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We invite you to the opening evening of the Brussels Science Film Festival and Printemps des Sciences 2024 ! La evening will start at 6.30 pm and you will be offered a drink and fingerfoods.
You will then have the opportunity to attend the scree...

We invite you to the opening evening of the Brussels Science Film Festival and Printemps des Sciences 2024 ! La evening will start at 6.30 pm and you will be offered a drink and fingerfoods.
You will then have the opportunity to attend the screening of La traversée, l'histoire de l'expédition Nanok (FRstEN), a film about the mission of two adventurers who set off in search of samples in the north of the globe, thus enabling the beginnings of scientific research. The documentary will be followed by a talk by Nathan Goffart, one of the two explorers, and Nadine Mattielli and Steeve Bonneville, both researchers and professors at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, who will be on hand to talk about the future of these samples.
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This evening is brought to you in collaboration with Inforsciences ULB.

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Discover the members of the Film Jury for the 2024 edition! They will have the opportunity to award the Film Jury Prize to one of the films in the program, based on criteria such as the scientific popularisation r...

Discover the members of the Film Jury for the 2024 edition! They will have the opportunity to award the Film Jury Prize to one of the films in the program, based on criteria such as the scientific popularisation represented in the documentary, its direction and beauty.

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Nathan Goffart, one of the adventurers on the Nanok expedition, has a real passion for sport. Sport is a central part of his life. When he's not busy working in the food supplements company he set up with his br...

Nathan Goffart, one of the adventurers on the Nanok expedition, has a real passion for sport. Sport is a central part of his life. When he's not busy working in the food supplements company he set up with his brother (name: Lepivits), he's running, climbing, playing football and many other activities, often all in the same day. Alongside his sporting life, he has a real passion for the mountains and hopes to become a mountain guide in the near future, a goal he is working hard towards. From an early age, Nathan has enjoyed pushing himself and taking on daring challenges. So when he heard about Gilles' crazy project, he was deeply moved, as much by the sporting aspect and the personal challenges as by the scientific issues involved. Nathan embodies the quiet strength Gilles can count on when he needs it, thanks to his steely resolve and unfailing determination. Always positive, even in the most difficult of times, his joie de vivre and energy will be a source of inspiration, even in the heart of the Arctic cold, giving strength to those most in need.

Nadine Mattielli, is a geologist and geochemist. She is currently professor and co-director of the G-Time Laboratory (Geochemistry & Geophysics: Tephra, Isotopes, Minerals and Earthquakes) in the Department of Geosciences, Environment and Society at the ULB Faculty of Science. N. Mattielli completed his doctoral thesis at ULB, studying the dynamics of the mantle and the evolution of the Great Kerguelen Magmatic Province. N. Mattielli then did a post-doctorate at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam on the U-Th decay series of the lavas of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. As soon as she obtained a permanent position at ULB, she applied and developed innovative geochemical and isotopic tools (including non-traditional metal isotopes) to study the sources of metal elements and the processes that govern their fractionation in the mantle, but also and above all in the environment. It is in this context that she has built up research programmes dedicated to studying the origins of atmospheric particles in polluted environments, but also in polar regions such as Antarctica and Greenland, in order to reconstruct atmospheric (palaeo)circulation in these extreme regions and the consequences for the climate. She devotes a great deal of her time and energy to research, but also to university teaching and raising awareness of the Earth sciences among young people.

Steeve Bonneville is a professor in the 'Biogeochemistry and System Modelling' team in the Environment and Society Geosciences Department at ULB. Originally from Normandy where he trained in biology, he obtained a PhD in Geomicrobiology at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and then continued his research at the University of Leeds in the UK before joining ULB in 2010. Steeve Bonneville has developed an eclectic research at the interface between biology and geology, where fungi, plants, bacteria and, of course, minerals and rocks are intertwined to better understand the major changes in our environment. As part of the Nanok expedition, he has set up a scientific project centred on collecting snow samples during the Traversée, which will provide a better understanding of the influence of atmospheric deposits on the melting of the Greenland ice cap.

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Philippe Peigneux is PhD in Psychological Sciences (2000; University of Liège [ULg], Belgium). He is currently Tenure Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium, ...

Philippe Peigneux is PhD in Psychological Sciences (2000; University of Liège [ULg], Belgium). He is currently Tenure Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium, where he is also the co-director of the Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit (UR2NF; http://dev.ulb.ac.be/ur2nf) affiliated at CRCN and at the ULB Neurosciences Institute (UNI; http://uni.ulb.ac.be). Professor Peigneux is active in sleep research since 1996 and published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His research is mainly but not exclusively focused on investigating the relationships between sleep, learning and memory consolidation processes, and in a wider perspective the interrelationships between cognitive processes and vigilance states, including sleep and biological rhythms, both in healthy and pathological conditions, in adulthood and across children development. A specific focus is made on the processes by which novel representations are created and novel information consolidated in long-term memory. Studies are primarily conducted using behavioural and cognitive approaches and advanced structural (DTI) and functional (fMRI) magnetic resonance , Near InfraRed Spectroscopy (NIRS), electroencephalography (EEG) and magneto-encephalography (MEG) techniques. Philippe Peigneux is a member of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) since 2001 and was part of the ESRS Scientific Committee (2006-2008) then Secretary in the ESRS Board (2008-2012), ESRS President (2012 – 2016) then Past-President (2016-2020).

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Tara Chapman (UK) is a palaeoanthropologist working at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) and the Laboratory of Anatomy, Biomechanics and Organogenesis (LABO) at the Free University of Bruss...

Tara Chapman (UK) is a palaeoanthropologist working at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) and the Laboratory of Anatomy, Biomechanics and Organogenesis (LABO) at the Free University of Brussels (ULB). She is interested in how modern clinical technology can be used to reconstruct extinct fossil hominids and analyse their potential locomotion. With colleagues at the IRSNB and ULB, she has virtually reconstructed a complete Neanderthal skeleton from the fossil remains of the Spy II Neanderthal skeleton in order to analyse how this skeleton might have walked. She is also working on the fossil Homo naledi. In addition to fossil hominids, she has worked on determining the sex of humans, including mummies.

Alexandra Boucherie has a doctorate in archaeology, specialising in biological anthropology, and is a scientific collaborator at ULB's Centre de Recherches en Archéologie et Patrimoine (CReA-Patrimoine). After a Master's degree in biological anthropology at the University of Bordeaux and an MSc in forensic anthropology at Bournemouth University, Alexandra joined the ULB to develop her doctoral thesis, which she will defend in 2023. The aim of this methodological project was to develop a new tool for estimating the biological sex of a subject from its fragmentary bone remains, by examining the sexual dimorphism of the base of the skull and the inner ear on an osteological assemblage from Western Europe. Having participated in various excavation campaigns in Europe, Alexandra has extensive experience in the exhumation and analysis of human bone remains found on archaeological sites, but has also developed her expertise in forensic contexts in Belgium and abroad. Her favored research topics are biological identification, sexual diagnosis, the archaeology of historical and contemporary multiple burials sites, stress indicators and bone traumas.

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Cinéphage is a free weekly screening every Thursday at H1.302 on the Solbosch campus, open to all !

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Cinéphage is a free weekly screening every Thursday at H1.302 on the Solbosch campus, open to all !

Info & Contact :
facebook : @cinephageulb
instagram : cinephage_ulb
contactcinephage@gmail.com

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Patrick Hendrick graduated with great distinction at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Engineering technology as an electromechanical engineer. He is now responsible for the units of Aero-thermo-mechanics ...

Patrick Hendrick graduated with great distinction at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Engineering technology as an electromechanical engineer. He is now responsible for the units of Aero-thermo-mechanics (ATM) and the Center for Research and Engineering in Space Technologies (CREST) at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he also teaches at the École Polytechnique de Bruxelles. His research has led to around 70 publications and to a number of collaborations all over the globe, mainly focusing on the fields of aerodynamics, aeronautics and aerospace, as well as thermodynamics and applied mechanics. Vinciane Debaille graduated in geology and specialized in geochemistry. She is a senior research associate at FNRS and is professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) since 2010, focusing among other things on the formation of the solar system from its constituent elements, chondrites, to the evolution of terrestrial planets such as Earth and Mars in a global geodynamic context revealed by isotope geochemistry. Since 2020, she is part of the group of European scientists selected by ESA to take part in the NASA-led Mars2020 Perseverance mission.

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PhD Yannis Argyriou works at the Université de Louvain as an expert on ground-based and space-based astronomical instruments. Yannis has worked on the James Webb mission since 2017, and received his PhD in 202...

PhD Yannis Argyriou works at the Université de Louvain as an expert on ground-based and space-based astronomical instruments. Yannis has worked on the James Webb mission since 2017, and received his PhD in 2021. His work focuses on understanding optical, electronic and thermal effects, and their impact on the science extracted from James Webb data. His ambition is to create the best images and spectra for the astronomical community and young researchers of the future. In 2023 Yannis started working on the ESA space mission called ARIEL for the detection of exoplanets' atmospheric signatures, as well as on the METIS instrument for the latest generation telescope "ELT" in Chile.

PhD Valentin Christiaens is a post-doctoral researcher in astrophysics at the KU Leuven and at the University of Liège. After a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's degree in space sciences at ULiège, he left our rainy soil and spent 8 years roaming the southern hemisphere, first for a doctorate at the University of Chile, then a post-doctorate at Monash University in Melbourne, acquiring expertise in the fields of direct imaging and the modelling of protoplanetary disks along the way. The journey ends with a return to his alma mater in 2021 to begin a mandate as a FNRS postdoctoral researcher, alternating from September 2023 with a position at the KUL linked to the characterisation of exoplanet atmospheres with the JWST telescope.

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Frank Pattyn is a glaciologist at the ULB Glaciology Laboratory. His research focuses on improving projections of the contribution of ice caps (particularly the Antarctic) to future sea level rise. He has develo...

Frank Pattyn is a glaciologist at the ULB Glaciology Laboratory. His research focuses on improving projections of the contribution of ice caps (particularly the Antarctic) to future sea level rise. He has developed a number of models capable of simulating the behaviour of glaciers and ice caps. He has taken part in several expeditions to Antarctica to study the interaction of glaciers with subglacial water and the ocean. He is currently Chairman of the Belgian National Committee for Antarctic Research.

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Bruno Danis is a Full Professor, and Head at the Marine Biology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) . He received his PhD from the ULB in 2004, and then joined the ANDEEP3 expedition to the Southern Ocean ...

Bruno Danis is a Full Professor, and Head at the Marine Biology Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) . He received his PhD from the ULB in 2004, and then joined the ANDEEP3 expedition to the Southern Ocean onboard the RV Polarstern, before taking the lead of two projects aiming at offering free and open access on Antarctic biodiversity for science, conservation and management purposes (SCAR-MarBIN and ANTABIF). He led a pioneering expedition to the Western Antarctic Peninsula (Belgica121) to test the concept of using a low-environmental impact platform to carry out marine biodiversity census in the Southern Ocean. More recently, he led the TANGO1 expedition to the same region. He has recently taken the co-direction of a research station in Belaza, Madagascar, with U. Toliara, U. Mons and U. Liège. His research focuses on biodiversity/biogeography, ecotoxicology, numerical ecology and biodiversity informatics, and he thrives to channel these efforts for conservation purposes, with a special attention devoted to Open Science.

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My name is Oscar Vaes and I'm a Doctor of Science (ULB). My interest in life sciences led me to study biology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. During my master's degree, I developed a particular interest in ants and their complex societies. In ...

My name is Oscar Vaes and I'm a Doctor of Science (ULB). My interest in life sciences led me to study biology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. During my master's degree, I developed a particular interest in ants and their complex societies. In 2018 I started a PhD at the Unit of Social Ecology, which focused on the study of activity levels in ant societies. More specifically, I studied inactive individuals, whose presence in large numbers in colonies still constitutes an evolutionary enigma

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Professor at ULB since October 2020, I carry out my research in the laboratory Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, in the Department of Organismal Biology (DBO). My previous career: - Lecturer at ULB, between October 2015 and September 2020, in the De...

Professor at ULB since October 2020, I carry out my research in the laboratory Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, in the Department of Organismal Biology (DBO). My previous career: - Lecturer at ULB, between October 2015 and September 2020, in the Department of Biological Evolution and Ecology (DBO). - Research Associate at the F.R.S.-FNRS between October 2001 and September 2015, at ULB, first in the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics (Department of Molecular Biology), then in the laboratory Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (DBO). - Postdoctoral Researcher of the F.R.S.-FNRS, between October 1998 and September 2001, in the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics (Department of Molecular Biology). - Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arkansas (USA) from May 1996 to July 1998, in the Molecular Systematics Laboratory. My research focuses on the analysis of genetic variation to study the evolution of organisms. Amon others, I am interested in the evolution of species ranges in response to climatic changes at the end of the Quaternary. I am also interested in the mechanisms of speciation, which are at the origin of biodiversity, at the genomic level. My research team takes advantage of recent technical advances in DNA sequencing to explore genetic variation across the entire genome of organisms. I contribute to the teaching of several courses at the Bachelor (General Biology, BIOL-F-102; Mechanisms of Biological Evolution, BIOL-F-308; Science and Society: Analysis of Scientific Controversies, ETHI-F-301) and Master (Evolution and Ecology, BIOL-F-450) levels. I was awarded the Socrate pedagogy Prize (ULB) in 2020 for my teaching.

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Guillaume Delhaye is PhD in Organismal Biology (ULB). He is currently a Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, where he is working on mycorrhizal fungal communities in European forests, foc...

Guillaume Delhaye is PhD in Organismal Biology (ULB). He is currently a Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London, where he is working on mycorrhizal fungal communities in European forests, focusing on their response to climate change and pollution.

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Nicolas Autheman is a French author and director born in Paris in 1982. After studying political science in France, he made his first feature documentary in 2011 dedicated to pilgrims lost during religious festi...

Nicolas Autheman is a French author and director born in Paris in 1982. After studying political science in France, he made his first feature documentary in 2011 dedicated to pilgrims lost during religious festivals in India (The lost people of the Ganges ). Since then, he has directed both portraits of writers (The Europe of Writers) and films devoted to the history of art (The World in a Painting), mainly for Arte. At the same time, he creates audiovisual installations for temporary exhibitions and museums (Mucem, Grand Palais, etc.). The Znamya Project is his first creative documentary medium-length film.

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Alain Vanderpoorten is an FNRS research director at the University de Liège. He teaches biogeography at the University and is interested in understanding ecological and evolutionary mechanisms of bryophyte dist...

Alain Vanderpoorten is an FNRS research director at the University de Liège. He teaches biogeography at the University and is interested in understanding ecological and evolutionary mechanisms of bryophyte distribution and dispersal in a changing environment. His work began with a study of the bioindication capacity of the water quality by bryophytes at the Faculté d'Agriculture de Gembloux (Belgium), followed by a post-doc at Duke University (NC, USA) with A.J. Shaw. Since 2003, he has been a FNRS associate researcher at the Institut de Botanique de l'Université de Liège (Belgium), where he has developed a laboratory and a team focusing on the ecological and historical biogeography of bryophytes, using a wide range of approaches including ecological modelling, molecular phylogeny and population genetics.
Sophie Pittoors is a biologist with a Master's degree in Organismal Biology and Ecology from the University de Liège, where she is currently a scientific collaborator. Since 2012, she has been working at the Observatoire du Monde des Plantes at the University de Liège, where she is responsible for developing projects relating to the conservation of botanical collections and is also a scientific mediator.

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Trained as a journalist, Luc Helen has been raising tadpoles and sticklebacks in old aquariums since primary school. When he was fifteen, he bought himselft his first tropical aquarium. Since then, aquaristics h...

Trained as a journalist, Luc Helen has been raising tadpoles and sticklebacks in old aquariums since primary school. When he was fifteen, he bought himselft his first tropical aquarium. Since then, aquaristics has remained his favourite hobby. He is particularly interested in the ethological study of cichlids from the Great Lakes of Africa. Another project of his is the captive breeding of species endangered in their natural environment, in order to build up a sufficiently large breeding stock to preserve a rich genetic variation. The aim is, if possible, to eventually reintroduce them into their natural environment once it has been restored and protected.

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As you may already know, the Festival du Film Scientifique de Bruxelles is organising a photo competition again this year. Among the many entries, 13 photos have been selected by the members of the FFSB team. These photos, illustrating different scie...

As you may already know, the Festival du Film Scientifique de Bruxelles is organising a photo competition again this year. Among the many entries, 13 photos have been selected by the members of the FFSB team. These photos, illustrating different scientific themes, each more beautifully than the last, will be exhibited at the festival. A Photo Jury will award the Photo Jury Prize for each of the three categories : - Science as you've never seen it before - The diversity that surrounds us - The actors of science You will also have the opportunity to vote for your favourite photo, to award the Photo Public Prize.