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Official account of the University of Geneva in English. UNIGE en français: @UNIGEnews
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    Oct 8, 2019
    Professors Michel Mayor and @DidierQueloz @sciences_UNIGE @obsge were awarded the 2019 #NobelPrize in #Physics for their discovery of the first #exoplanet in 1995!!!
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    Oct 8, 2019
    BREAKING NEWS: The 2019 #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded with one half to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.”
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    Aug 1, 2022
    Happy Swiss 🇨🇭 National Day !
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    Dec 1, 2022
    10 researchers @unige_en have been awarded an @snsf_ch #StartingGrant 2022. UNIGE is the institution that has obtained the highest number of laureates for this call for projects. Congratulations 👏 to the laureates! More info: unige.ch/recherche/en/s…
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    May 13, 2022
    A team led by @RouxLab from UNIGE shows that #cells that make up our tissues increase in volume when tissues bend. A key discovery for the culture of in vitro #organs. ow.ly/1Ybg50J76Cy
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    Jul 6, 2022
    A team from the UNIGE and the @Hopitaux_unige, led by @EckerleIsabella @BenjaminMeyer85 and @MBekliz, reveals the exceptional capacity of #Omicron to evade our immunity. ow.ly/c8lf50JOrrt
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    Aug 16, 2023
    By ranking 49th in @ShanghaiRanking, UNIGE has achieved the best ranking in its history, becoming the 2nd🇨🇭university. For @FlueckigerYves, this is the result of the Fields Medal won by Duminil-Copin & the quality of our research & teaching programme. 👉shanghairanking.com/institution/un…
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    Nov 22, 2023
    1/2 The Assembly of the University designated Prof. Audrey Leuba, current Dean of the Faculty of Law, as #Rector of the University of Geneva. Following the law on the University, this designation is subject to approval by the Geneva State Council, for a four-year term, renewable
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    May 19, 2023
    A team from @unige_en shows how specifically modifying #gene expression causes #feathers to replace #scales in the #chicken. @LANEVOL @genevunige ow.ly/V3Cz50OoIGc
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    Jul 5, 2022
    Hugo Duminil-Copin @H_DuminilCopin, Professor in the Section of Mathematics @sciences_UNIGE @NCCRSwissMAP and @Institut_IHES @UnivParisSaclay, has been awarded the prestigious #Fields Medal 🏅on Tuesday 5 July in Helsinki. unige.ch/sciences/math/… #fieldsmedal
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    Dec 19, 2023
    Charlotte Aumeier, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry @sciences_UNIGE, will be awarded the Friedrich Miescher Award 2024 for her outstanding achievements in biochemistry. More info ls2.ch/funding/awards
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    Mar 31, 2021
    An outstanding #image recorded by Grigorii Timin, PhD student in the laboratory of Prof. Michel Milinkovitch @genevunige @Biologie_UNIGE, has been selected as the best image for Europe within the second Global Image of the Year Light #Microscopy Award.
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    Mar 27, 2023
    Jeudi dernier, l’Association des étudiant-es à #vélo inaugurait #uniycle, un atelier de #réparation de vélos 🚲 à petit prix pour les étudiant-es et les membres de la communauté universitaire. Horaires: Mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, de 12h à 14h 👉 unige.ch/mobilite/unicy…
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    Jul 28, 2022
    A study by @Hopitaux_unige, UNIGE and @EPFL shows that the vast majority of the Geneva population has been infected with the #SARSCoV2 virus but that less than one in two people have antibodies that neutralize the #Omicron variants. ow.ly/rMPH50K6nQh
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    Apr 14, 2020
    In order to better manage the #COVID19 pandemic, the federal authorities have set up a #TaskForce composed of scientists from Swiss universities, including seven researchers from @unige_en and @Hopitaux_unige. ncs-tf.ch/en/topics-expe…