The Association was created in 1990, with the aim of maintaining exchanges between alumni and friends of the CNRS, to maintain a link with the CNRS, and to continue to work towards its influence. The Association des Anciens et des Amis du CNRS is also committed to promoting the CNRS in France and abroad, notably through the distribution of A3 Magazine. In France, exchanges during scientific visits to laboratories or companies, our participation in science awareness days, conferences in certain centers or professional circles, make an important contribution to the influence of the CNRS, research and science among the general public.
The LUMOMAT project is a Graduate School of Research (EUR) with a Master in Chemistry (Master Degree 1 in Nantes and Rennes and Master Degree 2 in Angers). This project led by the University of Angers includes the University of Rennes 1, Nantes University, ENSCR and the CNRS. The local authorities (the Regional Councils Pays de la Loire and Bretagne, Angers Loire Métropole and Rennes Métropole) are privileged financial partners. This project involves researchers from 4 laboratories in the West of France: MOLTECH Anjou (Angers), CEISAM (Nantes), IMN (Nantes), ISCR (Rennes) and is supported by 10 official international universities. In total, more than 285 researchers are involved. This project is focused on three main application areas: i) materials for energy, including organic, dye-sensitized, or hybrid perovskite solar cells, artificial photosynthesis, and OLEDs, ii) materials for health and the environment, including new sensor probes for medical applications, iii) materials for information storage, nanostructured systems and imaging. For more information: www.lumomat.fr LinkedIn: EUR LUMOMAT
The Brittany and Pays de la Loire section of the French Chemical Society (SCF) aims to bring together chemists from the Brittany and Pays de la Loire regions, members of the SCF, by supporting a number of local events organized by its members, but also by the organization of SCF-BPL Days taking place every two years, to share among all the chemistry made regionally within the various disciplines, while offering the youngest the possibility of presenting their scientific work in a privileged setting.
The Brittany and Pays de la Loire delegation of the CNRS provides direct and local management of 70 laboratories in a geographical area from Brest to Le Mans, and from Roscoff to Nantes. The delegation represents the CNRS locally with the various partners in higher education and research, local authorities and socio-economic actors.
The MOLTECH-Anjou laboratory (a joint CNRS-University of Angers laboratory) brings together the skills of 80 people, including around fifty CNRS researchers, teacher-researchers, engineers and technical staff and around thirty PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. The laboratory's scientific activity is focused on the development of organic molecular materials or organic-inorganic hybrids, in support of high-profile areas such as organic electronics, stimulable materials, nano-structuring and materials for energy.