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The Elongator complex is involved in the addition of 5'-carboxylmethyluridine (cm5U)-derived modifications to transfer RNAs (tRNAs), thereby influencing the translation of certain messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and helping to maintain the integrity of the proteome. This complex is involved in a variety of biological processes, and is of particular importance in oncology. The identification of chemical inhibitors of Elongator is of significant interest in both basic and pharmaceutical research.Through a yeast screen, this work reveals a potential new role for Elongator and identifies a chemical inhibitor of the complex. This compound presents itself as an interesting candidate as a pharmacological inhibitor, opening up new perspectives for the search for anti-cancer therapies.

As part of the Master's degree specializing in Digital Law, the Faculty of Law at the University of Namur is offering an innovative teaching project, much appreciated by both students and the start-ups that benefit from it, called "NAMUR LEGAL LAB".

Namur Legal Lab at your service! You are an SME and are interested in Namur Legal Lab's services: contact us via this form! Name First name ( optional ) Start-up name Phone number ( optional ) E-mail address - Select -IndividualsLegal entity Legal form If legal entity, specify legal form ( optional ) If individual(s), specify number of person(s) ( optional ) Sector of activity How did your start-up hear about the Namur Legal Lab? Brief description of the business project Territory in which the entrepreneurial project is planned to operate Outline of the legal issues you identify in developing the project - Select -YesNo Is the project already in operation/commercialized? If so, for how long? ( optional ) How many people are employed? ( optional ) - None -on a principal basisin addition Are these people busy ( optional ) If not, when will the project be launched? ( optional ) What is the estimated cost of launching the project? ( optional ) - Select -YesNo Have any contractual commitments already been made? If so, which ones? ( optional ) - Select -YesNo Does the entrepreneurial project benefit from subsidies or some form of public support? If yes, specify the form of assistance received ( optional ) - Select -YesNo Has your start-up (or the founders) already consulted a lawyer for this project? Any additional information ( optional ) In order to process your request, you must complete all fields marked "optional". When you submit this form, the completed data will be transmitted to UNamur and used to process your request. Learn more about your data protection and your rights

Organised for the first time in the academic year 2012-2013, this master's programme was created to respond to a shortage of biomedical experts in the fields of preclinical and clinical research. Today, students enrolling in these UNamur programmes benefit from a comprehensive, degree-granting and highly sought-after bachelor's and master's degree.

More than 300 students in the Bachelor of Law programme, from both the daytime and the evening shift, took their heads out of their syllabi for an evening to project themselves into their future. Like every year, their faculty had invited them to meet with law professionals. Each of them shared their passion, their daily life, but also the darker aspects of their work. It was a perfect opportunity to discover what lies behind the many opportunities in law, grouped into five panels: lawyers, the judiciary, notaries, bailiffs, and politicians (parliamentary attachés or diplomats).

Congratulations to Carla Coduti and Matteo Ghislain who respectively received the public and jury prizes in the International Humanitarian Law mock trial! This very special exercise demonstrates the active pedagogical approach dear to the UNamur Faculty of Law.

As part of the Francqui Chair 2022-2023 of the Faculty of Law, Lucie Cluzel, professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris Nanterre, was invited to discuss topics related to digital law. Students, staff members and the general public responded massively by participating in three interactive lectures.

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 was quickly declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020.At the start of the pandemic, healthcare professionals were faced with the marketing of numerous kits designed to measure binding antibodies. The role of neutralizing antibodies as the best correlate of protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection was quickly highlighted. A neutralization assay with the use of pseudovirus was therefore developed by our team and compared with several binding assays.There have been considerable efforts to produce and clinically validate new vaccines against COVID-19. The CRO-VAX HCP study was designed to assess the humoral response in a population of healthcare professionals who had received two doses of COVID-19 BNT162b2 vaccine.Given the decline in vaccine efficacy over time and the emergence of variants likely to evade immunity, a third dose was quickly recommended by the authorities to boost immunity. This was administered to 155 volunteers in the CRO-VAX HCP study.Still facing a decline in vaccine efficacy over time and the emergence of new variants, a second adapted booster was proposed. In September 2022, 54 participants in the CRO-VAX HCP study received this second booster. The humoral response was assessed and neutralizing antibodies against several variants were measured. In addition, we also measured the cellular response using an interferon-gamma release assay. Compared with the humoral response, which declines considerably over time, the cellular response remained fairly stable. This could therefore explain why individuals with low antibody titers can still be protected against a severe form of the disease .

The Department of Biomedical Sciences is offering its students the chance to go abroad during the first semester of their final year of their bachelor's degree. An enriching experience not to be missed!

Consultation Direct accessAnyone with a reader's card can consult books and journals in the reading room. The majority of documents are available for direct access, and two photocopiers are also available to readers.Books on reserveAbout 450 books are stored at the reception desk and are only available for consultation. The shelf mark of these documents ends with the term "Reserve". To consult them, you must present yourself at the counter with your reader's card and the reference (call number and title).To help you locate the documents, we invite you to consult the "Location of documents" section. Borrowing Students and people from outside the Faculty of Law can borrow three books maximum for an evening or weekend. The loan is renewable once, at the Library reception desk or by telephone. Failure to return a book within the required time will result in the payment of a fine of €0.5 per working day and per book. The loan of books is suspended until all fines have been paid. In the event of a repeat offence, the right to borrow is suspended until the end of the current academic year.Staff members of the Faculty of Law may borrow an unlimited number of books for a period of two months. The Library nevertheless reserves the right to request the return of borrowed books at any time. Failure to return a work within the required time limit will result in suspension of borrowing rights.Law Faculty staff members may nevertheless borrow a maximum of one work from the counter reserve, for a limited period of two days.Certain documents may not be borrowed:PeriodicalsDocuments with a green stickerEncylopedias, dictionaries, codes, loose-leaf worksReserve works (red sticker)Borrowers are personally responsible for the works they borrow. Any borrower who has damaged a work during consultation or borrowing must pay for its restoration or replacement.All borrowers are personally responsible for the works they borrow.

A decade ago, Elise Degrave was the first in Belgium to focus her thesis on data protection in a digital state. Today, she is widely recognized in this field in the public, political, legal and academic spheres. An expertise and a personality, once again rewarded on the occasion of the Cérémonie des Namurois de l'année, where Elise Degrave has just been named the winner in the Sciences category..

Making students active participants in their own success, getting them more involved and developing their soft skills - these are the challenges that assistants working on practical work in the law of obligations have set themselves. Since last year, they have been rethinking the way they teach by changing their posture with the aim of encouraging student success.