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FriMat Day 2024

 

 We are pleased to announce that our annual FriMat Day Conference will take place on Friday, December 6, 2024, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in the Chemistry auditorium PER10 0.013

 The call for abstracts for both poster and oral presentations is now open.

 Please send your abstract to Maja Ivanovic (maja.ivanovic@unifr.ch) by November 15, 2024, specifying whether an oral or a poster presentation.

 We look forward to seeing you all on December 6.

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NEUROSCIENCES

Neurons that explain why no two movements are ever the same

Every time we reach for a cup of coffee, the movement is never quite the same. A team of neuroscientists at the University of Fribourg (Unifr) has shown that this variability relies on neurons that allow…

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Studying wild animals without capturing them

Thanks to new DNA-analysis techniques, it is possible to study the genetic makeup of a population of kangaroos without bothering the hopping marsupials in their habitats: one can just collect their faeces.…

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ANTIBIOTICS

Designing a new generation of antibiotics with quantum technologies

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most urgent global health challenges. A new project, Q ARMOR, led in part by researchers from the University of Fribourg, aims to develop a new generation of antibiotics…

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