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Innovation and Industry
News 30 October 2024

Carnot Prize : large-scale electricity storage takes center stage

The Carnot Partnership Research Awards, which highlight successful partnerships between teams from the 39 Carnot Network institutes and companies, were presented on 16 October at the Palais des Congrès in Massy, France. David Teixeira, head of the Numerical Physics of Porous Media department at Carnot IFPEN Ressources Énergétiques, was awarded the Carnot Prize for research partnerships with a SME for a large-scale electricity storage project carried out in partnership with STOLECT. We caught up with the winner of the prize to find out more.  

Fundamental Research
News 23 October 2024

Thesis award: a biosynthetic pathway for the anticancer drug Etoposide

On 16 October, the third IFPEN-ANRT thesis prize was awarded to Jennifer Perrin for her thesis in the field of life and health sciences entitled “Approches d'ingénierie métabolique en levure pour la sécurisation de la production de l'anticancéreux Etoposide en Région Centre-Val de Loire” (Yeast metabolic engineering approaches to secure the production of the anticancer drug Etoposide in the Centre-Val de Loire region), defended on 31 January 2023 at Tours University. This thesis was conducted within the framework of a CIFRE agreement signed with the SME Axyntis. The company, the award winner and her thesis supervisors explain the significance of this research.