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L'Association des diplômés de l'ESPCI
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Nous sommes l'association des alumni de l'ESPCI Paris - PSL.
Nous soutenons et créons du lien (souvent intergénérationnel) entre les diplômés, élèves-ingénieurs, alumni, acteurs, alliés et amis de l'ESPCI, depuis 1885.
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Mercredi 19 novembre (18h30) présentation à @espciparispsl.bsky.social par Erik Langlinay de son livre publié au @cths.bsky.social consacré au chimiste Albin Haller, membre de l'@academiesciences.bsky.social directeur de l'École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de #Paris
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Happy to share our new protocol in @cp-starprotocols.bsky.social: CATCH—Covalent Anchoring of Tethered Ligands to Chemogenetic Handles!

This method enables precise, long-lasting, and pharmacologically specific inhibition of brain receptors in vivo.

👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Covalent anchoring of tethered ligands to chemogenetic handles for targeted in vivo neuropharmacology
Covalent anchoring of tethered ligands to chemogenetic handles (CATCH) is a chemogenetic approach that enables sustained, localized, and pharmacologic…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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🤝 L’Université PSL et Rice University renforcent leur collaboration avec la création d’un parcours international d’ingénierie responsable.
+ d'infos 👉 psl.eu/actualites/l...
@minesparis-psl.bsky.social @chimieparistechpsl.bsky.social @espciparispsl.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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It is an honor and a pleasure to be spontaneously featured in Optica's official outreach platform!

Many inspiring papers published in Optica's journals were read in the making of this work, so it feels like a nice loop 😄

www.optica-opn.org/home/newsroo...
Gyromorphs Should Block Light in All Directions
Simulated materials yield isotropic band gaps, suggesting use in optical computer chips.
www.optica-opn.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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New preprint!

So, say you're studying some critical transition. How do you catch its universality? Pair correlations? Boring!

We threw line segments at the system, looked at intersections with clusters, and uncovered static and dynamical universal behavior of MIPS!

arxiv.org/abs/2511.09444
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Alt: a close up of a person's hand holding a marker that says sharpie
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November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Can entangled photons beat classical light?
🌀 Researchers from @instlangevin.bsky.social & Hebrew Univ map the limits of wavefront shaping in quantum light—showing when it matches, and when it outperforms, classical optics.
#QuantumOptics #Photonics
doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
Fundamental bounds of wavefront shaping of spatially entangled photons
Wavefront shaping enables control of classical light through scattering media. Extending these techniques to spatially entangled photons promises new quantum ap
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Vous dormez 4–5 h et restez en forme? Vous êtes peut-être un petit dormeur, un phénomène rare et d'origine génétique. Pour les autres, n'oubliez pas que le sommeil est un des 3 piliers de la santé : "manger, bouger, dormir !"
Il est recommandé de dormir plus de 7 h, soit 4 à 5 cycles
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November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I've decided to try and keep a blog to force myself to read weekly and have a place where I aggregate papers I find interesting, even if it's just with two sentences. But here's the thing I grew up reading webcomics and browsing artblogs, and those used to have a list of the people they were
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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📢 Call for applications: PSL PhD Tracks | Shaping the future of research
Highly selective and entirely taught in English, #PSLPhDTracks are 5-year fully funded programs intended for high-potential students hoping to become top level researchers, in France or abroad.
Info 👉 psl.eu/en/education...
November 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Rapport de l'#IGESR de cette année sur les heures d'enseignement à l'université. #ESR

www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/sites/defaul...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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🔬 6 projets lauréats de la prestigieuse bourse @erc.europa.eu Synergy 2025 impliquent des scientifiques de PSL dans des domaines thématiques très variés : biologie, écologie, neurosciences, muicrofluidique…
👏 Félicitations à toutes et tous !
Infos 👉 psl.eu/actualites/e...
#ERCSyG
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Ravie d’avoir été invitée à la Rencontre du Cairn « Le sommeil et après ? » Entretien avec Laurent Simon, en collaboration avec @themeta.news
Merci pour l’invitation
👉 stm.cairn.info/lesommeileta...
#Sommeil #Science #Cerveau #Glia #Neuro @cirbcdf.bsky.social @inserm.fr @pslqlife.bsky.social
Le sommeil et après ? Ce que dit la science
Des idées pour vous
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November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Our recent observations are distinct from conventional active matter. Self-propelled colloidal particles neither secrete inhibitory molecules, nor actively modulate adhesion molecules, which are two key ingredients leading to our observed patterned aggregates.

Here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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We have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration:

(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.

We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.

Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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New paper just out, as an editor's suggestion in PRL!

While looking for the ideal isotropic bandgap material, we actually discovered new structures.
These structures lie at the border between order and disorder, and that's good for optics!

More about their structure here,
tinyurl.com/3aej53ht

⚛️🧪
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Robotique & Intelligence Artificielle : révolution dans l’industrie chimique ?

Dîner-débat 13 novembre

Franck Le Vaillant – Iktos (IA pour la découverte de médicaments)
Guillaume Malcouronne – Chemspeed (robotique pour la R&D)
Jessica Ternier & Pierre Dubouloz – Syensqo

espci.org/events/191528
Robotique & Intelligence Artificielle : révolution dans l’industrie chimique ?
Le Dîner-Débat 2025 de l'Unafic aura lieu le jeudi 13 novembre à 18h à Chimie Paris, sur la thématique :   "Robotique et Intelligence Artificielle :révolution dans l’industrie chimique ?"   Les inscr...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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The 2025 ERC Synergy grants are announced! Lots of work for the panel members 😅 and lots of cool science that I look forward to happen!
📣 Meet the new ERC Synergy Grant awardees!

Sixty-six research teams have been selected for funding, bringing together 239 scientists. Congratulations to all!

➡️ buff.ly/PSn3bi9

#EUfunded #HorizonEurope #ERCSyG
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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We have observed a beautifully strange phenomenon of phase separation by human monocytes placed on soft matrix, which do it for survival.

We model it by incorporating the Cahn–Hilliard equation with a Turing mechanism of local activation/global inhibition

More here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mechano-induced patterned domain formation by monocytes - Nature Materials
Human primary monocytes reversibly phase separate into regular, multicellular, multilayered domains on soft matrices with physiological stiffness due to local activation and global inhibition processe...
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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A chemical extracted from carrot roots helped pave the way for flat-screen TVs, and six other discoveries that unintentionally changed the world.
Perfect talking points for when you need to defend basic science, whether it’s to your grumpy uncle or your MP.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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🎙️ Check out our two papers presented today at #EMNLP2025!
1. Decode, Move and Speak! Self-supervised vocal imitation linking acoustics, articulation & discrete speech units
(originally published in Comp. Ling.)
📍 Gather Session 2 — 5 Nov @ 18:00
🔗 Full text + Code + Demo: tinyurl.com/kraxhpjd
The 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing
November 4 –9Suzhou, China
2025.emnlp.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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New episode alert!
Discover episode 5 of Qrieux: #Sleep better thanks to #astrocytes.
Featuring Félix Bellier, Léana Razaghi & Armelle Rancillac.

Available in FR with FR/GB subtitles.
Watch now 👉 youtu.be/nHTbSGvEpGM?...

#Neuroscience #Qrieux @psl-univ.bsky.social @inserm.fr @cirbcdf.bsky.social
Qrieux, la série - Épisode 5 - Mieux dormir grâce aux astrocytes
YouTube video by PSL-Qlife
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November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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What is the cell type closest to neurons in the differentiation tree? The answer will surprise you! (unless you know about development, or were at #MiFoBio2025 listening to Pierre Nassoy's talk)
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Félicitations aux 6 chercheuses et chercheurs de l’Université PSL qui ont été distingués par les Prix 2025 de l’ @academiesciences.bsky.social, le 28 octobre dernier à l' @institutdefrance.fr 👏
infos 👉 psl.eu/actualites/l...
@normalesup.bsky.social @obs-paris-psl.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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LES COULEURS DES CORAUX
Quels pigments sont responsables de ces couleurs ?
Pourquoi sont-elles si vives ?
Pour quelle raison nombre de coraux blanchissent ?
Pourquoi la couleur du corail rouge de Méditerranée est-elle inaltérable ?

Réponses dans mon nouvel article
👉 tinyurl.com/4j5nvpcb

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Les couleurs des coraux : flamboyantes mais précaires
Les couleurs des coraux étonnent par leur diversité et leur vivacité. Quels pigments sont responsables de ces couleurs ? Pourquoi sont-elles si vives ? Pour quelle raison nombre de coraux…
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November 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM