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23 Scientists. 100 Conferences. 1 Month. Bonjour French Science showcases the range of pioneering scientific and academic research being conducted in France. Our scientists will visit a selection of major Indian cities and research institutions where they will present their work and findings.
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Conference title: Informed Virtual Environments : Interaction and Knowledge Indira Thouvenin is a Professor and researcher in the field of virtual reality and knowledge at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne. After completing her Phd in Biophysics, she now works on informed virtual environments, exploring a new concept of interactive experiences in virtual worlds. Interested in knowing more about Indira Thouvenin? A presentation of Professor Thouvenin, her talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Thouvenin will be in Delhi, Mumbai and Kanpur. See the When and Where page for listings. Conference title: Exciton and Energy Transport in Self Assembled Organic Nanofibers evidenced by Confocal Fluoroscence Microscopy André Del Guerzo works at the University of Bordeaux where he leads research on the self assembly of small organic chromophores into nanofibers or nanomaterials in order to control optical communication and energy transport within nano confined objects. Interested in knowing more about André Del Guerzo? A presentation of Professor Del Guerzo, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Guerzo will speak at Kolkata, Bengaluru and T'puram. See the When and Where page for listings. Conference title: Preserving digital memories : a patrimonial approach Professor Bachimont is a Scientific Advisor to the Department of Research and Innovation at the Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (France's legal deposit institution for all television and radio material) and Professor at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne where he teaches computer science, logic and philosophy. Interested in knowing more about Bruno Bachimont? A presentation of Professor Bachimont' his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Bachimont will speak at Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru. See the When and Where page for listings. Conference title: The Art of Light and the Light of Art : epistemology in contemporary sculpture Art, Alterity and the Aporia of Classification, or do you need a reason? Ronald Shusterman is Professor of English Literature at the Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3. Trained in Philosophy and aesthetics, Shusterman has studied at Oxford, the Sorbonne and Bordeaux Universities. His primary interests lie in the intersection of philosphy, aesthetics, literature and the arts. Interested in knowing more about Ronald Shusterman? A presentation of Professor Shusterman, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Pr Shusterman will visit Bengaluru, Pune, Delhi and Kolkata. See the When and Where page for listings. Conference title : Predicting structure properties and exploring dynamics of proteins Catherine Etchebest heads the Dynamics of Structures and Interactions in Biological Macromolecules Inserm/Paris 7 team at the University Paris 7 (Denis Diderot). This team develops original bioinformatics methods for predicting 3d protein structures for analyzing functional genomics data and exploring strructural properties of large macromolecular assemblies. Interested in knowing more about Catherine Etchebest? A presentation of Professor Etchebest, her talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Etchebest will visit Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Vellore. See the When and Where page for listings. Joint Laboratory for Sustainable Chemistry at Interfaces : a collaborative initiative between CNRS,CSIR and the University of Rennes Drs Grée, Chandrasekhar and Yadav will visit Mumbai and Hyderabad. See the When and Where page for listings. Conference title : Hot wire chemical vapor deposition : from fundamentals to applications Synthesis of multi-walled carbon nano-tubes : growth mechanisms and applications to field emission Jean-Eric Bourée is a CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire de Physique des Interfaces et des Couches Minces of the Ecole Polytechnique at Palaiseau. Interested in knowing more about Jean-Eric Bourée? A presentation of Professor Bourée, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Bourée will visit Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata. See the When and Where page for listings. Conference title : Example of Technology Transfer in a French Research Laboratory Michel Torrijos is an engineer from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) in Toulouse. Since 1996 he has worked at the National Institute for Agronomic Research's Laboratory for Environmental Biology (LBE ) and currently heads the Technology Transfer Unit which aims to provide an interface between the research teams at LBE and the industrial circle working in wastewater or solid waste treament. Interested in knowing more about Michel Torrijos? A presentation of Dr Torrijos, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Michel Torrijos will speak in Pune and Baroda. See the When and Where page for listings. Conference title : Writing the agenda of the apprentice scientist or from practicing science to stimulating future scientists Nicole Ostrowsky began her career in quantum optics and went onto to become the director of the Laboratory of Condensed Matter at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. She has taught physics at different university levels and she is now interested in aspects of imparting scientific education. Her talk will focus on the agenda of the apprentice scientist, which has been recently published with a foreward by George Charpak. Interested in knowing more about Nicole Ostrowsky? A presentation of Professor Ostrowsky, her talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Ostrowosky will visit Hyderabad, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Pondicherry. See the When and Where page for listings. Conference title : Function and Disfunction of our immune system : novel concepts, challenges and hopes for tomorrow Immunopathology and Immunointervention : the current concepts Srini Kaveri is a Director of Research at the Inserm Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers in Paris. His team is involved with the basic and applied aspects of research in the area of immunopathology and immunotherapy. Interested in knowing more about Srini Kaveri? A presentation of Dr Kaveri, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Srini Kaveri will visit Shillong, Guwahati, Kolkata, Pune and Bengaluru. See the When and Where page for listings. Conference title : Genetics of human response to infection Anavaj Sakuntabhai is a medical doctor who obtained his DPhil in human molecular genetics from Oxford before joining the Institut Pasteur in Paris in 2000. He has developed 2 programs to study human genetic susceptability to 2 important vector born infections : dengue and malaria. He leads a group at the Institut Pasteur which focuses on human genetic basis of biological response to infection. ka Interested in knowing more about Anavaj Sakuntabhai? A presentation of Dr Sakuntabhai, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Anavaj will visit Delhi, Pune, Gwalior, Kolkata. See the When and Where page for listings.
Molecular chemists face a major challenge in addressing the health sector towards combating new and unmet diseases while protecting the environment in order to transfer an unspoiled Nature to future generations. In order to contribute to better global solutions for such a task, a new Indo-French Joint Laboratory was set up recently between the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, India and the University of Rennes and CNRS, France. Under this joint umbrella, the common laboratory has been set up within the campus of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology with office and lab space reserved also in Rennes for the visiting Indian scientists. This Joint Laboratory produces publications in highly relevant areas of research with a large impact, as well as innovative patents. All the publications and patents are shared by both parties equally.
The conference will be held by Dr René Grée, Dr JS Yadav and Dr Chandrasekhar who will talk about this unique scientific partnership and their experiences. A presentation of their talk can be downloaded here .
Conference title : Dialoguing with absent texts : the dynamics of cross cultural collocation
Marta Dvorák is Professor of World Literatures in English at the Sorbonne Nouvelle. She is a former Associate Editor of the International Journal for Canadian Studies and Editor in Chief of the journal Commonwealth Essays and Studies as well as the President of the French Society for the Study of the Countries of the Commonwealth. Marta is a currently a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Interested in knowing more about Marta Dvorák? A presentation of Dr Dvorák, her talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here.
Marta will visit Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference title : Seeing beyond the visible Jacques Lucas is a member of the French Academy of Sciences and Emertitus Professor at the University of Rennes where he started the CNRS associated Glass and Ceramic Laboratory. He is a specialist of solid state chemistry and exotic non crystalline solids. Amongst his significant discoveries are the fluoride glasses and their applications in telecommunications as well as new families of Tellurium based glasses for infrared applications. Interested in knowing more about Jacques Lucas? A presentation of Dr Lucas, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Lucas will visit Kolkata, Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference title : The European Union and Human Rights Laurent Sermet is a Professor for Law and Human Rights at the University of Réunion. Interested in knowing more about Laurent Sermet? A presentation of Professor Sermet, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Laurent Sermet will speak at Delhi and Kanpur. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference titles : Metropolitan Corridors and Peoples' Life : development and governance in a global world Economic Development and Inequality : lessons from an Atlas of India Rajasthan, the needed territory of the rising Indian megalopolis Philippe Cadene is a Professor at the University of Paris 7 and a specialist in geography, planning, globalisation and development. Interested in knowing more about Philippe Cadene? A presentation of Professor Cadene, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Cadene will speak in Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai and Kolkata
Conference title: Place / Sharing Space: Food imagery in a selection of contemporary Indian novels in English Claire Omhovère is a Professor of English and Commonwealth Literature at the University Paul Valéry in Montpellier where she also codirects the Centre for Commonwealth Studies. After a PhD in Canadian literature, she expanded her research interests to address questions posed by the perceptions and representations of space in the new literatures in English. Interested in knowing more about Claire Omhovère? A presentation of Professor Omhovère, her talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Omhovère will visit Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai and Jaipur. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference title: Recent advances in the study of flash floods Overview of the research activities of the LCPC in urban hyrdology Hydraulics and sediment dynamics in sewer systems and rivers affected by flash floods Eric Gaume is considered as one of leading French experts in hydrology.He works at the Laboratoire Centrale des Ponts et Chaussées where he leads the Water and Environment department. Eric Gaume has been involved in two major European research programs on flood and flash floods: Floodsite and Hydrate. He has worked on the development of post-flood field investigation strategies, on flood risk assessment testing new Bayesian and regional statistical methods and on flood forecasting. Interested in knowing more about Eric Gaume? A presentation of Eric Gaume, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here. Dr Gaume will visit Kharagpur, Mumbai and Bengaluru. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference title: Food and Water Quality Safety
Dr. Romain Micol (MD, MPH) is an infectious diseases physician. Since early 2008 he has been working as medical advisor of Mérieux Alliance at Shantha Biotechnics Limited (Hyderabad). He is involving in the vaccine development for enteric diseases as well as for their diagnostics. Romain Micol holds a MD from Pitié-Salpétrière medical University (Paris, France), a master of sciences from ISPED Bordeaux university and a master of economics from Dauphine university (Paris, France).
Interested in knowing more about Romain Micol? A presentation of Dr Micol, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here.
Dr Micol will visit Bengaluru, Mysore, Vellore and Kolkata. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference title: Therapeutic Vaccines in Infectious Diseases and Cancers
Dr Jean-Yves Bonnefoy, was appointed Vice President Research and Development in March 2006 in charge of Research, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs and Intellectual Property at Transgene, Mérieux Alliance.
Interested in knowing more about J-Y Bonnefoy? A presentation of Dr Bonnefoy, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here.
Dr Bonnefoy will visit Mumbai and Delhi. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference title: Biomarkers Discovery ; from Idea and Bench to the Patient and the Market
Dr Christine M’Rini (MD, PhD) is Associate Professor of Medicine and Scientific Director at Merieux-Alliance. She has about 20 years of working experience in clinical and health science research activities. She is associate Professor of Human Physiology since 1996 and her research activities focused until 2006 on the adhesion of blood cells on the endothelium wall of metastatic lymph node and cancer tumor microcirculation at the Laboratory of Vascular Biology in the Institute of Structural Pharmacology and Biology, Toulouse.
Interested in knowing more about Dr M'Rini? A presentation of Dr M'Rini, her talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here.
Dr M'Rini will visit Bengaluru, Vellore and Mumbai. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference title: Indian Summer Monsoons and Indian Ocean SST
Pascal Terray is a climatologist with over 20 years experience at the Laboratoire d'Océanograhie et du Climat: Experimentation et Approches Numeriques at the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace in Paris. He has specialised in the Indian subcontinent.
A presentation of Dr Terray, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here.
Dr Terray will visit Pune and Bengaluru. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference title: Searching for new technologies: To enhance Energy Efficiency, Develop renewable energy and tackle climate change
Robert ANGIOLETTI is currently advisor to Director General, Bureau for Energy Efficiency (BEE), Ministry of Power, Government of India.He has been seconded from ADEME, the French counterpart of BEE, to BEE for 2 years.
A presentation of Dr Angioletti, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here.
Dr Angioletti will visit Hamirpur, Pune and Kanpur. See the When and Where page for listings.
Conference title: Wind Tunnel Simulation of Dispersion and Wind Dynamics: Application to Deep Pits
Laurent PERRET is a French scientist who obtained his PhD in fluid mechanics. His work led to the development of a novel method to generate unsteady inflow conditions from experimental data for the computation of turbulent flows. He is currently involved in collaborative projects, all related to the interaction of the low atmosphere with urban canopies or forest/rural canopies, in which wind tunnel simulations are performed together with numerical and theoretical modelling.
A presentation of Pr Perret, his talk and itinerary in India can be downloaded here.
Dr Perret will visit Delhi, Chennai and Ranchi. See the When and Where page for listings.
