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Combating Gender-based and Sexual Harassment
Equality and gender equality in particular, and the fight against violence and discrimination, are strong commitments for Université Paris Cité. To support the victims of gender-based and sexual violence, specific arrangements have been put in...
Need Psychological Support?
Feeling down? Having trouble sleeping or feeling stressed? Having dark or suicidal thoughts? Here are your contacts and some useful information to get psychological support during your studies. Download the brochure for the main psychological support facilities...
Call for proposals Université Paris Cité – NUS: extended deadline
As part of the calls for projects launched last June by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Université Paris Cité, the call to encourage joint innovative projects in the field of higher education has been extended until 27 October 2021. Submit...
A dramatic drop worldwide in organ transplants since the outbreak of Covid-19
According to a new study published on August 31st, 2021, in Lancet Public Health, covering 22 countries including most of Europe and representing about 70% of global transplant activity, the number of solid organ transplants performed in the first wave of the pandemic...
Melody Xu Yang’s journey as a multilingual PhD student in French Literature
From an undergraduate degree in French received in China to a PhD in literature in Paris, Xu Yang tells us about her experience as an international student at Université Paris Cité and her participation in the 2021 Guild Summer School. Melody Xu Yang is starting her...
Call for projects: Crowd4SDG launches its second call on climate and gender inequalities
The European research project Crowd4SDG launches its second call for proposals around climate change and gender issues. Contribute to this challenge by responding to the call for projects until September 30th, 2021! Crowd4SDG partners: University of...
Research-based learning at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Last June, the seventh flagship initiative of the Strategic Partnership InnovEd4TS was hosted virtually at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (HU-Berlin). Invited experts from four Circle U. universities and the University of Lisbon met around the flagship...
InSight Mission: Mars unveiled
Using information obtained from around a dozen earthquakes detected on Mars by the Very Broad Band SEIS seismometer, developed in France, the international team of NASA's InSight mission has unveiled the internal structure of Mars. The three papers published on July...
Parasites and Cancer: A New Epigenetic Approach
Nearly 20% of cancers are associated with microbial infections. While the mechanisms involved are fairly well-known for viruses and bacteria, the role played by parasites remains a mystery. A new study led by Prof. Jonathan Weitzman from the Epigenetics and Cellular...
A world-class partnership in health biology
Christine Clerici, President of Université Paris Cité, and Stewart Cole, Director General of the Institut Pasteur, have formalised the cooperation between their institutions in pursuit of a concerted and shared scientific strategy. The two institutions aim...
The Human Spleen, a cemetery and sanctuary for malaria parasites
Professor Pierre Buffet's research unit (UMRS 1134, Inserm Université Paris Cité), in close collaboration with the team of Professor Chrétien at Institut Pasteur, and an Australian-Indonesian team led by Professor Nick Anstey, observed in patients with...
“General Studies”: A Unique Liberal Arts Education in Portugal
On the 15th and 16th of April, the sixth flagship initiative of the Strategic Partnership InnovEd4TS was hosted virtually at University of Lisbon. Invited experts from five Circle U. universities had the opportunity to learn about the...
Covid-19 : Discovery of the mechanisms of short-and long-term anosmia
Loss of smell, or anosmia, is one of the earliest and most commonly reported symptoms of COVID-19. But the mechanisms involved had yet to be clarified. Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS, Inserm, Université Paris Cité and the Paris Public Hospital Network...
Call for Applications Paris-Oxford Partnership (POP)
The Humanities Division at the University of Oxford and Université Paris Cité in partnership the CNRS, are delighted to announce a call for applications for research collaboration, within the Oxford-Université Paris Cité CNRS Humanities Research...
Calls for proposals Université Paris Cité – King’s College London
Université Paris Cité and King’s College London ares launching a call for joint research projects to promote and strengthen collaborations between their researchers. Read more on the partnership Download the Budget template...
Covid-19 vaccines and thrombosis: What is it all about?
In response to the thrombosis cases that occurred as a consequence of the Covid-19 vaccinations, Prof. David Smadja, professor of hematology at Université Paris Cité, member of the hematology department of the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital...