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Abstract Charles Darwin hypothesized (in 1871) that mastery of language is possible on the basis of an " instinctive tendency " to learn languages, a characteristic of our species. This instinctive tendency has been the subject of extensive experimental …
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Most chemical compounds on the market today are not very persistent in the body. This lability poses major methodological challenges for characterizing their effects in humans, even when analytically precise biomarkers of exposure exist. We will discuss …
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This first lesson defines the general content and objectives of the lecture. It will deal with one of the most important morphological transitions in vertebrates, that which led to the appearance of the archetypal (chiridial) tetrapod limb (our arms and …
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Abstract Did Roman jurists include economic considerations in their decisions and justifications ? The question is at the heart of a historiographical debate. In the XIXᵉ and XXᵉ centuries, in the tradition of Savigny and the " Isolierung ", Roman …
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Paul Nurse
The Molecular Mechanism of Cell Cycle Control
Paul Nurse
The Molecular Mechanism of Cell Cycle Control
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Abstract The fission yeast has been genetically engineered to simplify the cell cycle control system so it can run using only a single CDK. This has led to the proposal that the core principle underlying the control is rising general CDK activity as the …
17:30 to 18:30
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Abstract The reasons why, as a follow-up to the lecture on semiotics and ontology (2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021), dedicated to elucidating the relations between mind, language and reality, are presented, we consider it necessary to revisit the classic …
14:00 to 16:00
Biological chemistry : trends in enzymology
Marc Fontecave, chair Chemistry of Biological Processes
Biological chemistry : trends in enzymology
Marc Fontecave, chair Chemistry of Biological Processes
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Professor Marc Fontecave, who heads the Chemistry of Biological Processes laboratory at the Collège de France, specializes in biological chemistry. His work focuses on understanding the structure and reactivity of the active sites of enzymes …
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Abstract Over the past 20,000 years, climatic and environmental conditions in the Sahara have undergone profound upheavals. The recomposition of landscapes, the migration or disappearance of certain wild fauna - these are just some of the processes that …
09:30 to 10:15
Microscopic aspects of logarithmic interaction systems
Pierre-Louis Lions, chair Partial Differential Equations and Applications
Microscopic aspects of logarithmic interaction systems
Pierre-Louis Lions, chair Partial Differential Equations and Applications
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Peccot Lecture Series Since 1885, thanks to an endowment from the family of mathematician Claude-Antoine Peccot, the Collège de France has awarded annual prizes to young mathematicians under the age of 30 who have distinguished themselves in theoretical …
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Abstract As described above, the " laïcisation " of knowledge and speech at the beginning of the Archaic period would also have led to the emergence of law, after a primitive phase that, following Louis Gernet, is sometimes referred to as " pre-droit ". …
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William Bourguet
Endocrine disruption and nuclear receptors : mechanisms and impact on health
William Bourguet
Endocrine disruption and nuclear receptors : mechanisms and impact on health
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William Bourguet Trained as a chemist and Director of Research at Inserm, I lead a team at the Centre de biologie structurale in Montpellier, devoted to the study of molecular mechanisms involved in the (de)regulation of nuclear receptors, a large family …
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The concept of endocrine disruptor refers to exogenous compounds or mixtures capable of inducing adverse effects on an organism or its offspring by altering the functioning of the hormonal system. We will illustrate this by presenting research on a few …
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