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True to form, Ideas Laboratory will cross the boundaries between scientific disciplines and cultures at Ideas Days 2019, to be held on July 4 and 5, 2019. This year’s topic is “Technology and resilience: Utopia or balancing act?”. The event will interrogate whether or not science and technology can create hope and meaning in a […] >>

Dr. Alim-Louis Benabid needs no introduction. The neurosurgeon, physicist, and founder of the Clinatec biomedical research center will be the speaker at the 400th Midi MINATEC brown-bag lunch series on September 13, 2019. A member of the prestigious French Academy of Science and 2014 winner of the Lasker Award (known as America’s Nobel Prize) for […] >>

Grenoble Institute of Technology’s Phelma engineering school is aiming for 100% international mobility. To achieve this goal, the school is actively and rapidly expanding its network of international partners. Several new dual-degree programs will be available starting in September 2019 with China (IFCEN*-Sun Yat-Sen), Tunisia (National Engineering School of Tunis), and Lebanon (Lebanese University-Beirut). These […] >>

When it comes to fundraising, 2018 will go down in the books as a record year. Ten MINATEC startups raised €30 million in 2017. In 2018 nine startups raised more than €125 million. Three of the startups (Isorg, Aledia, and Kalray, which went public last June) raised more than €20 million each. The six others […] >>

Construction of the BHT2 building was completed right on schedule at the end of March. MINATEC Entreprises, which manages the building, is in late-stage negotiations with around ten companies that have expressed an interest in locating their operations there. The interior spaces will be designed and built out to meet each tenant’s needs over the […] >>