Press releases
UCL press releases
May 14, 2018
UCL discovers a bacterial shield against the immune system
UCL Research - press release
A major discovery at UCL in the fight against bacterial infections: Jean-François Collet and his team have discovered a new protein, CnoX, which plays a...
April 27, 2018
University of Louvain and Wageningen University launch...
Press release
A-Mansia is the latest co-spin-off from the University of Louvain (UCL) and Wageningen University. It aims to develop Akkermansia-based products. Three years from now, a...
February 14, 2018
Bacteria = problem but also the solution
UCL Research – press release
Johann Mignolet, post-doctoral researcher in the laboratory of the professor Pascal Hols, did a major breakthrough on bacterial behavior during his researches at...
January 24, 2018
Unique agreement between UCL and NATO
UCL education - press release
On 23 January 2018 UCL and NATO headquarters in Brussels signed a cooperation agreement in the field of translation. The objective is to facilitate the entry into...
December 19, 2017
New UCL discovery in the fight against...
Research UCL - press release
Researchers at the UCLouvain have made a major new discovery in the research on bacteria. Jean-François Collet, professor at UCL's de Duve Institute, and his team...
December 11, 2017
UCL indexes natural disasters
Research UCL – 10 December, International Climate Day - press release
2017: fewer disasters but more cost damages, reports researchers of University of Louvain (UCL)
EMDAT is an...
December 11, 2017
2018 UCL honorary doctorate recipients
2018 UCL honorary doctorate recipients - press release
On 5-6 February 2018, UCL will award honorary doctorates to three individuals: edX CEO Anant Agarwal, Mozilla Foundation President...
December 07, 2017
Syria : rise of air bombardments fatal for children
UCL Research - press release
In 2016, one in four civilians killed in the Syrian conflict was a child. A team of researchers at the UCL Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of...
December 04, 2017
UCL tests new molecule to prevent cancer metastasis in mice
UCL research - press release
Three years ago, Pierre Sonveaux, a researcher at the UCL Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research, and his team discovered that when the mitochondria (the...
November 10, 2017
Why the tumours resist to immunotherapy
UCL research – Press release
While immunotherapy generated undreamt-of results in the treatment of aggressive and advanced metastatic cancer, they occurred in only one-fourth to one-third of...
October 12, 2017
Top secret! Decrypting the world
Press release
Imagine a society without secrets. A kind of space-time where everything and everyone would be known. Possible? Desirable? The exhibition...
September 19, 2017
UCL launches a unique programme for refugees
UCL education - press release
This year, UCL is offering a preparatory programme for refugees that is unique in the French Community of Belgium. The programme includes French language...
June 21, 2017
Opening of University of Louvain Musée L
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Musée L, the University of Louvain Museum, where dialogue between scientific collections and art elicits new emotions
University of Louvain’s new museum, the Musée L,...
April 14, 2017
Anti-liberal Muslims face discrimination
Press release
At the heart of the debate over Islamophobia, many claim the right to criticise fully the ideas and norms of other ethnic and religious groups (here Muslims) on the basis that it...
March 30, 2017
Mission to Mars 2017: UCL Crew 178 en route to Mars via...
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Mission to Mars 2017: UCL Crew 178 en route to Mars via the Utah desert
Mission to Mars Crew 178 is composed of seven UCL students and mentored by Frank De...
March 30, 2017
ScienceToday: UCL research for a worldwide audience
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ScienceToday: UCL research for a worldwide audience
Cutting-edge science for a mainstream audience: that’s what ScienceToday, UCL’s new website, aims to deliver. ScienceToday...
March 16, 2017
Unique in French-speaking Belgium: UCL master’s degree...
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Unique in French-speaking Belgium: UCL master’s degree in sign language interpretation
Beginning in September 2017, UCL will be the only Belgian francophone university...
March 14, 2017
10 years of the ERC + 30 grants for UCL = €39 million
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10 years of the ERC + 30 grants for UCL = €39 million
On 21 March, the European Research Council (ERC) celebrates its tenth anniversary. UCL can celebrate, too, because its...
November 28, 2016
A protein capable of preventing diabetes
Press release
University of Louvain discovers a protein capable of preventing diabetes and obesity
Patrice Cani, a WELBIO researcher at the Louvain Drug Research Institute of the...