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Round-table discussion moderated by Stéphane Pair, France Info, with the participation of Éric Monnet, EHESS, Denis Cogneau, IRD, EHESS and PSE, Jean-Marie Théodat, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, Fondasyon …

Abstract Abortion is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in countries where it is prohibited or severely restricted. Although abortion no longer poses health problems in France, some women still have difficulty accessing the health care system, and …

Abstract The nature of the immune system's antibody repertoire has been a subject of fascination for more than a century. This repertoire is highly plastic and can be directed to create antibodies with broad chemical diversity and high selectivity. There …

Abstract In France, as long as the procedure is performed by a doctor or midwife, the law allows all women to have an abortion within the fourteen-week time limit   -   - that's voluntary interruption of pregnancy. Recourse to abortion is particularly …

Abstract In 1994, BRCA1, the emblematic breast cancer predisposition gene, was identified thanks to the contribution of families with multiple cases. Thirty   years later, with a dozen other genes identified and tens of thousands of tests carried out …

Abstract Detection of enhancers by epigenetic and chromatin structure approaches, multiome approach, mechanisms of enhancer function to initiate transcription of a target gene. In this third   lesson, the different approaches to epigenetic profiling are …

Abstract This lecture lays the historical and methodological foundations for answering a fundamental question  : how much of our biological diversity is attributable to genetics  ? Following a retrospective of Mendel's work on heredity, it will look at …

Speakers: Michel Ferrero (École Polytechnique, CPHT and Collège de France), Kris van Houcke (ENS, Laboratoire de Physique ), Olivier Parcollet (Flatiron Institute), Thomas Schäfer (Max Planck Institute, …

Abstract In this talk, I will employ an ADM deparametrization strategy to discuss the radial canonical formalism for asymptotically AdS gravity in three dimensions. It leads to the identification of a radial 'time' before quantization, namely the volume …

Abstract In this talk I introduce a new papyrus from the necropolis of Ancient Philadelphia (Fayoum Egypt) that yields hitherto unknown passages from Euripides'  Ino  and  Polyidos . I explain how these passages advance our knowledge of the plays and …

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Abstract The talk on March 6   2025 aims to tackle one of the major contemporary challenges  : the democratic challenge. Whereas just fifteen years ago, it was thought that the democratic "   model   " was, if not established everywhere, at least desired …

Abstract After the first divine speech to Joshua, the conquest is "delayed" by the visits of two spies to a Canaanite prostitute. This story reflects the link between war and prostitution. But Rahab's story also introduces a dose of subversion, as this …

Abstract In addition to the sacrifices offered in Pylos by Nestor and the feasting of the suitors, the Odyssey also features more modest meals, such as the one offered by the pig keeper Eumaeus to his master, whom he has not yet recognized (Canto XIV). …