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New pilot study: a step towards personalised cancer therapy?

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Cancer cells exhibit great genetic diversity, even within tumours of a patient.
May 16, 2019   In Our News  

Three international scientific conferences brought to Luxembourg by LIH

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This year, LIH will be the proud co-organiser of three international conferences in Luxembourg.
May 08, 2019   In Our News  

FNR CORE funding - three LIH research projects will tackle disease mechanism and treatment

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The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) finances multi-annual thematic research programs with its central funding instrument CORE.
December 19, 2018   In Our News  

Connecting the public with science at the Researchers’ Days

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At this year’s edition of the Researchers’ Days on 30th November and 1st December 2018, around 6,500 visitors came to the Rockhal in Esch-sur-Alzette .
December 14, 2018   In Our News  

National PhD Welcome Day 2018: Integrating Luxembourg’s young researchers

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On 22nd November 2018, the third edition of the National PhD Welcome Day gathered over 110 doctoral candidates who recently started their PhD in Luxembourg.
November 26, 2018   In Our News  

PhD Days 2018: Gathering the PhD community in life sciences

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The 2018 edition of the PhD Days at the University of Luxembourg attracted roughly 100 doctoral candidates in life sciences.
November 07, 2018   In Our News  

Japanese delegation from RIKEN-IMS visited Luxembourg’s biomedical research centres

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Representatives of the renowned Japanese RIKEN Centre for Integrative Medical Sciences (RIKEN-IMS) visited Luxembourg from 24th to 26th September 2018.
October 15, 2018   In Our News  

LIH publishes its Annual Report 2017

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LIH is pleased to present its Annual Report 2017. New leadership, strategic reorientation, important project starts, scientific discoveries…
September 19, 2018   In Our News  

LIH’s science communication ingenuity applauded at the European Communication Summit

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From 13th to 14th June 2018, professionals in communication from all over Europe gathered at the European Communication Summit (ECS) in Berlin, Germany.
June 21, 2018   In Our News  

A new treatment against river blindness: LIH contributed to clinical trials for moxidectin

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LIH’s Competence Centre for Methodology and Statistics has been involved in the Phase III trial of a new drug against the parasitic disease onchocerciasis.
June 12, 2018   In Our News  

Highlight of LIH’s Biomedical Research Lecture Series: Personalised medicine with patient involvement

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Since 2017, LIH’s Research Knowledge Transfer Office is running the Lecture series “Biomedical research – from discovery to patients”.
May 02, 2018   In Our News  

State visit: LIH was part of the Luxembourg delegation in France

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From 19th to 21st March 2018, Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg were invited to France for a state visit.
April 18, 2018   In Our News  

LIH Science Quest - the lay public on a scientific mission

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From 23rd to 25th February, LIH held a large science-promoting event, the first of its kind in Luxembourg.
March 27, 2018   In Our News  

Translating innovative research results for the benefit of society

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LIH has been successful with the submission of a proposal for the Knowledge & Innovation Transfer Support (KITS) funding scheme of the FNR.
March 21, 2018   In Our News  

FNR CORE funding for five research projects at LIH

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The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) supports multi-annual thematic research programmes with its central funding instrument CORE.
February 16, 2018   In Our News  

Multiannual framework agreement signed - new objectives for LIH

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On 25th January 2018, the new framework agreement for the period from 2018 to 2021 between LIH and the Luxembourg Government was signed.
February 13, 2018   In Our News  

Retrospective 2017: highpoints for LIH

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LIH made numerous important contributions to biomedical science in 2017.
February 01, 2018   In Our News  

Winners of the “Pump Prime” grant announced at the PMC retreat

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For the seventh time, Luxembourg-based researchers and clinicians met on 4th December 2017 for the annual retreat of the Personalised Medicine Consortium (PMC).
January 04, 2018   In Our News  

Life Sciences PhD Days 2017, an unmissable event for PhD candidates

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This year’s PhD Days of the Doctoral School in Science and Engineering were again a great success.
December 20, 2017   In Our News  

European project IDeAl: Improving statistical methodology for small population clinical trials

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Over 30 million European citizens suffer from rare diseases with an incidence of fewer than five in 10,000 people.
November 15, 2017   In Our News