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Come and join us on 21 June at the Victoire campus for the second study day organized by the six doctoral students at HEADS. Specialists in medicine, law, genetics, neurobiology, psychology and philosophy will be addressing the theme of “Health Ethics”.

With more than 12,000 participants already enrolled, the i-Share e-cohort is the largest study of student health ever carried out. Now that it has been running for 3 years, it is time to take stock of this XXL Bordeaux initiative which is examining the health and well-being of young people.

On Mai 31st, from 10 am to 5 pm, will take place the first forum of innovative practices in scientific mediation (NIMS), in the Palais de la Bourse (Bordeaux). It is organized by the CNRS and the CPU (Conference of University Presidents) with the support of the University of Bordeaux.

After two months alongside researchers from the SANPSY laboratory, it's time to go back home for Charles Morin, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Laval in Quebec. Meeting with this Visiting Scholars and his host, Dr Ellemarije Altena.

The 46th conference of the French Pesticide Group (Groupe français des pesticides – GFP) will be held on the University of Bordeaux campus from May 17 to May 19 2016. It will be organized by the EPOC (Oceanic and Continental Environment and Paleoenvironment) Laboratory, which belongs to the LabEx COTE cluster. On the agenda: the key environmental and health issues associated with pesticides.

Lines of red disks painted in the depths of El Castillo Cave, near Santander in Spain, are among the oldest known examples of cave paintings.

The SANPSY laboratory (CNRS – UB) is looking for 40 women, some of whom suffer from sleep disorders and others who do not, who are willing to participate in an anonymous study for which they will be remunerated and that will have no impact on their health. The CENS (Cognitive and Emotional Neuroimaging of Sleep) organizing team led by Dr. Altena is interested in studying the link between emotions and sleep in order to improve our understanding of insomnia. Find out more by calling 06 22 98 14 86 or by visiting the dedicated web page.

This finale will take place on May 31, at 6.30PM at the "Palais de la Bourse" in Bordeaux. This is one of the main scientific mediation's event in France.

On the 29th April, the Initiative of Excellence (IdEx) for the University of Bordeaux was definitively confirmed by the government following the evaluation procedure of an international jury.

This program aims to support collaborative projects between the two campuses. It is the result of a solid partnership that goes back several years, and which both institutions wish to further develop with dedicated funds.