A new ANR project lead by LAPTh is selected

A 4-year project submitted to the ANR (the French National Agency for Research) has been selected. Intitled DMAstroLHC, the  nature of Dark Matter from astroparticles to the LHC. The funding will allow to strenghten the collaboration between LAPP, LPSC and LAPTh physicists and bring in new blood through the hiring of post-docs.

Associated International Laboratory between France and Russia

The Franco-Russian LIA, Laboratoire International Associé,  Tools for Colliders and Astroparticle Physics has been set up. The coordinator is Geneviève Bélanger from LAPTh. The collaborations cover the development of codes and automatic tools for the calculation of observables within the Standard Model as well as for Models of New Physics.

5 PhD Fellowships offered by ENIGMASS

The  laboratoire d'excellence ENIGMASS is offering up to 5 PhD fellowships for autumn 2012.

Update: The 2012 fellowships have been awarded. Another call will take place in the Autumn of 2012.

Ceremony for the CNRS Medal: James Drummond

The CNRS bronze medal award ceremony will be held on Tuesday April 24, 2012 at 15h at LAPTh.

The bronze medal award is in recognition of  a major work by a young researcher, making him a talented specialist in his domain. It is also an encouragement by the CNRS for the researcher to pursue an activity that has proven fruitful and well established.

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