The FAB's regular actions in the Belgian university context include awarding grants, prizes and subsidies, organizing a chair, contributing to the organization of colloquia, doctoral schools or study days. It collaborates with a network of Belgian and foreign partners: individuals, public and private associations, institutions and companies.

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Financial support for a young academic or post-doctoral fellow

In consultation with the Department of Biology at the University of Namur, the Fonds Adrien Bauchau has awarded financial assistance for the first time in the amount of 25,000 euros to support a young professor or post-doctoral fellow in biology at the institution in the early stages of their professional career.

In May 2025, the FAB Board of Directors awarded this grant to Professor Eli Thoré, an academic in the Unité de Recherche Environnementale et Evolutive (URBE), for the development of his work.

His work focuses on:

  • "Investigating the individual and interactive effects of synthetic chemicals, artificial light, and increased temperature on the performance and wellbeing of fish"
  • "Ecological impacts of pharmaceutical and light pollution in Belgium and Sweden’s waters"
  • "Day-night impacts of drug mixtures on the threatened European eel"

Image caption: Eli Thoré and André Van den Bogaert, President of FAB.

Eli Thoré recevant son prix des mains d’André Van den Bogaert, Président du Fonds Adrien Bauchau (mai 2025)

Bauchau grant Congress

The 2025 Scholarship has been awarded to Justine Bélik, whose thesis promoter is Professor Frédéric Silvestre, for her participation in the 3rd international EPIMAR 2025 "Epigenetics in marine and aquatic research" congress, organized at the end of May 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.

The grant is intended for a young researcher to enable his/her participation in a conference abroad. The amount awarded depends on the cost of this participation; it can be up to €750.

At a seminar organized by the ILEE Institute in June 2025, Justine Bélik also presented her ongoing research on epigenetic aging in Kryptolebias marmoratus, a vertebrate species characterized by self-fertilization.

Image caption: Justine Bélik, Séminaire ILEE

Justine Bélik, Séminaire ILEE (juin 2025)

UNamur and biological research

The Biology Department conducts cutting-edge international scientific research. This is divided between 5 research units tackling a variety of themes: cell biology (URBC), microbiology (URBM) or methodology and didactics (UMDB). The two award-winning researchers are part of the Environmental and Evolutionary Biology Research Unit (URBE) and are members of the Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE), which is committed to addressing pressing environmental issues.

Professor Frédéric Silvestre, Justine Bélik's thesis sponsor, heads the Laboratory of Evolutionary and Adaptive Physiology (LEAP). This laboratory studies the impacts of environmental change on aquatic organisms at different levels, from the perspective of integrative physiology.

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Professor Eli Thoré heads the Adaptive Biodynamics Laboratory (LAB). He uses an integrative approach to understand how animals respond to environmental changes, particularly those induced by human activity in space and time.

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Biology studies at UNamur

The Department of Biology at UNamur offers you a cutting-edge scientific education that's modern, diversified and open to the world. From the cell to the ecosystem, biology studies all forms of life. It is essential for understanding complex societal issues affecting the environment, health and sustainable development.

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