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Updated on: 04/11/2024
On October 14th and 15th 2024, the University of Bordeaux hosted the 10th annual meeting of the Euskampus cross-border community. This event was an opportunity to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the signing of the framework agreement between the universities of Bordeaux and the Basque Country, in the presence of Imanol Pradales, President of the Basque Government.
Each year, the EHU Euskampus Bordeaux Eguna provides an opportunity to share, highlight and promote all the projects and collaborations developed as part of the strategic alliance between the University of Bordeaux, the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), TECNALIA Research & Innovation and Euskampus Fundazioa, as well as their associated partners.
This emblematic annual meeting brings together students ( Bachelor, Master, PhD) and representatives of non-university organisations from the Basque Country and New-Aquitaine involved in cross-border dynamics. It offers the Euskampus community a space for reflection and shared work, promoting social, multicultural, multilingual and transdisciplinary cohesion.
The first day was an opportunity to (re)discover the numerous collaborations between the institutions, in terms of research, education, territorial commitment and internationalisation. The unveiling of a new joint cross-border laboratory (LTC) in neuroscience, CannaMETHd, led by Susana Mato from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and Giovanni Marsicano (University of Bordeaux), was a highlight of the opening ceremony. This new LTC will focus on deciphering the mechanisms by which CB₁ cannabinoid receptors modulate astrocyte and oligodendrocyte metabolism and their potential implications in multiple sclerosis, autism and glioblastoma.
It joins the seven existing LTCs, as well as the sixteen (including five new ones in 2024) LTC incubator projects that make up the LTC Sarea network, supported by the Basque Government since 2021. These LTCs and LTC incubators cover a wide range of subjects, including nanoscale physics and chemistry, applied mathematics, advanced sustainable manufacturing, high-performance cementitious materials, neurodegenerative diseases and their co-morbidities, photonics and marine pollution.
The event also highlighted the importance of the joint initiatives undertaken by the University of Bordeaux and the UPV/EHU to enhance the employability and entrepreneurship of their students in the cross-border area. This is one of the priorities for Euskampus and will be the subject of a joint roadmap.
Finally, an interactive retrospective of the last ten years illustrated the richness of cross-border cooperation. Some emblematic projects were presented by former rectors or presidents Iñaki Gorizelaia, Nekane Balluerka and Manuel Tuñon de Lara.
Tuesday 15th October was punctuated by project presentations as part of the "My crossing aboard the Euskampus Bordeaux campus in 173 seconds MT173". In 173 seconds (the distance between Bordeaux and Bilbao in nautical miles), the selected participants had to present the project or initiative they were developing as part of their Euskampus collaboration.
Two initiatives, on either side of the border, illustrated the fruitfulness of the links between university and territory: Basque Quantum - BasQ in the Basque Country and, in France, the Naquidis innovation centre in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The latter supports the development of high-level quantum technology research projects, innovative applications and technological solutions in the fields of quantum sensors, quantum communication and computing, and the quantum supply chain. It is the result of a vast consortium including the University of Bordeaux, the Institut d'Optique Graduate School, the University of Limoges (XLIM and IRCER), the CNRS, the ALPHA - Route des Lasers & des Hyperfréquences competitiveness cluster and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region. A scientific committee, chaired by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Alain Aspect and made up of internationally renowned figures, is responsible for the scientific management of the project.
The ONKO-ON mission was also presented to the public for the first time. This collaborative initiative, supported by the Euskampus Foundation, aims to improve the quality of life of people living with cancer, through close collaboration between universities, research centres, patients, social entities and public administrations responsible for health and social action.
Finally, Marta Avalos (Bordeaux Population Health, University of Bordeaux) presented an interdisciplinary network project dedicated to the impact of gender on health, as part of the European ENLIGHT alliance. This network, called IMPULSE, will aim to promote the integration of sex and gender factors into research, education, medical practice and health policies. In particular, it will aim to make visible and correct scientifically identified gender biases in these areas.
Euskampus' mission is to initiate, catalyse and lead processes of connection and co-creation : - that generate collaborative dynamics and innovative programmes - in the fields of higher education, research and knowledge transfer - to provide and promote joint responses to scientific, technological and cultural challenges with a strong social impact.
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