This time SciLux focused on sport science in a discussion with Dr. Thorben Hülsdünker from LUNEX University. Thorben researches the influence of brain on the performance of top-level athletes, focusing on visuomotor performance and stroboscopic training.

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About Dr. Thorben Hülsdünker
Better sport performance through visual training - video
Mr Science Video - How to improve reaction time?

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This episode is special in its own way as we hosted a researcher with a link to Luxembourg who currently works at NASA. Dr. Hannah Rana told us about her field of research - cryogenics and cryocoolers, but also mentioned all the universities and institutes she has managed to work for (ESA and CERN among them). As usual there was a chance for Hannah to also ask a very intriguing pub quiz question!

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Hannah Rana on Twitter
Hannah Rana on RTL
CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear Research
More about cryogenics
More about Luna missions
Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe

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In this episode we talked to Prof. Stéphane Bordas from the University of Luxembourg who got in more detail what research in his opinion should be about. It was a truly inspirational interview for any aspiring scientist or young researcher. We also touched upon his specialisation - computational mechanics, interdisciplinary approach in science and even archaeology.

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Stéphane Bordas on Twitter
Stéphane Bordas on uni.lu
Mäin Element podcast - Interview with Stéphane Bordas
Cristophe Ley and Stéphane Bordas - What makes Data Science different?
Legato Team
More about Rumi

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For this episode we caught up with Ben Thuy, the paleonthologist from the Museum of Natural History on the last day of the "Lost Ocean" exhibition at the museum. We took the opportunity to talk a bit about it, but mainly focused on paleonthology and his research focus - brittle stars. We also could not avoid mentioning the recent excavations in Bascharage.

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Science meets rock music FNR article
Paleontological collections of the museum

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Today's episode is an occasion to sit down with Dr. Sébastien Faye from Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) to talk about 5G research at the Institute. We discuss various projects in the field as well as have a glance at Internet of Things and connected mobility. We also take this as an opportunity to invite everybody to the LIST Tech Day 2022 where LIST shares its know-how and cutting-edge technologies.

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Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) Website
LIST Tech Day 2022

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We've come full circle in our interview season - in this episode we talked to another researcher at LIH (Luxembourg Insitute of Health). Dr. Anna Golebiewska who is the Leader of the NORLUX Neuro-Oncology Group, talked about brain tumours and especially glioblastoma (GBM). She told us about plasticity of this particular tumour as well as growing organoids in a lab. Of course we did not forget to ask a special pub quiz question - the answer as usual revealed at the end.

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More about Anna's team research:

• Masters of Disguise: New tactics in the hunt for shapeshifting cancers
• Advancing personalised cancer treatment through patient “avatars”

FNR Awards 2021 video: Brain organoids and brain tumours - Outstanding Scientific Achievement
Neuro-Oncology: The Podcast - Glioblastoma cell heterogeneity and plasticity

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SciLux got recently invited to the 2022 National Jonk Fuersher Contest Awards Ceremony and we had the immense pleasure to listen to amazing young scientists presenting their research and winning impressive prizes. In this episode we talked to one of them, Skye Beck from International School of Luxembourg, about the influence of diet on cancer and angiogenesis.

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Skye's presentation at the contest
Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

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In our latest episode we have a special visitor from the National Museum of Natural History. Digital Curator of the Museum, Paul Braun, tells us a little about the digitisation at the museum and presents initiatives such as iNaturalist and City Nature Challenge. Expect a highly motivating interview that will encourage you to leave the house and observe the nature around us!

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Museum's Twitter account about Digitisation
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Herbier LUX on GBIF

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This time we talked to Associate Professor Dr. Emma Schymanski about her work in the Environmental Cheminformatics group at LCSB (University of Luxembourg). She told us how her work is similar to a detective, she described in more detail non-targeted analysis of unknown chemicals, different databases she uses for her work and the vast and important subject of open science. She has also prepared a very special pub quiz question regarding PFAS chemicals.

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More about Dr. Schymanski

More about LCSB (Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine)

PubChem, open database of chemical molecules and their activities

NORMAN Network - its mission being to enhance the exchange of information and collection of data on emerging environmental substances

LuxPest - pesticides in Luxembourg waters

Organic Pollutants at the International Monitoring Station of the River Rhine at Basel 

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SciLux goes to space again! In our 17th episode we talked to Antonino Salmeri, doctoral researcher in space law at the University of Luxembourg. We discuss what space law is, commercial use and sustainable development of space, as well as the EAGLE Action Team which advocates  the Effective and Adaptive Governance for a Lunar Ecosystem.

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The Outer Space Treaty - basic framework on international space law
Project West Ford -  launching million copper needles
No, Mars is not a free planet, no matter what SpaceX says - Antonino's article
EAGLE report -  contains the current status of the lunar policy landscape and presents EAGLE’s proposal for its way forward: the global development of a Lunar Governance Charter
Other EAGLE documents

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