Category Archives: SCIENCE

June 5 is World environment day !

Time for all of us to reflect on how we can make a difference and act for a more sustainable environment through behavioural change, increased awareness and transformative science. This is an opportunity for us to highlight a ground-breaking research centre: Singapore CEA Alliance for Research in Circular Economy (SCARCE)  is a joint laboratory between NTU […]

TRANSPORTATION TOMORROW!

We are delighted to welcome Professor Jean-Marie Tarascon from the Collège de France and French Academy of Science, gold medal awardee of the French Centre for National Research (CNRS), to one of our science events in Singapore, in collaboration with Alliance française and The French Alumni ! Professor Tarascon will address an audience at Alliance française […]

Nobel Prize laureate lecture by Prof Serge Haroch

On Wednesday 14 September 2022 at the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, NTU SPMS LT2, Nobel Prize laureate  Prof Serge Haroch, gave a short synopsis of his lecture. Mr HE Mr Marc Abensour, Ambassador of France to Singapore assisted the lecture at the National University of Singapore. Professor Serge Haroche (Professor Emeritus at Collège de France) is renowned for his ground-breaking work […]

AfterLab by Thibaut Meurgue-Guyard: “The Climate Fresk and the IPCC: an introduction”

On Thursday 22 September 7.00 pm, the French Lab will be holding their monthly casual meeting referred to as the AfterLab with Thibaut Meurgue-Guyard, Co-Founder of Found & Seek and IT Sustainability Consultant. This AfterLab will take place at the bar “The Good Beer Company” instead of the usual embassy. The talk starts at 7 pm, […]

France-Singapore Joint Committee on Science and Innovation (Mid-Term Review)

The France-Singapore Joint Committee on Science and Innovation Mid-Term Review Opened by HE Mr Marc Abensour, Ambassador of France to Singapore, the online meeting of the France-Singapore Joint Committee on Science and Innovation mid-term review, held on 30 June 2022, was co-chaired by the CEO of the National Research Foundation Singapore, Prof Low Teck Seng, […]

IRSN & SNRSI COLLABORATION ON RADIOBIOLOGY, RADIOCHEMISTRY AND NUCLEAR SAFETY

The Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) and Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative (SNRSI) of the National University of Singapore held a joint workshop as part of their ongoing collaboration on radiobiology, radiochemistry and nuclear safety on 16 and 17 June.   This workshop is the latest event of a long and […]

THREE FRENCH UNIVERSITIES JOIN IPAL, THE JOINT LAB IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

CY Cergy Paris Université (CYU), Université Toulouse III and INP Toulouse has been invited to join IPAL, the French-Singaporean joint research centre on artificial intelligence, along with its founding members: the France National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Agency for Science, Technology And Research (A*STAR). This signing […]

“TARA OCEANS: ECO-SYSTEMS BIOLOGY AT PLANETARY SCALE” BY CHRIS BOWLER

Chris Bowler, Professor at the Collège de France, Director of Research at the CNRS and Director of the Plant and Algae Genomics Laboratory at the Institute of Biology of the École normale supérieure in Paris, will deliver the lecture titled “Tara Oceans: Eco-Systems Biology at Planetary Scale” on the 1 July 2022 (Fri), 4pm at […]