"Appearance of life on earth, And elsewhere in the universe? »On Thursday October 6 at 7 p.m. in the François Mitterand room
Roland Trumpet, who taught the foundations of the sciences of the universe at the University of Aix-Marseille III and at the University of São Paulo, CNRS silver medal will host a conference as part of the cultural meeting, Knowledge trails, next Thursday October 6, to 19h, In the François Mitterrand room (Allauch Village)
The oldest organic cells identified in rocks have 3,800 mA. The first multicellular organisms appear around 540 mA. For more than 3,000 mA (Precambrian) nothing happens. From Cambrian (540 mA), or start of fossiliferous time, Life explodes; It is the beginning of a dazzling complexification which leads to Homo sapiens born in Africa there are 0,3 Ma. Existence of other civilizations in the universe? Omnipresent that it is enough to seek or improbable in view of the difficulties we encountered on earth? Roland Trumpet is the author of the book "La Terre - a singular planet".
The brain: the star chef of our diet, Thursday November 10 at 7 p.m. in the François Mitterand room
By Lourdes Mounien Lecture in Aix-Marseille University.
Control of our diet is a process that involves a dialogue between our brain and other organs such as adipose tissue and intestines. The objective of this conference is to describe these exchanges between the brain and the rest of the body and to understand how a dysfunction of this communication can lead to pathologies such as obesity. Lourdes Mounien is carrying out his research within the "Human Micronutrition" team of the Cardiovascular and Nutrition Research Center (C2VN) in Marseille.
The blob, A UFO of biology, Thursday January 12 at 7 p.m. in the François Mitterand room
By Manon Ternois of the Center for Research on Animal Cognition (CRCA) of Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III
Amazing macroscopic body made up of a single cell up to 10m², Appeared a billion years ago, Neither plant nor animals or fungus. Behind her UFO looks, Physarum Polyceptam nicknamed "the blob" presents amazing capacities: individuality, intelligence, immortality ... Blob can learn and even transmit its knowledge, He is able to find the shortest path in a labyrinth or produce optimal networks!
Canigou invites himself in Provence on Thursday, February 2 at 7 p.m. in the François Mitterand room
By Alain Originé, Engineer at the Marseille astrophysics laboratory (LAM).
Twice a year, An incredible show takes place at sunset: Mont Canigou, Located more than 260 km is found in alignment of the sun, And the Pyrenees massif is then cut into Chinese shadow and is visible to Allauch. This observation always offers an exceptional show. It is in the setting sun that the "magic" operates and this at two times of the year, Around February 8 and November 1; on these dates, The sun sets exactly behind the high peaks, This produces an intense counterattack to see the massif which until then was masked by atmospheric diffusion.
A passionate astrophysicist invites us to explain this phenomenon to us, illustrate it with video and images, And invite you to his observation.
These Armenians who made France, Thursday March 2 at 7 p.m. in the François Mitterand room
By Daniel Israel, speaker, Directorate of teaching at the University of Aix-Marseille (specialty contemporary history)
They came, They are all there: the Manouchian, Manoukian, Guediguian, Devedjian ...
And even more, that their name does not first designate as children of Yerevan: Henri Verneuil, Michel Legrand, without forgetting, sure, Charles Aznavour. Fleeing the 1915 genocide, 100,000 Armenians found refuge in France. These survivors, As they designate, made a native in our nation. They discreetly climbed the ranks of their adopted country, without denying anything of their origins.
This story deserves to be told because it constitutes a section of our common memory.
Treat certain brain diseases with electricity, Thursday April 6 at 7 p.m. in the François Mitterand room
By Christelle Baunez, CNRS research director in neurobiology, Director of the Bagamore team (database nodes, Motivation and award) at the Timone Neuroscience Institute. Current president of the Scientific Council of France Parkinson.
Some brain diseases are not improved at all, or not enough, by pharmacological treatments. Since the late 90s, The application of an electric current is used in the brain as part of the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Why ? This is what will be explained to you. On the other hand, This technique has extended to certain psychiatric diseases such as depression, Obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD) and is currently suggested to treat anorexia or addiction. These developments cannot be done without the contribution of a research which will be presented