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Dilute quantum droplets of potassium – Droplets
Our project deals with the creation and the study of a new type of quantum liquid droplets in yet dilute ultracold atomic samples of Potassium 39. Their existence emerges because of quantum fluctuations in a mixture of two Bose-Einstein condensates for which the overall mean-field energy cancels because of attractive interspecies interaction. The system offers a unique opportunity to quantitatively study beyond-mean field effects dominating the dynamics of the system.
DisEntangling Quasi-geostrophic motions and INternal waves in high resolution satellite observations of the Ocean – EQUINOX
Upcoming wide-swath altimetric missions (CNES/NASA SWOT, launch date 2021) is an exceptional opportunity for the observation of the ocean. The project adresses a challenge that appeared with this novel instrument and related to the superimposition of oceanic slow (week or longer) and fast (day or faster) variabilities. This project aims at developing methods in order to distinguish slow and fast motions and map their geographical distributions.
Discontinuities and Vector-Borne Diseases in Urban Areas. A Simulation Model of a Complex Pathogenic System. – MO3
Discontinuities and Vector-Borne Diseases in Urban Areas. A Simulation Model of a Complex Pathogenic System.
Discovery of novel enzymes for the valorization of algal biomass – BLUE ENZYMES
Seaweeds represent a huge biomass mainly constituted of polysaccharides. These diverse and complex polymers differ from land plant polysaccharides. Despite promising properties, high value products based on algal poly- and oligo-saccharides remain rare. The main bottleneck for the development of a seaweed-based bioeconomy is the lack of enzymes which can specifically cleave algal polysaccharides or modify their structure, and thus allow the tailoring of their biological properties.
Dislocations and Resistances. Persecutions and Genocidal Violences of Roma, Sinti and Travellers in Western Europe, 1940-1946. – ROMARESIST
This project studies, following a comparative and transversal approach, the persecutions against the Roma and Sinti, designated as “Gypsies”, “Zigeuner”, “Zingari” or “Nomads” in the geographical arc including the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy and Occupied Slovenia. The cross-analysis of the stages and mechanisms of a persecution includes a study of the trajectories at the level of individuals and collectives, based on a survey that is both historical and ethnographic.
Dispositif de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les Interactions Hommes-Milieux
En 2022 nous avons poursuivi l’effort initié en 2021 en matière de transversalité et de valorisation [...] vers la société civile. Les actions entreprises sur 2021 se poursuivent alors que de nouveaux supports de
Dissecting Type Four Pili in Action – T4PNanoAction
Type IV Pili (T4P) are filamentous cell surface structures present in numerous bacterial pathogens including Neisseria meningitidis and highly involved in virulence. A nanomachinery anchored in the bacterial wall constantly assembles and disassembles T4P. The aim of this proposal is to dissect the different steps leading to a functional T4P nanomachinery by combining innovative in vivo cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) and cryo-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM) approaches.
Dissecting the molecular interactions of mitochondrial glutaredoxin S15 in plants – mitoglu
Several metabolic pathways and cellular processes in plants depend on the functioning of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins, whose cofactors are assembled through dedicated assembly machineries present in the cytosol, plastids and mitochondria. To cite only a few examples, Fe- S proteins are present in the photosynthetic and respiratory electron transfer chains and they are needed for sulfur and nitrogen assimilation, or co-enzyme synthesis such as biotin and lipoic acid.
Dissecting the molecular mechanism of an antibiotic efflux pump – BIOTIFLUX
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a major threat for human health, and drug efflux pumps contribute to this phenomenon. An increasing number of bacterial ABC transporters, which utilize the energy of ATP hydrolysis to expel drugs, have been implicated in multidrug resistance mechanisms.
Distant Supervision for Meeting Minutes with Rhetorical Relations – SUMM-RE
Whereas state of the art approaches to summarization treat discourse as a mere sequence of utterances, we hypothesize that the rich semantic information represented through discourse relations and structure will help to identify discourse central threads in a conversation and retrieve important semantic information such as why a certain decision was made or where there was disagreement about a certain issue.
