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From Olympic training to injury prevention, Luxembourg hosts the world's brightest minds to prove why maths might just be sport's secret superpower. After a round-up of mid-week news with Sasha Kehoe, my guests this week are: - Prof. Christophe Ley – Main organiser of MathSport International; leads the Modelling, Interdisciplinary Research, Data Science, Applied Mathematics and Statistics group at the University of Luxembourg.  - Prof. Romain Seil – World-renowned orthopaedic knee surgeon, IOC advisor, Director of the Neurosciences and Musculoskeletal Diseases Division at Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg; co-founder of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, knee Surgery and Arthroscopy - ESSKA's Pediatric ACL registry and previous President of ESSKA, amongst many other organisations. - Prof. Thorben Hülsdünker – Professor in Performance Neuroscience and Sport Neurophysiology, Head of the Neurophysiology and Motor Control Research Area at LUNEX. - Alwin de Prins – Former Olympian and Managing Director at the Luxembourg Institute for High Performance in Sports (LIHPS) - Katarzyna Szczerba – PhD student with Prof. Ley, using machine learning with medical data to best use this data for injury prevention, and much more.  This week on The Lisa Burke Show, we dive deep into a blend of brain and brawn as Luxembourg hosts the 11th International MathSport Conference. While it may sound niche, what's unfolding here could revolutionise how athletes train, recover—and even avoid career-ending injuries. And not just athletes as many injuries are caused by people unprepared for activities they undertake once a year, such as skiing. Held from June 4–6 in the Coque and LUNEX University, the conference unites elite athletes, data scientists, surgeons and policymakers to explore how mathematics, data science and AI are transforming global sport. A Surgeon's Warning Professor Romain Seil, Luxembourg's globally celebrated knee specialist, put it bluntly: "If I could ban two sports for injury prevention, it would be football and alpine skiing." His data from years in the operating room is compelling. ACL injuries are devastating, often leading to early joint replacements. Professor Seil hopes we can increasingly pool real data to reform training, and embed prevention strategies from grass-roots to Olympic levels. “Coaches often don't realise the long-term damage until multiple players are injured. Data is how we change that.” Brains Behind the Brawn Professor Thorben Hülsdünker of LUNEX added another dimension with a focus on the connection of our body with our brain. He studies the neurophysiology of elite performance, from how athletes see and react, and how training can rewire the brain. “The brain is the next frontier of sports training,” he said. “Understanding it will define the next generation of champions.” Prof Hülsdünker knows that the best training targets both muscles and minds, combining sport science with neuroscience. AI Gets Personal PhD student AI-enhanced Cox Model blends machine learning with statistical models to predict runner injuries, and other medical issues, before they happen. “We're building tools that doctors and coaches can understand: simple, interpretable, but powerful enough to prevent injury.” Her AI-enhanced Cox Model is one of the standout presentations at MathSport 2025. From Pool to Policy Alwin de Prins, a three-time Olympic swimmer and now Director of LIHPS, reflects on what's changed since his competitive days: “I never had this level of support as an athlete. Now, our goal is to optimise not just performance, but well-being and life after sport.” His mission includes dual career planning, athlete health, and placing Luxembourg firmly on the map as a sporting—and scientific—nation. Why Luxembourg? Why Now? Professor Christophe Ley, the heart of this year's conference, pulled it all together: “Sport is full of data. We want to extract meaning from it—not just for medals, but for health, safety, and strategy.” With keynote talks ranging from sports analytics to injury prevention and economics, MathSport 2025 puts Luxembourg at the centre of a growing global movement: data-driven sport. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alwindeprins/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophe-ley-b71607166/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/romain-seil-9952172a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorbenhuelsduenker/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarzyna-szczerba-4402b9192/ Get in touch  Tune in to The Lisa Burke Show on Today Radio Saturdays at 11am, Sundays at noon, and Tuesdays at 11am. Watch on RTL Play. Subscribe, rate, and review the podcast on Apple or Spotify!

À l'occasion de la sortie de son livre "Évaluer l'expérience utilisateur, préparer, diffuser et analyser vos enquêtes et questionnaires UX" aux Éditions Eyrolles, Justine et Bérengère reçoivent Guillaume Gronier, Docteur en psychologie ergonomique au Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology. Conception et utilisation des questionnaires dans l'UX Research, mais aussi étude de la persuasion et de l'acceptation technologique, autant de sujets explorés avec Guillaume dans cet épisode de notre podcast. Bonne écoute à tous et à toutes ! Transcription : https://www.lunaweb.fr/actualites/podcasts/sld-33-guillaume-gronier-docteur-en-psychologie-ergonomique/ — Production : Guillaume Genest · https://urlr.me/XSucPj Générique : Julien Bellanger · https://www.julienbellanger.com/

Many of us are lucky to grow older, and in Europe there is an aging demographic. With this come the diseases of aging such as dementia and a burden on family and society for care. For a long time people have thought this inevitable but we will learn today that, as with so many diseases, lifestyle changes from a young age can counteract this, to reduce the risk of getting dementia and also stabilising mental decline. In 2021, 20.8% of the EU population was aged 65 years or older. In 2019, an Alzheimer Europe report on the prevalence of dementia estimated that there were about 9 million people living with the disease in Europe. This number is projected to double by 2050, rising towards 19 million in the European region. Globally, there are around 55 million people worldwide who are living with dementia. However, research is now showing that up to 45% of dementias could be prevented: by addressing a range of modifiable risk factors, at different stages of our lives. My guests today are: Dr. Ange Bradshaw: Director for Research at Alzheimer's Europe Dr. Joëlle Fritz: Research and Strategy Specialist, Luxembourg Institute of Health Dr. Francesca Mangialasche: Geriatrician, Division of Clinical Geriatrics: Alzheimer Research Center Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Executive Director of the World-Wide FINGERS Global Scientific Coordinating Center at the FINGERS Brain Health Institute Hassan Fadli: Founder, 5 Ironmans Beat Alzheimer's Association The 2024 World Alzheimer's report noted that 80% of people think dementia is a normal part of ageing, and 65% of healthcare professionals. Only 2% of the population are affected by rare genetic factors but for most of us this is not the case. ‘Modifiable risk factors' can be replaced to deter and stall dementia. Francesca Mangialasce is based at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, and also works as executive director of the ‘FINGERS' Brain Health Institute, founded by Professor Mija Kivipelto, a world renowned researcher in the field of Alzheimer's disease and Dementia. FBHI is dedicated to promoting healthy brain aging and preventing cognitive impairment and dementia through innovative multi-domain clinical research and the fast translation of these results into personalised clinical practice. Brain is our main capital, and there is so much we can do to promote brain health. Studies have show that cardiovascular and metabolic disorders such as high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, high blood sugar or diabetes are risk factors for dementia. There are many other emerging factors such as hearing impairment, vision loss, impaired oral health.  Being mentally, physically and socially active during life is important to reduce the risk of memory problems in old age. Secondary and tertiary prevention is also really important, even at the later stages of disease with therapies including art, dance and cognitive stimulation therapy .  The FINGER study across 70 countries shows that a multi-domain approach can benefit cognition:exercise, healthy diet, cognitive training, good control of metabolic/vascular disorders, and social stimulation. Stigma Hassan Fadli's father faced stigma in the village he lived all his life. This stigma deepens the pain of the suffering, knowing you are losing ‘yourself'. It is also a burden for the caregivers at a time when family and friends need the most help to support their loved one.   Hassan promised his father to work towards breaking this stigma and founded the 5 Ironmans initiative. Hassan has also made a documentary of his advocacy work alongside the endurance sport to reach people from children in schools across Europe to the Queen of Sweden.  His aim is to bring brain health into normal conversation, break the stigma, and integrate brain health awareness into public discourse.  Luxembourg support Joëlle Fritz is working  as Research and Strategy Specialist at the Luxembourg Institute of Health where she aims to bridge research to clinical care. "Programme démence prevention" (pdp) is a programme raising awareness on modifiable risk factors for dementia prevention and promotes life style changes. PDP is an integrated prevention concept funded by Luxembourg's Ministry of Health and Social Security. PDP is currently coordinated by the Centre Hospitalier  de Luxembourg in collaboration with national institutions (Luxembourg Institute of Health and Luxembourg Centre for System's Biomedicine at the University of Luxembourg) and partner associations (listed below). It is important to start as early as possible in the prevention of dementia, and so the PDP Braincoach app was created, accessible via browser to everyone also outside Luxembourg: www.pdp-app.lu Associations related in Luxembourg: L'Association nationale des diététiciens du Luxembourg: www.andl.lu ZithaAktiv: www.zithaaktiv.lu   Club Seniors of HELP asbl: www.help.lu Club Senior “Schwaarze Wee” Dudelange:   www.schwaarzewee.lu Lëtzebuerger Verein fir Gediechtnistraining: www.lvgt.lu NEUROvitalis home and digital Info-Zenter Demenz:   www.demenz.lu Association Luxembourg Alzheimer (ala) : www.ala.lu  Longevity with health  The results are clear, for dementia and living a long life with good health: we need to put in place good habits of physical, social and mental health.  Links to the notes above: https://www.5ironmansbeatalzheimer.com www.pdp.lu https://www.alzheimer-europe.org https://fbhi.se/sv/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/fingers-brain-health-institute/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/miia-kivipelto-8a8b1b3b/ https://www.chl.lu/fr https://m3s.gouvernement.lu/en.html https://www.uni.lu/lcsb-en/ https://ki.se/en

From a reflection of the COP29 results & what we can do, to Office Hours and a rousing invite to sing Christmas Carols in Echternach next weekend. On this week's show we talk to Andrew Ferrone about the latest COP29 results from Baku with Tessa Moeller. We also have Adam Petersen to tell us about his new show, Office Hours, on Today Radio. And Jeff Hemmen is inviting us all to either sing, play or come to watch the ‘Big Christmas Wind Orchestra & Choir' who will perform in Echternach on 15th December. My guests are: - Dr. Andrew Ferrone, Deputy Director for Climate and Sustainable Development, IPCC Head of Delegation Co-Coordinator of EU Negotiation team on science issues at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Tessa Moeller, upcoming Ph.D. student and contributing author to the last IPCC report - Dr. Adam Petersen, presenter of Office Hours on Today Radio - Jeff Hemmen, Organiser of the Big Christmas Wind Orchestra & Choir COP29 Andrew Ferrone & Tessa Moeller are not pessimistic about our climate future and work hard to bring their research to both policy makers and the general public. Andrew Ferrone is a seasoned attendee of the COP events and shares his insight of the latest one, where the key message was the adoption of a climate finance commitment aimed at supporting the Global South. He has not lost hope and can see that combined efforts in all domains, across all countries could, will, and already does make a difference. If you want to make a calculable difference yourself go to Carbon Nerd from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology. They have examples of how an individual can reduce their carbon footprint. Make research more actionable Tessa's work focusses on ‘overshoot', the likely move above the 1.5°C Paris Agreement's temperature target and its potential consequences for global mean sea level rise. The higher the temperature peaks, the longer the overshoot, the greater the risk of crossing irreversible thresholds in the ice sheets, which in turn, locks in faster and more substantial long-term sea level rise. You can read more about Tessa's work in her recent publication in Nature Communications article (summarized here ). Tessa's broader aim in the climate conversation is to make research more actionable.  By complete coincidence, Adam Petersen used to run oil rigs in Baku for BP, amongst other places. He talks about the brilliant science which also takes place on the rigs in order to minimise emissions and how fossil fuel scientists are a deep part of this transition conversation. Office Hours Adam Petersen's ‘business' show is more about understanding the business world around us here in Luxembourg, and in connection to the world around us. You can find his show, Office Hours, on RTL Play. The Big Christmas Wind Orchestra & Choir Jeff Hemmen fell in love with carol singing whilst studying in the UK, and so he brought it back to Luxembourg. Next weekend, everyone is invited to sign up and sing or play traditional carols in the beautiful and oldest city of Luxembourg, Echternach. This is an open invitation to all to enjoy a Christmas moment with the beautiful Christmas market, and you'll even be rewarded with a free Glüvin for your efforts. It is important you sign up for numbers however. He also talks about the wonderful work done by shareaction.org Listen to the show Tune in to The Lisa Burke Show on Today Radio Saturdays at 11am, Sundays at noon, and Tuesdays at 11am. Please do subscribe to the podcast on Apple or Spotify, rate and review! You can get in touch with Lisa on LinkedIN or via her website. LINKS: https://unfccc.int/news/cop29-un-climate-conference-agrees-to-triple-finance-to-developing-countries-protecting-lives-and https://carbonnerd.list.lu https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-49863-0 https://play.rtl.lu/shows/en/office-hours/episodes https://www.bigchristmaswindorchestra.lu/ https://www.lisatoniburke.com

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"Working Hard is a Talent in itself" says Laurent Carol, Deputy Technical Director of the Luxembourg Olympic and Sport Committee, and former Olympic swimmer. In the first of two shows on the Olympics, my guests this week are: - Laurent Carnol - Deputy Technical Director, Luxembourg Olympic and Sport Committee; Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois (COSL), former Olympic swimmer - Dr Yves Dominicy - Sport Statistician - Loïc Hoscheit - ALAD Director - anti-doping agency Luxembour - Marie Muller - former Olympic athlete - Judo Laurent Carnol is the Deputy Technical Director of the Luxembourg Olympic and Sport Committee; Comité Olympique et Sportif Luxembourgeois (COSL), and a former Olympian swimmer himself. Laurent took part in Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016. In London, Laurent got to the semi finals in 200m breaststroke and was a finalist several times in the European Championships for the same event. Aside from his own successful career as an elite athlete, Laurent was a teacher at the Sport Lycée in Luxembourg, a lecturer at Lunex University and Dual Career Coordinator at the Luxembourg Institute for High Performance in Sport. Laurent talks to us about the selection process which decides what delegation will eventually be going to the Olympics in Paris this summer. The qualification pathways and athlete preparation requires enormous effort not just from the athlete themselves, but also from the team around that athlete.   Yves Dominicy is a sport statistician and has written two books with Christophe Ley:   Science meets Sports: when statistics are more than numbers Statistics Meets Sports: What We Can Learn from Sports Data Sport analytics collects data to try to understand patterns therein. For instance, it is used for ranking and prediction, talent identification, scheduling and injury prevention. Machine learning is now being used in tennis to profile the emotional expressions of tennis players and link that to performance. Yves also mentions that tennis rankings may become more accurate if based on serve / return etc. rather than points. During Covid-19 in 2020, the International Swimming League organised a whole month of races providing an intense, short period to analyse the effect of multiple races on the performance of different profiles. The use of data analytics is extremely valuable to prevent injury. It is now possible to run risk profiles to plan around potential injury points for a person. Loïc Hoscheit is the Director of ALAD, Agence Luxembourgeoise antidopage. Luxembourg's independent anti-doping agency tasked with supervising the country's most high-level athletes and competitions; they are tasked with ensuring Luxembourg sends out clean athletes. ALAD also offers guidance to all athletes with the potential to qualify for the Olympics and ensures a solid testing programme is carried out prior to the Games within this group. The rules are complex, and keep changing. Naturally there is often a cloud of uncertainty around medication, but also supplements. Marie Müller, a judoka (judo player), received a wild card from the IOC in 2008 where she finished 9th in the Beijing Games. Between 2009 and 2012, Marie entered the world top 16 for judo in her category and qualified for the London Games in 2012. There she lost in a dramatic fight for bronze and finished 5th.Marie's entire career was overshadowed by injury, which ultimately made the decision to retire from judo for her in 2016. Marie and Laurent both talk about not being able to do their sport since they retired, but have turned to other sport.  Marie also talks about the pressure of weight in her sport. https://teamletzebuerg.lu/ https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-5856-4 https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-9273-5 https://www.alad.lu/

Bias in LLMs, why the US is still great for start-ups, supercomputers, brain signals to combat cyber attacks, digital twins of ourselves, and the philosophy behind all of it. My guests this week range from a research institution, a super-computer provider, two start-ups and a philosopher. This lateral discussion echoes the need for interconnected conversation to develop AI and its end-use. Francesco Ferrero, Director of the IT for Innovative Services department at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), discusses the newly launched LIST AI Sandbox. This looks at 16 LLMs (large language models) and ranks them on their social or ethical biases including ageism, LGBTIQ+phobia, political bias, racism, religious bias, sexism and xenophobia. You can use this open source sandbox here: https://ai-sandbox.list.lu/ Arnaud Lambert is the CEO of LuxProvide which works on digital intelligence using Luxembourg's supercomputer MeluXina. LuxProvide is part of a broader European Supercomputing initiative. LuxProvide, the University of Luxembourg and LuxInnovation jointly managing the Luxembourg National Competence Centre in High-Performance Computing (HPC). Their customer base is broad, as they encourage the use of HPC in data analytics and AI across industry, academia and public administrations. Emil Jimenez is Founder and CEO of MindBank AI. The idea was sparked by his daughter having a conversation with Siri. Emil decided to build a digital twin of himself so that he can live forever. Since then, it has grown to become a generative AI Personal Digital Twin, learning algorithms to duplicate your mind, optimise your mental health, personal development, and ultimately achieve immortality. Emil promotes the use of ‘Augmented' rather than ‘Artificial' Intelligence, to enhance our life from birth to death, and beyond. Nathaniel Rose is a neuro-technology researcher and the Co-Founder of Lymbic AI. This uses biometric brain signals to build authentication, to combat cyber attacks. We are likely to see more of these brain-computer interfaces as authentication exploits keep pace with technology. Nathaniel talks about the state of neurotech, and its potential in combating synthetic fraud and deep fakes. Both Emil and Nathaniel explain honestly why the US market is still great for start-ups. Rick Serrano is, amongst other things, a philosopher. He co-authored "Artificial Intelligence: the need for a human-centric approach". Rick talks about the framework we need to keep ethics at the centre of the AI momentum: consciousness, transparency, traceability, responsibility, training, IP and regulation. Subscribe to the Podcast and get in touch! Please do subscribe to the podcast on Apple and / or Spotify. It would be great if you could rate and review too - helps others find us. Tune in on Today Radio Saturdays at 11am, Sundays at noon and Tuesdays at 10am.

Secondo l’IEA, con la tecnologia esistente, da qui al 2050 la domanda di energia per il condizionamento crescerà nel mondo di circa 4000 terawattora: la stessa quantità di energia consumata attualmente dagli Stati Uniti. La tecnologia oggi più diffusa, basata sulle trasformazioni cicliche di un liquido refrigerante, è solida ed è già molto più efficiente che in passato, ma esistono concezioni alternative con cui si potrebbe fare di meglio. Recentemente una nuova strada è stata aperta al Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, dove hanno realizzato un nuovo concept di condizionatore ad altissima efficienza, che sfrutta le particolari proprietà elettro-caloriche di una lega di piombo e scandio. Lo racconta Silvia Lasala, Professoressa all’Università della Lorena, ricercatrice del Laboratoire Réactions et Génie des Procédés.

Tune in to this episode of the Global Greek Influence podcast to learn more about the innovations in aerospace technology and the efforts towards achieving cleaner skies and smarter sensors. Episode Highlights: The challenges in aerospace towards energy transition and net zero emissions The importance of sustainable aviation fuels and improvements in aircraft design and efficiency The integration of new and emerging technologies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions The role of advanced sensors in transforming the aerospace industry The potential of nanotechnology and multifunctional nanomaterials in various fields The strategic approach of small countries like Luxembourg in research and innovation Guest: Dr. Alexandros Gerakis - Senior Research & Technology Associate at the Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST) Hostess: Panagiota Pimenidou Podcast Platforms: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, AnchorFm, and 7 more podcasting platforms Follow the Global Greek Influence podcast on: Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn Subscribe and review the podcast to support the Global Greek Influence community. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/panagiota-pimenidou/message

Speaker: Madhukar Banuri, Founder and Director, Leadership for Equity Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. This interview series is based and born from Vidhi's report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative. Video design and editing by: Asad Ali Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar Research Team: Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy) Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Ankit Vyas, Independent Researcher, (Formerly) Program Coordinator, Inequality and Education, Oxfam India Host: Pooja Pandey, Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. This series is based and born from Vidhi's report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative. Video design and editing by: Asad Ali Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar Team: Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy) Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Namya Mahajan, Co-founder, Rocket Learning Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. This podcast series is based and born from Vidhi's report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative. Video design and editing by: Asad Ali (Instagram) Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar Research Team: Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy) Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Praveen Kumar, Director, Law Foundation Host: Pooja Pandey, Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy This interview series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. This interview series is based and born from Vidhi's report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative. Video design and editing by: Asad Ali Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar Research Team: Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy) Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Mridusmita Bordoloi, Associate Fellow, Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy This interview series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. This podcast series is based and born from Vidhi's report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative. Video design and editing by: Asad Ali Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar References/ Reading List Find the full reading list here: https://bit.ly/3J450k6 Research Team: Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy) Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Karina is an economist with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Ireland. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Studies (IZA) in Germany, holds a PhD from University College Dublin has economics at Cambridge University. She's easily the smartest person ever to appear on the show. In this episode we discuss: What's driving the cost of living crisis The definition of a recession and if the UK is in a recession The difference between inflation, falling inflation and deflation What role consumer sentiment plays in how people spend The impact of current issues on the UK, Ireland and Europe How reduced spending power impacts different groups in society Lessons from Covid on managing economic shocks How marketers can get a better understanding of the economic issues What macro-economic indicators marketers should look for to help understand if/when a recovery is starting Karina Doorley Karina Doorley heads up the Tax, Welfare and Pensions team at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Ireland. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Labor Studies (IZA) in Germany. She received her PhD from University College Dublin in 2012 with a thesis focused on the effect of fiscal and social policies on labour supply and redistribution in Europe. Prior to this, she studied economics at Cambridge University and University College Dublin. Karina worked at IZA in Germany as a Research Associate from 2012 until 2014 before joining the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) as a Research Associate. She was appointed head of the "Employment and Wages" unit at LISER in 2016. In 2017 she moved to the ESRI as a Research Officer and was appointed Senior Research Officer in 2019. Karina's research interests include income distribution, tax and welfare policy, gender equality and demographic change. She is a frequent contributor to radio and television discussions on economic matters.. Find her on LinkedIn. Learn Inbound Monday 13 March, The Alex Hotel, Dublin Tickets from €249 from https://learninbound.com/ Andi Jarvis If you have any questions or want to talk about anything that was discussed in the show, the best place to get me is on Twitter or LinkedIn. If you don't get the podcast emailed to you (and a monthly newsletter) you can sign up for it on the Eximo Marketing website. Make sure you subscribe to get the podcast every fortnight and if you enjoyed the show, please give it a 5* rating. Andi Jarvis, Eximo Marketing.

Speaker: Leena Bhattacharya, PhD Economics, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. This interview series is based and born from Vidhi's report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative. Video design and editing by: Asad Ali Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar References/ Reading List Please find the full reading list here: https://bit.ly/3ER85S7 Research Team: Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy) Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

Speaker: Madhuri Dhariwal, Associate Director- Learning Platforms, Indus Action Host: Nisha Vernekar, Lead and Senior Resident Fellow, Inclusive Education, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy This podcast series is produced by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, under the Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme. The Kotak-Karma Vidhi Inclusive Education programme is a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. This interview series is based and born from Vidhi's report, “Clearing the Air: A Synthesised Mapping of Out of School Children during COVID-19 in India (April 2020-May 2022)”. This report is produced under funding received from Voltas Limited, as part of their CSR Initiative. Video design and editing by: Asad Ali Illustration by: Hitesh Sonar Research Team: Aditya Narayan Rai, Avinash Reddy Pichhili, Kadambari Agarwal, Pooja Pandey, Nisha Vernekar (Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy) Karan Singhal (University of Luxembourg & Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research)

"Innovate. Demonstrate. Elevate. Advance." says the UN as it launches its 8th year for Women in Science. To mark the day, in the lead up to Women's Day on 8 March, Research Luxembourg will release six videos following six female scientists in various stages of their life's work. Anyone who knows me knows I love science. And so it's a delight to host a show dedicated to the UN's eighth International Women and Girls in Science Day - 11th February. The theme this year is: "Innovate. Demonstrate. Elevate. Advance. I.D.E.A.: Bringing communities Forward for sustainable and equitable development" Why is it still important to have this conversation and shine a light on women in science? Well, there are many sets of statistics to show that women represent about a third of researchers, and yet only about 12% are members of national science academies. In AI, only one in five professionals are female. There's a pay gap for female researchers and their career's tend to be shorter, their work under-represented in high-profile journals and - for whatever reason - fewer women enter managerial positions in science and engineering. Research Luxembourg has collaborated with the Ministry for Equality (MEGA) for the second year running to release a set of six videos featuring six female scientists at various stages of their career. The theme is 'Be Brave - Women [& Girls] in Science and you can watch the trailer here. https://youtu.be/frIU2TrookA The goal of the campaign is to tell a variety of stories, and the many paths of women in science; to inspire and to give role models. You can see all the videos on the websites of Research Luxembourg and FNR over the course of the coming month up to 8 March, Women's Day. researchluxembourg.org/en/women-science-2023/ https://www.fnr.lu/womeninscience What is Research Luxembourg? Research Luxembourg is a joint initiative of the main actors in Luxembourg public research, with the support of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research: Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), University of Luxembourg, Luxinnovation and Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR). As equality of educational opportunity is one of the pillars of the national research and innovation strategy, gender equality is a central aim for developing a fair research environment in which all talents can foster excellence. Research Luxembourg is represented in our studio conversation by Marc Schiltz, CEO of FNR. This campaign features six women and two of them join me in the studio: Sallam Abualhaija,a research scientist working on AI with software engineering at the University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, SnT; and Anne-Marie Hanff, a nurse now working towards her PhD with LIH to protect people with Parkinson's disease degenerating over time. I am also joined by Kristel Weinreich, Senior Recruitment Officer at LIST, and Carole Blond-Hanten, sociologist at LISER in the Labour Market Department. Please do subscribe to the podcast, rate and review on Apple and Spotify! I'd love to know what shows you want more of, and what ideas or guests you enjoy so that I can tailor my show to suit your requests.

2022-11-23 Bistro: Interview “Sound Of Data” 2022 avec Patrizia Luchetta Clôture – Fonds National de la Recherche, Luxembourg (FNR) – Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

The panel “Towards a Hardening of Borders: Externalization and Surveillance” is part of the “Border Walls and Borderlands” conference, organized by the Center for Geopolitics of the Raoul Dandurand Chair.With:Laurie Trautman, Director of the Border Policy Research Institute, Western Washington UniversityDaniel Meier, Associate Professor, Sciences Po Grenoble & Université de GenèveChristophe Sohn, Assistant Professor, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic ResearchChristian Wille, Senior researcher, Université du Luxembourg (presentation not available)Chair: Mathilde Bourgeon, PhD candidate, UQAM

An dëser Episod trëfft sech de Max mam Claudine Backes. D'Fuerscherin beim Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) a Scientific Director an Epidemiologin beim nationale Kriibsregister (Registre National du Cancer du Grand-Duché du Luxembourg, RNC) ass ëmmer da motivéiert, wann si anere Leit hëllefe kann.⁣ ⁣ Zesumme mam Max kläre mir d'Fro, ob e Summerteint gesond ass, wéi et hannert de Kulisse bei der Weltgesondheetsorganisatioun ausgesäit a wéi eng Zort Smalltalk ee mam Greta Thunberg soll féieren.⁣ ⁣ Du wëlls méi iwwert den FNR wëssen?⁣⁣⁣ https://www.fnr.lu ⁣⁣

Fedor Antonov Fedor is the CEO and co-founder of Anisoprint, a Luxembourg-based startup that develops and manufactures 3D printers for producing carbon fiber reinforced composites. Key topics in this conversation include: Why composites haven't lived up to their potential for mobility applications Structural design in nature Specific strength and space elevators What it takes to fully utilize the benefits of composite materials, starting with design Anisoprint's Continuous Fiber Coextrusion technology in their 3D printers Links: Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/FedorAntonov https://www.linkedin.com/in/fedor-antonov/ https://anisoprint.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/anisoprint/ Fedor Antonov - Bio Fedor Antonov Fedor is the CEO and co-founder of Anisoprint, a Luxembourg-based startup that develops and manufactures 3D printers for producing carbon fiber reinforced composites. He holds a Ph.D. in Fundamental Mechanics and has authored 16 scientific publications and 5 patents. Fedor is a former research fellow in the Institute of Mechanics at Moscow State University, and former Research Scientist for the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology. He is both a scientist by heart but also a visionary thinker and passionate about the future of manufacturing. Fedor brings over a decade of academic and industrial experience in design and optimization of composites. Anisoprint – Company description Anisoprint is a deep tech startup and the only 3D printing OEM based in Luxembourg today. We've developed 3D printers, materials (carbon, basalt) and software for manufacturing anisoprinted composite parts: stronger, lighter and cheaper than metal or non-optimized composites. Our patented Continuous Fiber Coextrusion (CFC) technology is used in aerospace, engineering, mobility, and many other areas to produce functional parts while cutting costs and increasing productivity. Anisoprinted parts are incredibly strong can actually replace metal parts in some applications. Anisoprinting is already applied at BMW, Schunk Carbon Technology, Airbus, Brightlands Materials Center, Technical University of Munich, Bauhaus, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, etc. Future of Mobility: The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, effective, and accessible mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields. linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/ Edison Manufacturing: At Edison Manufacturing, our specialty is building and assembling highly complex mobility products in annual quantities of ten to tens of thousands utilizing an agile, robust, and capital-light approach.

World views and life experiences from Tony Parker, Sophie Lacoste, Séan Clearly, Nasir Zubairi and Thomas Kallstenius. ICT Spring 2022 was buzzing this year with so many people sharing their knowledge on such a range of topics, with the common thread of loving technology in one form or another. Amongst the guests were Tony Parker, retired NBA Champion & Club President LDLC ASVEL. He's now an entrepreneur and investor. I also spoke to Sophie Lacoste who speaks about her life growing up with the Lacoste business infusing her life from childhood, to selling the company, and now her work with the Porosus Endowment Fund. We also talk about her clothing brand Fusalp which she runs with her brother Philippe. They bought the company 8 years ago. Sean Cleary, Executive President of the Future World Foundation talks about his insights on so many levels of issues in the world right now and how we can begin to address them. Joining him are Nasir Zubairi, CEO of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology, LHoFT, and Thomas Kallstenius, CEO of the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, LIST. ICT Spring is hosted within the Digital ICT Week, organised by the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and Farvest, to stimulate conversation and digital transformation, illuminate the latest tech trends and present growth opportunities for startups and SMEs.

Laurent Malisoux, PhD of the Luxembourg Institute of Health is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Malisoux is the Leader of the Physical Activity, Sport & Health research group with expertise in sports injury prevention, running biomechanics, physical activity assessment and exercise physiology. He completed his PhD in 2006 at UCLouvain (Belgium), focusing on the impact of training and unloading on contractile properties of single human… The post Biomechanical Risk Factors for Running-Related Injury first appeared on Mountain Land Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation.

An dësem Episod vun „Mäin Element“ léiert de Max de geléierten Epidemiolog a Statistiker Guy Fagherazzi kennen. Hie wëll déi nei digital Technologien am sougenannten „Deep Digital Phenotyping“ notzen, fir de Patienten d'Liewen ze vereinfachen. Hien erkläert ë.a. wéi et ass, als relativ jonke Fuerscher eng ganz Equipe am Luxembourg Institute of Health ze leeden a wéi d'Pandemie seng Pläng op d'Kopp geheit huet. Mir ginn ausserdeem gewuer, wat een aus der Stëmm vun engem Mënsch alles erausliese kann, wéi eng Gemeinsamkeeten et tëscht der Recherche an dem Sport gëtt, a wéi en NBA-Star hien a senger Jugend faszinéiert huet.⁣⁣ ⁣ Du wëlls méi iwwert de Guy Fagherazzi a seng Fuerschung wëssen?⁣ https://www.lih.lu/en/research-scope/research-department/department-of-precision-health/deep-digital-phenotyping-research-unit/⁣ ⁣ Du wëlls méi iwwert de FNR wëssen?⁣⁣ https://www.fnr.lu ⁣⁣ ⁣ Du wëlls nach méi spannend Geschichte vum Lëtzebuerger Journal lauschteren, liesen oder kucken?⁣ https://journal.lu/de ⁣ ⁣ Audioquellen⁣⁣ 100komma7 Panorama, 01.03.2020: https://100komma7.lu/program/episode/290090/202003011200-202003011208⁣⁣ ⁣ Pressebriefing nom Regierungsrot, 18.03.2020: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARPuyRyDCbw⁣⁣ ⁣ „Space Jam - The tune squad introduction“ vum Alon Bezinian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJbOLMvKk1E

"Every third bite of food we owe to pollination by bees" Pollinators are pillars of our ecosystems and on UN World Bee day I chat with Dr. Michael Eickermann from LIST. Also, Evgenia Paliy tells us about the Ukraine-Luxembourg Business Club's upcoming event. Dr. Michael Eickermann is an agricultural entomologist (someone who studied insects) at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) since 2007. He researches fundamental and applied national and international research projects on plant protection, apiculture (beekeeping) and the development of alternative controls for pests. He now also works on the impact of climate change on agricultural systems. For 10 years Michael has been a beekeeper himself. He has also been on the board of National Beekeeper Organisation and editor of the Luxembourgish Beekeeping Journal (Lëtzebuerger Beien-Zeitung). The 20th of May was declared the “World Bee Day” by the UN to raise awareness about the importance of honeybees as pollinators. The total economic value of pollination worldwide has been estimated at around $153 billion. "Every third bite of food we take we owe to pollination of plants by bees." Of course, honeybees also produce honey, wax, propolis, gelée royal and collect pollen. And alongside the honeybee, we celebrate butterflies, bumble bees, solitary bees and beetles as well as bats as vital pollinators. Due to the importance of pollination, the Agro-environmental Systems Group at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is studying the influence of agricultural practices on honeybee health since 2010 in a project called “BeeFirst”. Funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Viticulture and Rural Development and carried out in close collaboration with the Administration des Services Vétérinaires (ASV) and the Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture (ASTA), several factors affecting colony losses in winter were identified. https://www.list.lu/en/research/project/beefirst/ https://www.list.lu/en/environment/environmental-sensing-and-modelling/group/agro-environmental-systems-group/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-eickermann-3905411a8/ Business Stands with Ukraine Evgenia Paliy dashed into my studio directly from a French law exam to tell us about an upcoming event to raise money and awareness for SMEs in Ukraine and independent artist refugees here in Luxembourg. Evgenia is the CEO and a founding board member of the Ukraine-Luxembourg Business Club asbl (ULBC). Together with its partners Luxinnovation, Luxembourg for Finance and the Embassy of Ukraine in Brussels they invite you to attend a charity dinner with a silent art auction. The charity dinner aims to raise the profile for SME business and startups in Ukraine which are affected by the war. The proceeds from the entry tickets, sponsorship packages and private donations will be channeled to their international partner - Ukrainian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (UVCA) which provides aid for the Ukrainian startup community in the distressed territory, and whose innovative business currently need some help to stay afloat and continue to support the Ukrainian economy. Ukrainian artists This event is performance-based and will feature Ukrainian artists: Oxana Berezhna and a sculptor Michael Levchenko, and two Luxembourgish artists: Ott Neuens and Elisabeth Calmes. It will be possibly to meet the artists in person and buy their art works on the night itself. The evening will continue with the singing of two vocalists of the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine Nataliia Semeniuta and Tetiana Liubymenko who recently became refugees in Luxembourg. To conclude, the winners of multiple international contests in Latin dancing, Renat and Inna Korobka will demonstrate the passion and braveness of the Ukrainian fight via their performance. Many talented, well-educated people found their temporarily homes in Luxembourg, and ULBC want to shine a light on the talent that now resides here. HOW TO GET INVOLVED ULBC are looking for sponsors, media partners and everybody who would like to join the initiative. You can Buy a ticket for the event: price for the single ticket is EUR 175 The charity dinner with a silent art auction “Business Stands with Ukraine” will take place on June 9th in Luxembourg city. For more information about the event please visit https://www.weareulbc.com/ Get in touch! I love to hear your feedback. You can get in touch with me on social media and please do subscribe, rate and review my podcast!. [comments]

In a very special episode, Matt interviews Laurent Malisoux, PhD about his extensive research into the connection between shoe cushioning and injury rates. Dr. Malisoux is the Group Leader of the Physical Activity, Sport and Health (PASH) research group at the Luxembourg Institute of Health. Over the last 5 years, he focused his research activities on the prevention of sports injury and the evaluation of physical activity. Matt and Dr. Malisoux explore the differences between hard and soft shoes, research methods, injury risk, and more. The Subjective: If you could have anyone on the podcast as a guest, who would it be?  Chapters 00:00 - Giveaway winner 00:57 - Introduction 2:25 - Interview: Matt with Dr. Laurent Malisoux 10:43 - Shoe Cushioning Defined 17:15 - Is there a connection between impact force and injury risk 25:21 - The influence of different levels of shoe cushioning on biomechanics 28:03 - The relationship between body mass and injury risk 41:33 - What does research say about shoes effecting injury rates? 50:59 - In what population does shoe cushioning impact injury rates, and how do we apply that? 1:00:29 - Closing questions 1:02:39 - Interview wrap-up with Matt & Nate --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/doctors-of-running/support

Spice up your life: Cinnamon's weight loss potential   University of Tokyo Japan, March 2, 2022   The active compound in cinnamon maybe a more tolerable weight loss ingredient than chilli pepper's capsaicin, a small exploratory clinical trial finds. A single ingestion of the active compound cinnamaldehyde increased energy expenditure by nearly four more calories over a 90 minute period compared to placebo. The researchers say cinnamaldehyde may offer a more tolerable thermogenic alternative to compounds like capsaicin found in chilli peppers. Anti-obesity effects? Transient receptor potential (TRP) channels are located throughout the body and mediate sensations such as pain, taste and temperature. TRP channels can be activated by natural compounds such as chilli peppers' capsaicin and previous animal studies have suggested this may impact energy balance and have an 'anti-obesity' effect. Capsaicin can increase metabolism in humans through sensory nerve stimulation. A single ingestion of cinnamaldehyde significantly increased energy expenditure by 3.6 kcal over the 90-minute period of the experiment when compared to placebo. Capsaicin and cinnamaldehyde enhanced postprandial fat oxidation and increased nose temperature until 15 minutes after ingestion. Cinnamaldehyde also increased the cheek and chin temperature, the facial thermography revealed. Heart rate variability analysis did not show any changes to the nervous system.   (NEXT)   Exposure to great outdoors boosted mental health during pandemic    University of Colorado, March 2, 2022   People exposed to more green space during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic reported significantly less depression and anxiety, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research published  in the journal PLOS One. The study also found that, at a time when mental health problems soared due to financial woes, supply shortages and nonstop news coverage of the virus, people sought solace in the great outdoors, with one-third spending more time there than they did pre-COVID. “This research shows how critical it is to keep parks and green spaces open in times of crisis. “It also shows that, as a public health measure, more effort should be made to put in green spaces and make them accessible.” The study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that green space can have a measurable impact on health.   (NEXT)   National study examines link between accountability to god, psychological well-being   Baylor University, March 2, 2022   Religious believers who embrace accountability to God (or another transcendent guide for life) experience higher levels of three of the four variables of psychological well-being – mattering to others, dignity and meaning in their lives, though not happiness – according to a study from researchers with Baylor University, Westmont College and Hope College. The study also found that this relationship is stronger among those who pray more often, suggesting that accountability coupled with communication may be a powerful combination for well-being. The study, Perceptions of Accountability to God and Psychological Well-Being Among US Adults, appears in Journal of Religion and Health and relies on data from the 2017 Baylor Religion Survey, a national survey of American religious beliefs, values and behaviors.   (NEXT)   Regular chocolate intake linked to enhanced cognition in cohort study   University of South Australia and University of Maine, March 2, 2022   Habitual chocolate consumption has correlation with better cognitive functioning, according to analyses of 968 people living in New York A study due for publication in the journal Appetite by researchers at the University of South Australia, the University of Maine and the Luxembourg Institute of Health (L.I.H.) examined the chocolate eating habits and cognitive performance of participants and assessed the eating habits of 968 people aged 23–98 years for 25 years.   (NEXT)   Acupuncture improves outcomes in carpal tunnel syndrome in part by remapping the brain   Massachusetts General Hospital, March 2, 2022   In a study reported in the journal Brain, a team of investigators based at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) sheds new light on exploring acupuncture for chronic pain disorders Researchers performed a sham-controlled acupuncture neuroimaging study of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a neuropathic pain disorder. Few chronic pain disorders have established biomarkers or measureable treatment outcomes. However, in CTS measurements taken at the wrist of the speed at which signals are transmitted along the median nerve are a well known and accepted biomarker.   (OTHER NEWS - JUST ONE IF NECESSARY BEFORE MCGOVERN)   Analysis: Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine Could Make Swaths of Europe 'Uninhabitable for Decades'   Russia's assault on Ukraine risks nuclear devastation "far worse even than the Fukushima Daiichi catastrophe of 2011," Greenpeace warns.   Common Dreams. March 2, 2022   The international environmental group Greenpeace warned Wednesday that Russia's intensifying assault is placing Ukraine's nuclear power facilities under serious threat, risking devastation "far worse even than the Fukushima Daiichi catastrophe of 2011." In a 12-page analysis, Greenpeace details the unique hazards posed by Russia's war on Ukraine, which maintains 15 nuclear power reactors and is home to the largest nuclear energy complex in Europe. That facility, known as the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, is currently surrounded by Russian troops looking to force their way through a makeshift blockade erected Wednesday by ordinary Ukrainians. Greenpeace's new brief argues that the Zaporizhzhia plant is especially vulnerable to an accident or attack stemming from Russia's invasion,. Greenpeace raises particular concern over the complex's susceptibility to electrical power outages, its storage of spent nuclear fuel, and risks posed by flooding given the facility's close proximity to the massive Dnipro river system. Severe damage to the plant, the group warns, could "render vast areas of the European continent, including Russia, uninhabitable for decades." "For the first time in history, a major war is being waged in a country with multiple nuclear reactors and thousands of tons of highly radioactive spent fuel," he continued. "The war in southern Ukraine around Zaporizhzhia puts them all at heightened risk of a severe accident."   (GUEST) GUEST - RAY MCGOVERN

What does fast developing technology mean for life in our food system? And how does what we observe change our understandings of nature? We caught up with Prof Mark Maslin - Agritech and Anthropocene expert at University College London and co-founder of Rezatec: Innovative Geospatial AI Ltd, Michelle Nijhuis - Science writer, Prof Derek Stewart - Dir. of The James Hutton Institute's Advanced Plant Growth Center and Dr Youri Martin - Biodiversity Engineer at the Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology ~ to find out! Episode Show notes: https://linktr.ee/prophets_wizards_pod

In dieser Audioversion der Jena Talks in Economic Geography (JTalks) ist Dr. Sabine Dörry vom Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research zu Gast und führt uns in der Diskussion mit Björn Braunschweig in einen wichtigen Teil der Finanzgeographie ein. Auch wenn die beiden in Kürze der Zeit vieles nur anreißen können, geht es unter anderem darum, wieso es  d i e  Finanzindustrie gar nicht gibt, warum Unterschiede in der Gesetzgebung von Staaten für den Finanzsektor so wichtig sind, inwiefern das globale Finanzsystem vielleicht doch nachhaltig gestaltet werden kann, was es mit den Begriffen "Fonds" und "Arbitrage" auf sich hat und was wiederum "echte" Finanzinnovationen sind.

In dieser Folge von „We are TUM“ gibt es Grund zu feiern – denn TUM Asia, der Auslandscampus in Singapur, wird 20. Die erste Dependance einer deutschen Universität im Ausland hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren zu einem international renommierten Forschungsstandort entwickelt. Geschäftsführer Markus Wächter erinnert sich an die wichtigsten Stationen der Erfolgsgeschichte. Von Singapur geht es zurück nach Garching: Dort ist die universitäre Feuerwehr angesiedelt, die bei Notfällen schnell und gezielt eingreifen kann. Jürgen Wettlaufer leitet den Standort – welche Aufgaben die Feuerwache übernimmt und warum sie für den Universitätsbetrieb unabdingbar ist, erklärt der Hidden Champion im Interview. Im Anschluss stellen wir Vectoflow vor, ein Start-up, das individuell angefertigte Strömungssonden im 3D-Drucker produziert und namhafte Unternehmen zu seinen Kunden zählt. Im Gespräch mit Geschäftsführerin und TUM-Alumna Katharina Kreitz erfahren wir auch, welche Vorurteile Frauen in der technisch geprägten Branche immer noch begegnen. Regelmäßiger Sport und eine volle Arbeitswoche lassen sich kaum vereinbaren? Die fünf Tipps von Sportwissenschaftler Frédéric Margue beweisen das Gegenteil. Er zeigt einfache Bewegungseinheiten, die sich auch in einen vollen Terminkalender integrieren lassen. Gäste in chronologischer Reihenfolge: Geschäftsführer von TUM Asia Dr. Markus Wächter, Leiter der Werkfeuerwehr Garching Jürgen Wettlaufer, Geschäftsführerin von Vectoflow Katharina Kreitz, Leistungsdiagnostiker am Luxembourg Institute for High Performance in Sports Frédéric Margue

Aujourdʹhui encore, de nombreuses personnes ne se rendent que partiellement sur le lieu de travail. Des habitudes de télétravail prises avec le Covid-19 qui ne sont pas sans conséquences sur les pauses de midi. Celles-ci sont moins prises près du bureau, mais plutôt à domicile. Du coup, cʹest tout un système dʹactivités qui est modifiée: le menu du jour, les cours de yoga ou de pilates, etc. Tribu développe le sujet en compagnie de Guillaume Drevon, chercheur au Luxembourg Institute of socio-economic research et au Laboratoire de Sociologie Urbaine de lʹEPFL.

Impfduerchbréch, Häerdenimmunitéit, Booster-Dosis sinn e puer vun de Stéchwierder am Gespréich vum Maurice Molitor mam Virolog aus dem Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH).

Professor Dr Ulf Nehrbass, CEO of the Luxembourg Institute of Health, discusses new ways of thinking about disease and medical research.

Professor Dr Ulf Nehrbass, CEO of the Luxembourg Institute of Health, discusses new ways of thinking about disease and medical research. Ulf Nehrbass has become a relatively famous scientific face in Luxembourg due to his role as an advisor to the government on COVID-19 strategies. We touch on COVID in this conversation, but recognising a general ennui around the subject, we push on. Ulf wants to get on with the job in hand as CEO of the Luxembourg Institute of Health, LIH. Nehrbass' track record saw him lead and found the Institut Pasteur Korea, where he sourced an international team to become one of the first translational drug discovery institutes. Ulf was also CEO and founder of Qurient Therapeutics, a Biotech near Seoul, IPO since in 2016. Since then he created a French German translational centre Ksilink combining INSERM, Sanofi, Alsace Biovalley and BioPro. Always at the leading edge of novel ways of thinking about drug discovery and the changing language around how we view various diseases, Ulf explains how we can divide diseases into different sub-groups, with all sorts of patterns on a macro scale (biometrics) to the more established biochemistry around genes. Fascinatingly, Ulf explains how many diseases, or groupings of disease, can be attributed to an over- or underactive immune system. And therefore, figuring out one's belt of healthy immunity can equal disease prevention. Personalised medicine, precision medicine, translational medicine... it's all in here. And, according to Ulf, it's an extremely exciting time to be involved in medical research which is about to explode with new ideas, aided by AI and robotics.

Die COVID-19-Impfungen Wie genau verhindern die COVID-19-Impfungen die Verbreitung des Virus? Wieso ist es nötig zwei Dosen zu impfen und wie lange hält die Wirkung? Wann erreichen wir Herdenimmunität? Worin liegt der Unterschied zwischen einer mRNA und einer Vektorimpfung? Haben die möglichen Mutationen des Virus einen signifikanten Impakt auf die Wirksamkeit der verfügbaren Impfstoffe? Im 8. Large Scale Testing Podcast haben wir mit Prof. Markus Ollert vom Luxembourg Institute of Health über die COVID-19-Impfungen gesprochen.

In this episode, Arun and I discuss portfolio construction and the importance of re-balancing your portfolio on a consistent basis. Arun Muralidhar, has experience in and has written extensively on asset allocation, currency management and the importance of re-balancing portfolios. Arun is Co-Founder of Mcube Investment Technologies LLC (www.mcubeit.com) and Co-Founder and Client Portfolio Manager of AlphaEngine Global Investment Solutions (AEGIS), an SEC registered investment advisor that is a subsidiary of Mcube. Both firms assist institutional investors in asset allocation, currency management and external manager oversight through customized investment advice and the award-winning AlphaEngine® technology. Arun is the author of Innovations in Pension Fund Management – Stanford University Press, 2001 (translated into Japanese and Chinese). He is also co-author with the late Prof. Franco Modigliani on a book on reforming Social Security, titled, Rethinking Pension Reform – Cambridge University Press, 2004 and edited European Pension Reform, Luxembourg Institute of International Studies, 2007. His book titled, A SMART Approach to Portfolio Management, published in 2009 lays out how the SMART Approach can be applied to all aspects of fund management and would have helped funds in 2008. Arun has served as Managing Director at FX Concepts Inc (2001-2008), Managing Director/Head of Currency Research, at J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management (1999-2001) and prior to that, he was Head of Research and member of the Investment Management Committee at The World Bank (1992-1999). Arun has also written a number of articles on investment finance and risk adjusted performance measurement and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences globally. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the George Washington University School of Business. He has taught courses/delivered seminars at the MIT Sloan School of Management (for Prof. Modigliani), University of Tokyo (Center for Advanced Research in Finance), George Washington University (Masters of Science in Finance), Hitotsubashi University's Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy and Nomura School of Advanced Management. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Journal of Performance Measurement and Journal for Investment Consulting and has served on the Board of the Journal of Asset Management. He holds a PhD in Managerial Economics from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S. from Wabash College. https://www.linkedin.com/in/arun-muralidhar-74b2182/ https://www.mcubeit.com/ https://twitter.com/macrocrunch https://macrocrunch.substack.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sean-bill/message

With experience working in Germany, UK, India and now Luxembourg, Dr. Abhishek Bharadwaj Sharma has found himself adapting to a variety of different cultures. Currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Luxembourg Institute of Health, he shares his insights with us on the podcast today.

In this episode, Jan and RJ interview Dr. Jean-Philippe Burckert. JP received his Master's in Chemistry with a specialization in Life Sciences from the University of Kaiserslautern in 2012 and completed his Ph.D. studies at the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) in Bioinformatics and Computational Immunology. His Ph.D. work was presented at over 20 international conferences. After academia, JP joined the Bioinformatics consulting firm BISC Global as Senior Bioinformatics Consultant, where he helped to establish the new department in Boston, MA. Leveraging his rare skillset in deciphering immune repertoires, JP worked with over a dozen small and large pharma and biotech companies in the Cambridge and SF Bay area providing the specialized bioinformatics capacity for their immune-oncology, autoimmune disease, antibody discovery and vaccine design groups. JP is now the head of the computational and informatics efforts at Centivax and leads an amazing team of scientists and informaticists. In a statement on his episode:  “Jake set me up for success by putting together an amazing group of young scientists: Timothy “Tim” Young, our software engineer, Rachel Hovde our statistics and machine learning genius, Aishani Aatresh, a 17-year-old computational immunology magician and Michali Izhaky a biologist who wants to move into bioinformatics - and has done so successfully and in rapid time. So I tend to point them in the right direction and let them loose. They never cease to amaze me.” - Check out Distributed Bio Here: https://www.distributedbio.com/ Look at the NEWEST initiative (Including COVID-19 Research) HERE:  https://www.centivax.com  - If you want to support us, there are three ways to do so. One is to donate to the cause at www.patreon.com/theapexpodcast! All of the donations we receive continue to support our ability to provide you with the highest quality creative content, guests, and explore new ways to connect with you! Want to know who we have lined up on our guest list before anyone else? Even a small donation of a THREE DOLLARS a month gets you an OFFICIAL “The Apex” sticker and access to the behind the scenes realm of Apex Communications. A FIVE-dollar donation earns you a THANK YOU from Jan and RJ live on an episode of The Apex and a 10% off discount code for Envision Clothing Company! The second way you can help is by REPPING the fact that you're an #ApexChaser! Visit our merch line that is proudly partnered with Envision Clothing Company! The final one is completely FREE. All we ask is if you learned something from this episode or know of someone that needs to hear our message. Share it with them! Use This Link to Share!: https://podfollow.com/the-apex-podcast-1   Social Media Links Follow us on social media: Twitter (Jan): @_theapexpodcast Twitter (RJ): @docholliday92 Instagram: @Apex_Communications_Network Website: https://www.chasetheapex.com   Know someone who would be a good guest? Email our Co-Host RJ Holliday at RJ@chasetheapex.com