Pierre Salati in Ciel et Espace magazine

Pierre Salati is interviewed in the May 2012 issue of the magazine Ciel et Espace. Pierre explains the importance of the different searches for Dark Matter. This topic makes it on the front cover of the magazine under the title: the UNIVERSE, why we should find Dark Matter.

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.