RESEARCHER PROFILE - Mohammed ALLAN Mohammed Allan, a Syrian who arrived in Belgium in July 2008 to start a Master in geology, has come a long way since then. He obtained a PhD and is now a researcher in the AGEs laboratory. Interview What is your background? After my Bachelor in Applied Geology...

Modar Saad came to Belgium in 2015, having fled military service in his war-torn homeland of Syria. He enrolled in the Welcome Student Refugee programme at VUB so he could complete his second master’s degree in civil engineering. Since then, he has almost graduated and after a series of interviews...

Why do talented international researchers want to work in UCLouvain laboratories? Watch ‘Top health research stories @UCLouvain’: ten videos showcasting the outstanding research carried out by the university’s Health Sciences Sector teams.

Who am I and which is my previous background? I am Maurizio Mascarello. I am Italian and I graduated in Environmental Biology at the University of Turin in 2013. After that I achieved a Research Master degree in Crop Science at the University College Dublin and I worked as a Research Assistant in...

University of Liège organises a Master Class : HRS4R for Newcomers, in Liège city centre, from June 12-14, 2019 This 3-day participative seminar is dedicated to managers and staff in charge of the development of the human resources management research strategy (HRS4R) within their institution. The...

The UMONS Faculty of Engineering (FPMs) is particularly proud to have Mr. Mahmoud Nani, 31, a Syrian refugee, among its new graduates. He now holds a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering and Management with a specialist focus on Information Systems Control. On Saturday 14th September 2019...

Link between theory and practice  A few times a year, VITO launches a number of topics for doctoral studies within the organisation, topics that can support ongoing VITO research. PhD students can apply for this. More than seventy students from home and abroad are currently continuing their...

Hi, my name is Alessia Pancaro and I am from Santa Maria Capua Vetere in Italy. Last March I started my PhD on the development of a biosensing platform for lectin detection related to cerebrovascular disease using nanoplasmonics in the unit Health. In the last period I have been overwhelmed by COVID...

Francesca Rapino is a F.R.S.-FNRS research associate at the Stem Cells-Cancer Signaling Laboratory (GIGA Institute / Faculty of Medicine) at the University of Liège. She has been recently awarded an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council for her project tRNAtoGO. Endowed with 1.5...

The United Kingdom's departure from the European Union also has implications for scientific research(ers). For more information on the main changes, please visit the websites of the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) and of the NCP – FNRS. Researchers travelling to the United Kingdom can check...