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Joint efforts of UNamur and CHU UCL Namur to drive one of the 8 new Belgian Covid-19 testing platforms

The UNamur and the CHU UCL Namur will collaborate to form one the eight new consortia aiming to expand Covid-19 testing capacity, in support to the accredited clinical biology laboratories.

Dr. Francesco Renzi awarded a NARC fellowship starting on 1st of October 2020 for a period of 2 years

As is the custom at the beginning of every academic year, the UNamur appointed the new Namur Research College (NARC) Fellows. Dr. Francesco Renzi, member of the NARILIS institute, is one of the 2020 newly elected NARC fellows! This appointment acknowledges his top-level research in the field of Molecular Bacteriology and follows the Incentive Grant for Scientific Research (MIS) that he received from the FNRS end 2019.

3D-printed swabs “Made in UNamur”: less painful and equally effective for the molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2

New book release « Introduction à l'éthique de la santé publique » by Prof. Laurent Ravez

Cell biologist Prof. Henri-François Renard awarded a "Francqui Start-up Grant" of 200.000 EUR

SANA (SARS-CoV-2 NAmur): alternative methods for diagnosing Covid-19 based on RT-qPCR or LAMP technology

The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 virus and the growth of COVID-19 cases confront the public health system to a major crisis. The diagnostic capacity is key to the monitoring of the epidemic. However, shortage of specific detection kit components or lack of robotic platforms are seriously impeding the diagnostic throughput in numerous countries.

Urgent research credits allocated by the FNRS for ongoing efforts in the fight against coronavirus

To mobilize researchers from the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and help them contribute rapidly to responses to the coronavirus crisis, the Fund for Scientific Research-FNRS launched early April a “Special Coronavirus Call”.