Institute of life sciences

ISV

The living world is full of unsolved mysteries. As researchers, our aim is to solve some of these and so move forward the frontiers of knowledge.
Whatever the organism (animal, plant, or microorganism), to explain life, we need to understand what happens at the molecular and cellular levels.

Our fields of investigation therefore range from the molecule to the organism.

"Discovering, understanding and applying" is the aim of the 33 teams (150 research staff) in our Institute.

The research projects pursued in the Institute are in the fields of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, microbiology, genetics, and physiology, and are focused on four different themes.

Animals Plants  Microorganisms Biomolecules

Ultimately, the new knowledge has to lead to new applications for the common good.

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> ISV highlight: nanoscience and living Cells

One of our associated members (Yves Dufrêne, Senior FNRS Research Associate) has received the Prix Adolphe Pacault de la Recherche at the Université Bordeaux 1. 

 
 
 
> ISV highlight

One of our members (Yvan Larondelle) was conferred the Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Federal University of PARA (Brasil) on 27 May 2009.
 
 
 
> ISV highlight: research article

"Control of acute, chronic, and constitutive hyperammonemia by wild-type and genetically engineered Lactobacillus plantarum in rodents"
 
 
| 30/04/2009 |
don't miss
 
> ISV seminar - Friday 12h50 - Carnoy B059

March 19, 2010
Dr Etienne Thiry (ULg)
Viruses in continuous evolution: the example of caliciviruses

 
 
Events
 
> ISV thesis

March 24, 2010 - 09:00
Daphné COCHONNEAU
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