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Next, we discuss recent … 14 May 2025 09:10 - 10:00 Event Laurence Grimaud Electro-Induced Isocyanide-Based Multicomponent Reactions Symposium Abstract Since the pioneering report of the oxidative three-component Passerini reaction using a stoichiometric oxidant, [1] oxidative Isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions (IMCRs) have opened new avenues for accessing diverse chemical space from … 14 May 2025 10:00 - 10:50 Event Annabel Gallop Qur'anic art in Southeast Asia: Localising the Sulawesi diaspora geometric style Symposium 16 May 2025 14:00 - 14:30 Event Boris Liebrenz The Manṭiq al-waḥš and the Early Arabic Illustrated Book Symposium 16 May 2025 14:30 - 15:00 Event Guillaume Vincent Oxidative Couplings and Total Synthesis of Natural Products Symposium Abstract Our group aims to study the total synthesis of complex natural products. We particularly deploy oxidative coupling strategies via single electron transfer (SET) processes among others tactics. We also study electrochemistry to access three … 14 May 2025 11:20 - 12:10 Event L. Raggetti Abū al-ʿAlā ibn Zuhr, His Library, and the 'Galenic Book Club': Bibliophilia, Indirect Tradition, and the Transmission of Knowledge in Islamicate Scholarship Symposium 16 May 2025 15:30 - 16:00 Event Erli Lu Electron Transfer in Subvalent Group-1 Alkali Metal Chemistry Symposium Abstract Historically, group-1 alkali metal chemistry is dominated by +1 oxidation state. As the least electronegative elements in the Periodic Table, zero-valent alkali metals are prone to give out their only valence shell electron, i.e., acting as … 14 May 2025 12:10 - 13:00 Event Henning Sievert Traces of Lost Books. What Did High-Level Bureaucrats Read Before 1840? Symposium 16 May 2025 16:00 - 16:30 Event François Déroche Conclusions Symposium 16 May 2025 16:30 - 17:00 Event Thomas Poisson Electrooxidative Functionalization of Alkenes and Alkynes Symposium Abstract As part of the organic chemistry, radical chemistry is an important research area as the one electron reactivity is complementary to the ones of the two electrons and polar manifolds. In this regard, electrochemistry, which enjoy a renewal, … 14 May 2025 14:30 - 15:20 Event Erica Benedetti Synthesis and Applications of Chiral Luminescent [2.2]Paracyclophanes Symposium Abstract Originally discovered via vapor-phase pyrolysis of p-xylene , 1 [2.2]paracyclophanes (pCps) have garnered significant attention due to their unique three-dimensional architecture2 and inherent planar chirality. 3 Despite their promising … 14 May 2025 15:20 - 16:10 Event Armido Studer Radical Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions to Unactivated p-Systems Symposium Abstract We demonstrate water activation by a photocatalytic phosphine-mediated radical process, generating a PR3-H2O radical cation intermediate, where both hydrogen atoms are used in the following chemical transformation through sequential cleavage of … 14 May 2025 16:30 - 17:20 Event Guy Bertrand Carbenes in SET Processes Symposium Abstract Over the last three decades, the highly tunable properties of NHCs and other stable singlet carbenes have led to a variety of applications. We will discuss a novel facet of carbenes, i.e., their reductive properties, which allows carbenes to … 14 May 2025 17:20 - 18:10 Event Louis Fensterbank Discussions & Conclusions Symposium 14 May 2025 18:10 - 19:00 Series Boulez: the power of invention? The years 1975-1995 Pierre-Michel Menger, chair Sociology of Creative Work Symposium Colloquium organized for the centenary of Pierre Boulez's birth by Pr Pierre-Michel Menger, Sociology of Creative Work Chair, and Nicolas Donin , Professor of Musicology at the University of Geneva. With the support of the Collège de France Foundation and … 22 May 2025 → 23 May 2025 Event Shiwei Zhang Ushering a New Era of Synergy Between Computational Quantum Physics and Cold Atoms Experiment Seminar Abstract Computational quantum physics has recently seen a dramatic increase in its capabilities, precision, and predictive power. The advances have been driven by method and code development, benchmark, and collaboration. Together with exciting recent … 14 May 2025 14:00 - 15:00 Series Quantum gravity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation Marc Henneaux, chair Fields, Strings and Gravity Seminar Reconciling the principles of quantum mechanics with Einsteinian gravitation is one of the major challenges of modern physics. The Wheeler-DeWitt equation, introduced in the late 1960s, plays a central role in the canonical approach to the problem of … 21 May 2025 → 18 Jun 2025 Event Stephen Quake Understanding the Mysteries of the Cell: How Do Many Cell Types Arise From One Genome? Guest lecturer Abstract Although the genome is often called the blueprint of an organism, it is perhaps more accurate to describe it as a parts list composed of the various genes that may or may not be used in the different cell types of a multicellular organism. … 12 May 2025 17:00 - 18:00 Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Tragic sacrifices (2) Lecture Abstract After an incursion into tragedies that evoke human sacrifice, animal sacrifice is analyzed in three tragedies: Aeschylus' Agamemnon , Euripides' Electra and Sophocles' Antigone . The Agamemnon , in which the human sacrifice of Iphigenia is … 30 Apr 2025 11:00 - 12:00 Event François-Marie Bréon Geoengineering. Why - how - why not Symposium Abstract François-Marie Bréon will introduce the conference by recalling the context of ongoing climate change and the need to limit warming to less than 2 degrees. He will describe the concept of geo-engineering, distinguishing between techniques aimed … 15 May 2025 09:30 - 10:00 Event Francis Albarède Évaluation de la géo-ingénierie à l’Académie des sciences Symposium Résumé This presentation explores geoengineering – a set of ideas aimed at cooling the planet if cutting greenhouse gas emissions isn’t enough to stop climate change. It looks at two main strategies: Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and Carbon Dioxide … 15 May 2025 10:00 - 10:20 Event Éric Lambin Changes in solar radiation : risks, uncertainties and governance Symposium Abstract A commonly discussed form of geoengineering is the modification of solar radiation. A number of technologies could be used to reduce solar radiation incident on the Earth in order, in theory, to counteract global warming. In 2024, the European … 15 May 2025 10:20 - 11:10 Event Nicolas Viovy Carbon capture and storage by terrestrial ecosystems and nature-based solutions Symposium Abstract Most scenarios developed to limit global warming involve negative emissions, i.e. the sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In this context, ecosystems, which currently absorb almost a quarter of our emissions, represent one of the … 15 May 2025 11:30 - 12:15 Event Caroline Thaler Negative emissions : the startup ecosystem in France Symposium Abstract Achieving carbon neutrality (Net Zero) by 2050 requires, in addition to massive emissions reductions, the development of tools to actively remove CO 2 from the atmosphere. So-called "negative emissions" technologies have become an indispensable … 15 May 2025 12:15 - 13:00 Pagination First page Previous page … Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Current page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 … Next page Last page
Event Burkhard König Better Organic Synthesis with Light Symposium Abstract Photoinduced electron transfer is the key step in photoredox catalysis. We will briefly review the essential parameters affecting photoinduced electron transfer and how we can control them for the benefit of synthesis. Next, we discuss recent … 14 May 2025 09:10 - 10:00
Event Laurence Grimaud Electro-Induced Isocyanide-Based Multicomponent Reactions Symposium Abstract Since the pioneering report of the oxidative three-component Passerini reaction using a stoichiometric oxidant, [1] oxidative Isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions (IMCRs) have opened new avenues for accessing diverse chemical space from … 14 May 2025 10:00 - 10:50
Event Annabel Gallop Qur'anic art in Southeast Asia: Localising the Sulawesi diaspora geometric style Symposium 16 May 2025 14:00 - 14:30
Event Boris Liebrenz The Manṭiq al-waḥš and the Early Arabic Illustrated Book Symposium 16 May 2025 14:30 - 15:00
Event Guillaume Vincent Oxidative Couplings and Total Synthesis of Natural Products Symposium Abstract Our group aims to study the total synthesis of complex natural products. We particularly deploy oxidative coupling strategies via single electron transfer (SET) processes among others tactics. We also study electrochemistry to access three … 14 May 2025 11:20 - 12:10
Event L. Raggetti Abū al-ʿAlā ibn Zuhr, His Library, and the 'Galenic Book Club': Bibliophilia, Indirect Tradition, and the Transmission of Knowledge in Islamicate Scholarship Symposium 16 May 2025 15:30 - 16:00
Event Erli Lu Electron Transfer in Subvalent Group-1 Alkali Metal Chemistry Symposium Abstract Historically, group-1 alkali metal chemistry is dominated by +1 oxidation state. As the least electronegative elements in the Periodic Table, zero-valent alkali metals are prone to give out their only valence shell electron, i.e., acting as … 14 May 2025 12:10 - 13:00
Event Henning Sievert Traces of Lost Books. What Did High-Level Bureaucrats Read Before 1840? Symposium 16 May 2025 16:00 - 16:30
Event Thomas Poisson Electrooxidative Functionalization of Alkenes and Alkynes Symposium Abstract As part of the organic chemistry, radical chemistry is an important research area as the one electron reactivity is complementary to the ones of the two electrons and polar manifolds. In this regard, electrochemistry, which enjoy a renewal, … 14 May 2025 14:30 - 15:20
Event Erica Benedetti Synthesis and Applications of Chiral Luminescent [2.2]Paracyclophanes Symposium Abstract Originally discovered via vapor-phase pyrolysis of p-xylene , 1 [2.2]paracyclophanes (pCps) have garnered significant attention due to their unique three-dimensional architecture2 and inherent planar chirality. 3 Despite their promising … 14 May 2025 15:20 - 16:10
Event Armido Studer Radical Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions to Unactivated p-Systems Symposium Abstract We demonstrate water activation by a photocatalytic phosphine-mediated radical process, generating a PR3-H2O radical cation intermediate, where both hydrogen atoms are used in the following chemical transformation through sequential cleavage of … 14 May 2025 16:30 - 17:20
Event Guy Bertrand Carbenes in SET Processes Symposium Abstract Over the last three decades, the highly tunable properties of NHCs and other stable singlet carbenes have led to a variety of applications. We will discuss a novel facet of carbenes, i.e., their reductive properties, which allows carbenes to … 14 May 2025 17:20 - 18:10
Series Boulez: the power of invention? The years 1975-1995 Pierre-Michel Menger, chair Sociology of Creative Work Symposium Colloquium organized for the centenary of Pierre Boulez's birth by Pr Pierre-Michel Menger, Sociology of Creative Work Chair, and Nicolas Donin , Professor of Musicology at the University of Geneva. With the support of the Collège de France Foundation and … 22 May 2025 → 23 May 2025
Event Shiwei Zhang Ushering a New Era of Synergy Between Computational Quantum Physics and Cold Atoms Experiment Seminar Abstract Computational quantum physics has recently seen a dramatic increase in its capabilities, precision, and predictive power. The advances have been driven by method and code development, benchmark, and collaboration. Together with exciting recent … 14 May 2025 14:00 - 15:00
Series Quantum gravity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation Marc Henneaux, chair Fields, Strings and Gravity Seminar Reconciling the principles of quantum mechanics with Einsteinian gravitation is one of the major challenges of modern physics. The Wheeler-DeWitt equation, introduced in the late 1960s, plays a central role in the canonical approach to the problem of … 21 May 2025 → 18 Jun 2025
Event Stephen Quake Understanding the Mysteries of the Cell: How Do Many Cell Types Arise From One Genome? Guest lecturer Abstract Although the genome is often called the blueprint of an organism, it is perhaps more accurate to describe it as a parts list composed of the various genes that may or may not be used in the different cell types of a multicellular organism. … 12 May 2025 17:00 - 18:00
Event Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge Tragic sacrifices (2) Lecture Abstract After an incursion into tragedies that evoke human sacrifice, animal sacrifice is analyzed in three tragedies: Aeschylus' Agamemnon , Euripides' Electra and Sophocles' Antigone . The Agamemnon , in which the human sacrifice of Iphigenia is … 30 Apr 2025 11:00 - 12:00
Event François-Marie Bréon Geoengineering. Why - how - why not Symposium Abstract François-Marie Bréon will introduce the conference by recalling the context of ongoing climate change and the need to limit warming to less than 2 degrees. He will describe the concept of geo-engineering, distinguishing between techniques aimed … 15 May 2025 09:30 - 10:00
Event Francis Albarède Évaluation de la géo-ingénierie à l’Académie des sciences Symposium Résumé This presentation explores geoengineering – a set of ideas aimed at cooling the planet if cutting greenhouse gas emissions isn’t enough to stop climate change. It looks at two main strategies: Solar Radiation Management (SRM) and Carbon Dioxide … 15 May 2025 10:00 - 10:20
Event Éric Lambin Changes in solar radiation : risks, uncertainties and governance Symposium Abstract A commonly discussed form of geoengineering is the modification of solar radiation. A number of technologies could be used to reduce solar radiation incident on the Earth in order, in theory, to counteract global warming. In 2024, the European … 15 May 2025 10:20 - 11:10
Event Nicolas Viovy Carbon capture and storage by terrestrial ecosystems and nature-based solutions Symposium Abstract Most scenarios developed to limit global warming involve negative emissions, i.e. the sequestration of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In this context, ecosystems, which currently absorb almost a quarter of our emissions, represent one of the … 15 May 2025 11:30 - 12:15
Event Caroline Thaler Negative emissions : the startup ecosystem in France Symposium Abstract Achieving carbon neutrality (Net Zero) by 2050 requires, in addition to massive emissions reductions, the development of tools to actively remove CO 2 from the atmosphere. So-called "negative emissions" technologies have become an indispensable … 15 May 2025 12:15 - 13:00
