{"id":1173,"date":"2023-03-24T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T15:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lpinstitute.dev.onpressidium.com\/news\/communaute-prix-impulscience\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T21:20:48","slug":"community-impulscience-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/news\/communaute-prix-impulscience\/","title":{"rendered":"[COMMUNAUT\u00c9] 3 membres de la communaut\u00e9 du Learning Planet Institute laur\u00e9ats du Prix Impulscience\u00ae"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antoine J\u00e9gou, Martin Lenz and Lydia Robert were honoured for their research work in biophysics by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation in November 2022 (prize <\/em>Impulscience). What all three researchers have in common is their close link with the Learning Planet Institute. Here's a look back at the experiences and inspiring trajectories of two of them*.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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French research has tremendous assets**: exceptional researchers, research that's open to the world, professional security in the choice and conduct of research. Today, however, it suffers from clearly identified ills: loss of ground in international competition, a great deal of time devoted to activities ancillary to research, and a sector that is not sufficiently attractive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To meet these challenges, the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation<\/a> has created Impulscience\u00ae<\/a>, Impulscience\u00ae is a program designed to support France's leading talents in life sciences research. Aimed at mid-career researchers, Impulscience\u00ae responds to two imperatives: to preserve the freedom of innovation of French researchers, and to support them over the long term. The program also aims to encourage synergies between researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Among the first seven winners<\/a> Impulscience\u00ae, three researchers share a close link with the Learning Planet Institute: Martin Lenz<\/a> studied in the AIRE Master's program and taught the physics course to students in the second year of the Fronti\u00e8res du Vivant bachelor's degree, Antoine J\u00e9gou<\/a> has been teaching physics in the AIRE Master's program since 2017 and Lydia Robert<\/a> studied in the same Master's program, then went on to become a doctoral student in the FIRE Doctoral School. It is therefore with great emotion that the Institute salutes their research work today, and wishes to highlight their trajectories* as a source of inspiration for current and future students.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Crucial exchanges with peers to better formulate research questions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In keeping with one of the aims of the prize he received - to encourage synergies between researchers, Martin Lenz<\/a> pays particular attention to exchanges with his peers. During his time at Master of AIRE<\/a> - Life Sciences (at the time Master AIV), his memory \u00abThe most memorable part was the group discussions with the other students. I realized the extent to which our different backgrounds conditioned us to think about the problems of the world around us within a certain framework, and the richness we all had to gain from sharing and mixing our respective frameworks. I believe that such exchanges were crucial in the formulation of my research questions.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet these exchanges were not always easy for Martin. Indeed, paradoxically, it was his expertise as a student arriving with a solid background in physics that enabled him to calmly apprehend the Learning Planet Institute's interdisciplinary approach. On arrival \u00abAt the interdisciplinary discussion table with something to bring to the table\u00bb.\u00bb<\/em>, Martin felt more justified in asking basic questions and \u00abreveal your ignorance\u00bb<\/em> !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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