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The iGEM 2013 team from Grenoble Institute of Technology-Phelma—which competed in the synthetic biology category of MIT’s iGEM competition—didn’t make it past the European qualifications in Lyon in October. But the four students didn’t go home empty handed: they won a gold medal for their project as well as the best mathematical model award. The […] >>

MINATEC TV’s Channel 2, “Live from Our Labs,” already boasts 12 videos—and more are on the way next year. The big star of Season 2 will be interactive interfaces that let users learn more in just a few clicks. The first “clickable” film will be on lens-free imaging, a technology currently being studied by researchers […] >>

On December 10, Minalogic and Grenoble Institute of Technology will give a training session on how to apply for funding for collaborative projects under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The session will target information and communication technology (ICT), with the goal of helping researchers and entrepreneurs take advantage of this […] >>

MINATEC Director Jean-Charles Guibert will speak at the Midi MINATEC brown-bag lunch on December 13, as a special guest to mark the 199th edition. He will talk about the innovation campus’ development—and provide a benchmark of the campus’ competitors—over the past few years. Then on December 20, Yves Bréchet, High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, Material […] >>

The CIT, or Commission des titres de l’ingénieur, which oversees France’s state-sanctioned engineering degree programs, has chosen Grenoble for its next annual meeting. The event will kick off on February 10 with an international colloquium to be attended by representatives of US accreditation organizations ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) and AACRAO (American Association […] >>