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The rapid production of #isocyanatefree biobased #polyurethane #foams at ambient temperature is now a #reality. A #patent has been filed for this process, developed by researchers of the Université de Liège ACS Publications ULiège - RISE F.R.S.-FNRS WEL Research Institute #CERM #ULiège

👉In J. Am. Chem. Soc. : Christophe Detrembleur and colleagues WEL Research Institute ULiège Research & Innovation F.R.S.-FNRS developed an innovative process for the production of polyurethane foams isocyanate-free, #recyclable and #biobased 🌎#impact #sustainable #transition doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3…

📢Results are in for the 2023 “WELBIO Investigator Programme” call 👏21 ‘Investigators' programmes’ have been selected and will join the 23 ongoing programmes within our WELBIO department WEL Research Institute UCLouvain ULB ComRecherche ULiège Research & Innovation UNamur Université de Mons

👉In J. Am. Chem. Soc. : Ludovic Troian-Gautier and colleagues WEL Research Institute UCLouvain F.R.S.-FNRS developed a photosensitizer based on iron, more sustainable than rare metals, for the production of solar fuels to store solar energy. #impact #sustainable pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

👏 Congratulations to Ana Beloqui WEL Research Institute UCLouvain F.R.S.-FNRS for the 2024 Rising Women in Science award CRS Women in Science in recognition of her career growth in Delivery Sciences and Technologies.

👏 Congratulations to Cedric Blanpain WEL Research Institute ULB ComRecherche F.R.S.-FNRS elected as a new Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Academy of Arts & Sciences

👏 Congratulations to Cedric Blanpain WEL Research Institute ULB ComRecherche awarded the 2024 Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel Prize, the leading cancer research prize in Europe, in recognition of his work that led to major advances in cancer research.

👉Cover in American Chemical Society : David Alsteens David Alsteens WEL Research Institute UCLouvain👉 Atomic force microscopy to study binding affinity of SARS-CoV-2 variants on ACE2 receptors and the impact of vaccination on these binding complexes. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Please check out our recent Chemical Reviews on Factors that Impact Photochemical Cage Escape Yields! Huge effort performed with our good friends and collaborators from UNC-Chapel Hill John Dickenson Matthew Goodwin Gerald Meyer F.R.S.-FNRS WEL Research Institute pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Visages de la recherche, version télé : Z Research sur Trends Canal Z ce soir dès 20h avec Miikka. Vikkula de Duve Institute UCLouvain WEL Research Institute. Lauréat du Prix Generet pour les maladies rares, Fondation Roi Baudouin FWO Soutenez la recherche : fnrs.be/dons

📢Pré-annonce: Ouverture le 17 septembre prochain du 2ème appel WEL-T UCLouvain ULB ComRecherche ULiège Research & Innovation UNamur Université de Mons F.R.S.-FNRS

👉2023 represented a year of growth for our Institute, with an increase in the number of Investigators, scientific advances, and progress in our societal and economic impact. You are invited to browse through our 2023 annual report to find out more... 👉welri.org/cms/c_19800635…

👏 Congratulations to Ana Beloqui for the "Rising Women in Science" prize awarded by the Controlled Release Society CRS Women in Science WEL Research Institute UCLouvain F.R.S.-FNRS

👉In Nature Communications : Thomas Pardoen WEL Research Institute UCLouvain and colleagues leveraged a proprietary on-chip nanomechanical approach to reveal the actual strength and toughness of graphene. F.R.S.-FNRS nature.com/articles/s4146…

👉In PNASNews : Alessio Franci WEL Research Institute ULiège Research & Innovation F.R.S.-FNRS and colleagues -> interdisciplinary research #Neuroscience #Engineering to model how the brain interprets sensory information pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

👉In Cell Press : The lab of Cedric Blanpain WEL Research Institute ULB ComRecherche showed that the skin transitioned to a liquid state during wound healing to enable skin stem cells dispersion and tissue repair. F.R.S.-FNRS cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

👉In The EMBO Journal : Alain Chariot WEL Research Institute ULiège Research & Innovation deciphered the molecular mechanism of ELP3-dependent differentiation of tuft cells, which are responsible for the immune response following parasite intrusion in the intestine F.R.S.-FNRS embopress.org/doi/full/10.10…

👉 On the cover Science Immunology: Thomas Marichal Thomas Marichal WEL Research Institute ULiège Research & Innovation and colleagues characterized novel Ly6G+ macrophages involved in lung repair after viral infection F.R.S.-FNRS science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…