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Research Posted on 17 August 2023
Biology

The Adrien Bauchau Fund celebrates its 35th anniversary

Created in memory of the founder of the Department of Biology, the Fonds Adrien Bauchau has been promoting excellence in life sciences research since 1989. As it prepares to blow out its 35th birthday candle, the Fund is rolling out new initiatives…
Research Posted on 24 July 2023
Biodiversity - Biology - ILEE

ERGA, a "European Reference Genome Atlas" to preserve biodiversity

At a time when around a fifth of Europe's 200,000 species are threatened with extinction, researchers from the University of Namur are taking part in a pan-European consortium to act fast and together to generate high-quality genome resources on a…
Research Posted on 10 July 2023
Biology - Awards - Narilis

NARILIS research on ageing rewarded at two scientific conferences

At UNamur's NARILIS Institute, the 'Stress and AGEing' (SAGE) research group, led by Professor Florence Chainiaux, is seeking to understand the biological processes involved in ageing, focusing on the interconnection between exposure to stress and…
Research Posted on 06 April 2023
Biology - Narilis

Inauguration of the new Morph-Im platform bioimaging facility

On 15 March 2023, Prof. Henri-François Renard and Prof. Alison Forrester introduced the new advanced bioimaging tools of the UNamur Morphology & Imaging technology platform available to a broad audience of users.
Research Posted on 03 April 2023
Biodiversity - Biology - ILEE

Understanding epigenetics to preserve biodiversity

Do you know the rivulus? It is a small fish that lives in the Caribbean and has some amazing characteristics. It is indeed capable of self-fertilisation! But in this case, what happens to genetic diversity, which is essential for the evolution of…
Campus Posted on 30 March 2023
Biology - Students - Events

Sexual Health Week: raising students' awareness

Raising students' awareness about the importance of contraception was the aim of the Sexual Health Week organised on campus by the Biology Circle. It took place from 13 to 17 March 2023.
Research Posted on 27 February 2023
Biology - Narilis

New clues to break through Brucella's armour

A team of microbiology researchers from UNamur has just published in the journal Nature Communications. The work focuses on the Brucella bacterium that causes Brucellosis, a disease that infects livestock and can be transmitted to humans. This…
Research Posted on 22 December 2022
Biology - AI - naXys

BABots: a European bio-robotics project led by UNamur researchers

The design and analysis of the individual and collective behaviour of small biological vermiform robots: this is the objective of BABots, an ambitious interdisciplinary research project led by the University of Namur and conducted by a consortium of…
Research Posted on 17 October 2022
Biology - Awards - Narilis

Carine Michiels receives the ERRS Bacq and Alexander Award

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…
Research Posted on 30 August 2022
Biology - ILEE

The long-term effects of pollution in our rivers, oceans and lakes

From 11 to 13 May 2022, a hundred or so scientists and actors from the economic and cultural world gathered at UNamur to discuss the issue of water pollution. The aim? To share and enrich knowledge, but also to alert and inform about its long-term…
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