylation des myofilaments cardiaques: conséquences sur l'adaptation du cœur au stress mécanique", coordinated by Cyril Reboul (Cardiovascular Pharmacology Laboratory) was selected in 2021 by the ANR. The first publication of the results of this project appeared on 23 December 2021 in Basic Research in Cardiology: >>. Read more
The PERFECT projectPlanning and learning for AI-Edge computing", has also been selected for 2021 by the ANR. It is coordinated by Francesco De Pellegrini from Avignon Computer Laboratory (LIA).
These two projects will run from 2022 to 2025.
Launch of the project selected by the Southern Region in 2021
The project HYSOCALImpact des changements globaux sur les hydrosystèmes : un enregistrement par les isotopes des concrétions calcaires", supported by Marina Gillon and Marc Leblanc the laboratory EMMAHwas selected in response to a call for research projects from the Sud 2021 region.
Launch of the EcoXtract®Protein project
Pennakem Europa, INRAE, the Institut Carnot France Futur Élevage and Avignon University launched the EcoXtract®Protein project on 8 December 2021. The project is a winner of the Plan d'Investissement d'Avenir (PIA) programme operated by ADEME as part of the "Demonstrators and Innovation Territories of Great Ambition (DTIGA) - Bioeconomy and Environmental Protection" call for projects. Total financial support amounts to €4.8m.
Researchers from the GREEN team (UMR 408 SQPOV / Avignon University), led by Farid Chemat, will be taking part in the trials to optimise the extraction process.
The ÉCOLÉO® project nominated for the ITAINNOV 2022 competition - voting open until 1 March
The project ÉCOLÉO®to which Ombeline Claux contributed to the GREEN team (laboratory SQPOV/Avignon University), has been nominated for the ITAINNOV 2022 competition.
All you have to do is "Like" the YouTube video before 1 March to support this project!
Information on development, partnerships and intellectual property
Order of 15/12/21 on the devolution of IP rights in assets obtained by non-employee inventors and hosted by a legal entity carrying out research
Ownership of IP rights for trainees and other non-salaried staff working in research units.
| Reference: Order no. 2021-1658 of 15 December 2021 on the devolution of intellectual property rights over assets obtained by software authors or inventors who are not employed or public employees hosted by a legal entity carrying out research.
This decree transposes the regime applicable to employee inventions and software to persons not employed by the research organisation, such as trainees, foreign doctoral students and emeritus professors or directors. |
These adaptations concern, on the one hand, the economic rights to software, which will automatically vest in the host structure, and, on the other hand, the rights to an invention, which will now be subject to the same rules as those for employee inventors. It will therefore no longer be necessary to sign assignment agreements in the case of trainee inventors/authors. However, trainee inventors will still have to receive financial compensation for their inventions. The ordinance refers to a future decree for the terms and conditions of this financial compensation. Note that creations protected by copyright (excluding software) and/or designs are not affected. We'll keep an eye on this as we expect a bill to ratify the ordinance and an implementing decree. |
Scientific and Technical Culture
Replica of the Cosquer cave: the horse panel unveiled
The last panel of the replica of the Cosquer cave was unveiled on 15 February at the Villa Méditerranée in Marseille.
This panel depicts horses, one of the most emblematic features of the cave. The replica of the Cosquer cave is due to open to the public in June 2022.
>> Read more
Sébastien Nogier / Région Sud
The role of CSTI for society... in 10 minutes.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Fête de la Science, François MarchalChairman of the Comité Etat Région pour la Culture Scientifique Technique et Industrielle, presented his vision of CSTI at the Préfecture de Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
"If no one asks me what scientific culture is, I know what it is; but if someone asks me and I want to explain it, I don't know any more. So it is with CSTI, Scientific, Technical and Industrial Culture, and its role in society, just as it is with the weather or all those things that are totally obvious to us: they are the most difficult to explain. But that's what I have to do now. And I only have 10 minutes to do it.
Press review of research at Avignon University
The Conversation: Article by Thierry Dutoit and Christel Vidaller
On 13 January 2022, The Conversation France website published an article by Thierry Dutoit (DR CNRS) and Christel Vidaller (MCF Avignon Université) entitled "Cultivated fields and artificial meadows: when 'ordinary' nature provides a service". It focuses on the role of ordinary nature in providing ecosystem services.
Agenda
Implanteus Lectures 2022
16 March 2.30 pm to 4 pm by videoconference - "Hemp bioeconomy: from molecules to buildings by Bernard Kurek (DR INRAE, UMR FARE Reims).
13 April 2.30 pm to 4 pm by videoconference - "Evolution of crops: from wild to domestic plants and vice versa". by Maud Tenaillon (CNRS Gif-sur-Yvette)
1st June 2.30 pm to 4 pm by videoconference - "Uncovering the cause of a major food safety incident through the application of analytical chemistry". by Christopher Elliott (Queen's University Belfast) and Olivier Chevallier (DARI / Avignon University)
>> Follow live video conferences
>> https://implanteus.univ-avignon.fr/
Save the date : TISS1, Tersys - Implanteus Summer School
4, 5 and 6 July - SFR Tersys and EUR Implanteus are joining forces to organise their first symposium on 5 and 6 July 2022. It will be preceded on 4 July by the IMBL scientific day.
>> Pre-programme and registration details to follow on the Implanteus & Tersys websites.
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Mis à jour le 17 January 2023