An international perspective -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- network was launched in 2011 to bring together scientists who have worked at, or with, CNRS. Networking also encompasses of Immunology in India.Laboratory work at the National Institute UMIs and LIAs, such as in Singapore where CNRS intends to set up a genuine ‘platform’ to promote local French pro- jects. Finally, a group of international research organization managers and university heads was created in 2011. ‘These initiatives will continue in the years to come,’ says Minh-Hà Pham-Delègue. ‘In addition to enhancing CNRS’s visibility on the international scene, they will contribute to increasing the organization’s attractiveness abroad.’ Asia in the limelight ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- At the frontiers of science Spotlight on the initiatives carried out in Asia in 2011 The Frontiers of Science (FoS) symposia, initiated in the United States, promote interdisciplinary exchanges between young researchers on topics at the edge of science. CNRS was very involved in creating Franco-Japanese (Japanese-French FoS) and Russia Franco-Taiwanese (French-Taiwanese FoS) versions. Hand in hand for the environment held once a year, in France or the partner countryIt also hosts the team that organizes these symposia The French-Chinese interdisciplinary program, alternately. launched in 2008 by CNRS and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, held its fourth annual seminar at Shenyang in 2011. It will be replaced by the SEED An INCO-Lab in Japan program (Sino-French program for Environment The Laboratory for Integrated Micro Mechatronic and sustainable Development) to create a French- Systems (LIMMS) UMI, created by CNRS and the Chinese cooperation platform pooling both countries’ University of Tokyo, expanded in 2011 to include new resources, exchanges, and expertise in terms of European partners as part of the INCO-Lab call for environmental science and sustainable development. proposals. It is now called EUJO-LIMMS, and is the first international laboratory in Japan to be financed by the European Commission. Two new UMIs In China, the UMI Eco-efficient Products and Mongolia Processes, dedicated to green chemistry, brings together CNRS, Rhodia, ENS Lyon and the East China Shenyang Normal University (ECNU) of Shanghai. North Korea In Japan, the French-Japanese Laboratory for Informatics, a UMI that replaces the computing LIA Japan of the same name, gathers CNRS, Pierre and Marie South Korea Tokyo Keio Curie University, the Tokyo National Institute Turkey of Informatics, the University of Tokyo’s Graduate China School of Information Science and Technology, Syria Shanghaiand the University of Keio. Iraq Iran New Delhi Pakistan Taiwan Bangladesh Saudi Arabia India New office in India Laos Singapore, a preferred partnerBurma Sudan Thailand Singapore approved the creation of two LIAs inber 2011, a delegation led by CNRS inIn Novem its first Indian office on February 1,CNRS opened2011 in New Delhi. The organization has also Eritreaconcluded three cooperative agreements with thethe fields of quantum physics (France-SingaporeCambodia Indian Ministry of Science and Technology. It also has Quantum Physics and Information Laboratory) and two joint French research institutes abroad (UMIFREs), mechanobiology (Cell Adhesion France-Singapore). four LIAs, a GDRI, and a UMI (officially created CNRS already had two other UMIs in the country. Ethiopia in 2012). Networking will help the four entities create a genuine ‘platform’ for CNRS and, on a wider scale, for French Malaysia research projects in Singapore. Kenya Singapore 65 Indonesia 2011 A year at CNRS Tanzania
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