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21/10/2024 Syensqo signs a new partnership with the Jean-Marie Lehn Foundation with three innovative research projects in Strasbourg

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The Jean-Marie Lehn Foundation is pleased to launch a new partnership with Syensqo. Together with the CNRS and the University of Strasbourg, they will work on three research projects focused on the design of sustainable and ecological materials, and the synthesis of renewable and polyfunctional building blocks. This new partnership demonstrates Syensqo's commitment to promoting innovation and...

04/09/2024 A new program led by the Jean-Marie Lehn Foundation to address societal challenges faced by businesses

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The Jean-Marie Lehn Foundation is enhancing its management and engagement with businesses. Its new program offers a structured package of scientific expertise and support, tailored to meet the exploratory research and innovation needs of companies. The goal: to accelerate and optimize the connections between academic and industrial researchers to co-create projects that address...

16/02/2024 Prof Roeland Nolte (President of the Scientific Advisory Board) has sadly passed away

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The Jean-Marie Lehn Foundation is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Roeland Nolte, Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry at Radboud University in Nijmegen (Netherlands), and President of the Foundation's Scientific Advisory Board since 2018. At the age of 79, Roeland Nolte was a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and held a special chair in Molecular...

21/08/2023 The Remarkable Success of the 7 Beneficiaries of the Solvay Fund for Chemistry in Strasbourg

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In 2016, the Solvay group decided to support the University of Strasbourg to the tune of €500k to enable the development of very high-level research projects undertaken by brilliant PhD students recruited from around the world. The fund was supplemented by €400k in joint funding from the Foundation for Research in Chemistry. This “programme of excellence for the chemistry of the...

21/08/2023 €57.5M in Donations Collected by the University of Strasbourg’s Foundations, a Record for France

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Since 2018, the Jean-Marie Lehn Foundation and the University of Strasbourg Foundation have been jointly running a patronage campaign entitled “Tous Nobels!”. The initial objective of attracting donations totalling €50M since 2010 has been exceeded by a significant margin. In total, over €57.5M has been raised, including €14.3M for projects supported by the Jean-Marie Lehn...

21/08/2023 Innovative Training in Complex Systems Chemistry Supported by Companies

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The University Research School for Complex Systems Chemistry offers multidisciplinary training complemented by initiation into the research and development issues of concern to companies. The impact of this emerging discipline established within an exceptional research cluster has not escaped the business community’s notice. Complex Systems Chemistry is an emerging discipline that originated...

21/08/2023 The BNP Paribas Foundation Supports Students Delivering Innovation in Health

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With a €150,000 donation, the BNP Paribas Foundation is co-financing an innovative teaching programme at Strasbourg’s Drug Discovery and Development Institute (IMS). Objectives: supporting equal opportunities for brilliant students, funding the discovery of new innovative therapies and helping to strengthen the pharmaceutical sector’s presence in Europe. A ground-breaking approach for...

21/08/2023 The University Embraces the Green Transition

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The University of Strasbourg was already committed to the fight against global warming, but is now accelerating its green transition policy. A round-up of the strategies being deployed. The university is rolling out urgent measures alongside a long-term strategy In 2021, the university demonstrated its determination to embark on a green transition with the introduction of the post of...

26/02/2021 Dendritic nanomaterials for the early diagnosis of cancer

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Startup Superbranche, a spin-off from the Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials (IPCMS) of Strasbourg was formed in May 2019 aſter 10 years of R&D on hybrid nanomaterials and is positioning itself as a specialized producer of nanomaterials for nanomedicine. Superbranche is developing a new generation of functionalized metallic oxide nanoparticles that are designed to facilitate...