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Marie Curie & Her World-Changing PhD Thesis

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Possibly the most famous PhD thesis in history is that written by Marie Curie in 1903. Entitled “ Recherches sur les substances radioacitves ” which translates as “ Research on Radioactive Substances “, it became one of the most important scientific papers of the last century and led to Marie Curie winning the Nobel Prize for Physics that year, being the first time a woman had ever won a Nobel Prize. Incredibly she also won a second Nobel Prize in 1911, that time for Chemistry. This made her the first person to ever win two Nobel Prizes and she remains the only person who has ever won Nobel Prizes in more than one branch of science.

“I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.”

Following on from the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895 and Henri Becquerel’s discovery that uranium salts emitted similar penetration properties, Marie Curie’s PhD thesis investigated uranium rays as a starting point, but in the process discovered that the air around uranium rays is made to conduct electricity. She deduced that the process was caused by properties of the  atoms themselves  (a huge discovery in itself, subsequently and ultimately helping to overturn previous assumptions that atoms could not be divided). It was from that starting point, and the search for other elements which emitted similar penetrating rays, that Curie eventually discovered – and named – two previously unknown elements;  Radium  and  Polonium . The latter she so named in honour of Poland, the country of her birth. She also authored the  ‘Theory of Radioactivity’ , a term which she invented and, more importantly, represented this whole new area of physics which she’d discovered.

Curie lived until the age of 66, passing away in 1934 due to  aplastic anaemia , which tragically and ironically was caused by the very radium and radiation which she had discovered, studied and used in the mobile X-ray & treatment centres that she had set up during World War 1. Estimates say that the X-ray and radon treatment units helped over one million wounded soldiers during the course of the war but in an ironic twist it was years of being in close proximity to isotopes emitting radiation and X-ray machines which caused her own demise. In recent times the risks are now better understood and safeguards are in place to protect people working in such areas, however in Marie Curie’s time this was all totally new science. Hence her written papers, theses and even her cook book from the 1890s are, to this day, encased in lead-lined boxes because they are all still too radioactive and dangerous to handle!

Her work and astounding discoveries clearly have an impact on science, health and medicine to this day. Against incredible odds, which we haven’t even touched on here, Marie Curie rose to become a scientific icon and her legacy is unsurpassed.  Read more about Marie Curie here  and you can even  read her original 1903 thesis here  (note that it’s in French) .

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Marie Curie’s Ph.D. Thesis on Radioactivity–Which Made Her the First Woman in France to Receive a Doctoral Degree in Physics

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So says sci­ence Youtu­ber Toby Hendy in the intro­duc­tion below to  Curie’s the­sis –a the­sis that made her the first woman in France to receive a doc­tor­al degree in physics. “Fol­low­ing on from the dis­cov­ery of X‑rays by Wil­helm Roent­gen in 1895 and Hen­ri Becquerel’s dis­cov­ery that ura­ni­um salts emit­ted sim­i­lar pen­e­tra­tion prop­er­ties,” says The Doc­u­ment Cen­tre , Curie “ inves­ti­gat­ed ura­ni­um rays as a start­ing point, but in the process dis­cov­ered that the air around ura­ni­um rays is made to con­duct elec­tric­i­ty.”

Her deduc­tion that “ the process was caused by prop­er­ties of the atoms them­selves ” — a rev­o­lu­tion­ary find­ing that over­turned pre­vi­ous­ly held notions in physics — led her even­tu­al­ly to dis­cov­er radi­um and polo­ni­um, which would get her that sec­ond Nobel in 1911.

Unlike her Nobel Prize in physics, which she shared with her hus­band Pierre and the physi­cist Hen­ri Bec­quer­el, Marie Curie won her Nobel Prize in chem­istry alone. By 1911 Pierre had been dead for half a decade, but Marie’s sci­en­tif­ic genius could­n’t be stopped from con­tin­u­ing their pio­neer­ing research as far as she could take it in her own life­time. She clear­ly knew how vast a field her work, with and with­out her hus­band, had opened up: “Our research­es upon the new radio-active bod­ies have giv­en rise to a sci­en­tif­ic move­ment,” she writes at the end of Recherch­es sur les sub­stances radioac­tives . That move­ment con­tin­ues to make dis­cov­er­ies more than a cen­tu­ry lat­er — and her orig­i­nal the­sis itself remains radioac­tive .

Relat­ed con­tent:

An Ani­mat­ed Intro­duc­tion to the Life & Work of Marie Curie, the First Female Nobel Lau­re­ate

Marie Curie Became the First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize, the First Per­son to Win Twice, and the Only Per­son in His­to­ry to Win in Two Dif­fer­ent Sci­ences

Marie Curie Invent­ed Mobile X‑Ray Units to Help Save Wound­ed Sol­diers in World War I

How Amer­i­can Women “Kick­start­ed” a Cam­paign to Give Marie Curie a Gram of Radi­um, Rais­ing $120,000 in 1921

Marie Curie Attend­ed a Secret, Under­ground “Fly­ing Uni­ver­si­ty” When Women Were Banned from Pol­ish Uni­ver­si­ties

Marie Curie’s Research Papers Are Still Radioac­tive 100+ Years Lat­er

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She was Maria Sklodows­ka Curie (as on the PhD the­sis cov­er)

Most inspir­ing is Madam Curie. Her hus­band Pierre was a baack bone and enabled her to process tons of radioac­tive soil to iden­ti­fy and iso­late radi­um and polo­ni­um. A rare and coura­geous woman of her era who had edu­cat­ed against the wish of soci­ety and con­tin­ued to pur­sue research with her hus­band to share Nobel prize with Bac­qer­el and Pierre and her PhD on radioac­tive sub­stances in 1903 and lat­er one Moore Nobel prize in chem­istry in 1911 with­out the pre­vi­ous sup­port of Pierre. She had a daugh­ter who had won noble prize and an anoth­er daugh­ter a cel­e­brat­ed writer. A unique fam­i­ly through Curie. Long live her mem­o­ry inspir­ing gen­er­a­tions to come. A priv­i­lege to say I did lit­tle work on the area she worked hard and left ever­last­ing knowl­edge.

Very nice your work about Madame Curie, a sym­bol of real sci­en­tist ded­i­cat­ed to the help the mankind.

Please let me know wereI can find the Madame Curie the­ses, eng­lish ver­sion Thanks G. Gan­dra [email protected]

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Curie: ‘thèse de marie curie’.

Marie Curie’s 1903 doctoral thesis, Recherches sur les substances radioactives, earned her both a degree and considerable recognition from the scientific community. The thesis advanced Henri Bacquerel’s study of radioactivity. For the project, Curie searched for radioactivity in various substances and eventually isolated two previously unknown elements: polonium and radium.

Curie’s work with radioactivity has had a lasting impact on various scientific disciplines. She introduced X-rays into battlefield medicine in World War I, and her work continues to influence medical research and treatments to this day. Radioactivity has been used to trace chemical changes and life processes, to date ancient archaeological findings, and to ascertain the age of the earth itself.

Marie Curie’s thesis committee declared the work “the greatest contribution to science ever made by doctoral research.” Yet Curie’s thesis was just the beginning of the contributions Curie would make to science in her lifetime. She continued her study of radioactivity, eventually winning two Nobel Prizes and becoming a professor at the Sorbonne. — Mark Masthay, PhD, associate professor and chair of chemistry

Mark Masthay, chair of the chemistry department, discusses the significance of Marie Curie's research. Interview is an online supplement to the University of Dayton exhibit Imprints and Impressions: Milestones in Human Progress—Highlights from the Rose Rare Book Collection, held Sept. 29 through Nov. 9, 2014.

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The foundations of the nuclear age, with its blessings and curses, were laid in part by the Polish prodigy Marie Skłodowska Curie. Because of the strong bias present against female academics in her day, Curie’s 1903 doctoral thesis, shown here, was accepted only with considerable difficulty—yet that same year, she received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Eight years later, for her work with the radioactive element radium, she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, making her the only person to date to win Nobel Prizes in multiple sciences.Curie died in 1934 of aplastic anemia, which almost certainly originated from her work with radioactive materials; her cookbook remains radioactive to this day, as do her research papers from the 1890s—the latter to such an extent that those studying them are required to wear protective clothing.

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than other countries when it came to honoring the Curies' work. In early June 1903 both Curies were invited to London as guests of the prestigious Royal Institution. Since custom ruled out women lecturers, Pierre alone described their work in his “Friday Evening Discourse.” He was careful, however, to describe Marie's crucial role in their collaboration. The audience included representatives of England's social elite and such major scientists as Lord Kelvin. Kelvin showed his respect by sitting next to Marie at the lecture and by hosting a luncheon in Pierre's honor the following day. But all was not well that weekend. Pierre was in such bad health that he had experienced difficulty in dressing himself before the talk. His fingers were so covered with sores that he spilled some radium in the hall while demonstrating its properties. Ill health, however, kept neither Curie from noting the value of the jewels worn by the members of English high society they met in the course of the weekend. They amused themselves by estimating the number of fine laboratories they could set up with the proceeds from selling those jewels. Another foreign admirer was a last-minute guest at a dinner to celebrate Marie's achievement. New Zealand-born scientist Ernest Rutherford, who was also actively engaged in research in the new science of radioactivity, was visiting Paris. He had stopped by the Municipal School shed where Marie isolated radium, and at dinner that night he asked Marie how they managed to work in such a place. “You know,” he said, “it must be dreadful not to have a laboratory to play around in.” Press Enter to activate screen reader mode. ETH Library Marie curie (1867–1934), physicist and chemist. Marya Salomea Sklodowska was born on 7 November 1867 to two teachers as the youngest of five children. After attending private schools and a public grammar school in her home town, Sklodowska received the top school leaver's certificate in her class in 1883. She worked as a private tutor from 1884 to 1889. Studies in France As women were not allowed to study in Poland, she moved to Paris in 1891 to join her sister Bronia, whose medical degree she had helped fund. She enrolled at the Sorbonne for a degree in physics, which she completed with top marks in 1893 followed by the second best marks in mathematics in 1894. Marriage with Pierre Curie Earlier that year, she had met physicist Pierre Curie, whom she married in 1895. One year later, she passed the examination entitling her to teach at secondary schools for girls – once again, with top marks. In the autumn of 1897, she gave birth to her first daughter, Irène, who would eventually follow in her parents' scientific footsteps. Discovery of Radioactivity At the end of that year, she embarked on a PhD under physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel, researching uranium's natural radiation, which Becquerel had discovered in 1896. In 1898, she and her husband stumbled across two previously unknown radiating elements, which the couple named radium and polonium. They referred to the radiation as radioactivity. In the first half of 1903, Marie Curie completed her PhD with her dissertation "Recherches sur les substances radioactives". At the end of 1903, she, her husband and her PhD supervisor Becquerel received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Teaching at the Sorbonne The following autumn, the Sorbonne established a chair for general physics for Pierre Curie. Marie was appointed as head of scientific projects at the laboratory. In December 1904, the Curies' second daughter, Ève, was born. When Pierre Curie was killed in a road accident in 1906, his widow was given his teaching duties and made head of the laboratory. Two years later, she was also offered her husband’s vacant chair. Nobel Prize in Chemistry In the meantime, the increased medical use of radium required precise and comparable measured data. In honour of Marie Curie, the introduced unit of mass for radium would be called "curies" until it was eventually replaced by the unit "becquerel" in 1985. On behalf of the International Radium Standard Commission, Marie Curie isolated pure radium, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. Shortly beforehand, however, the French press had blown up her affair with the married physicist Paul Langevin into a public scandal, which not only jeopardised her nomination for the Nobel Prize, but also overshadowed the rest of her life, despite her subsequent scientific successes. First World War and illness During the First World War, aided by her daughter Irène, Marie Curie devised a mobile X-ray station to examine wounded soldiers, even driving one of these vehicles to the front herself. After the war, she continued conducting research with her daughter at the Sorbonne’s Radium Institute until 1927, which she had been running since 1914. From 1922 she also spent twelve years as a committed member of the newly founded League of Nations’ International Commission for Intellectual Cooperation. She died of leukaemia at a sanatorium in Haute-Savoie on 4 July 1934 as the result of decades of working with radioactive substances unprotected. Marie Curie had met and been impressed by Albert Einstein at the first International Physics Conference organised by the major Belgian industrialist Ernst Solvay in Brussels from 29 October to 3 November 1911. Einstein had been attracting so much attention in the academic world with his spectacular work on theoretical physics that ETH Zurich was contemplating appointing its former troublesome student as a full professor of physics. To get the ball rolling, Marie Curie, among others, was asked for her opinion of Einstein. The hope was that a favourable assessment from a two-time Nobel Prize-winner would go down well with the Swiss National Council, which had the final say. In the autumn of 1913 (Einstein had actually joined ETH Zurich, but was already on the move again to take up a more convenient position in Berlin), Marie Curie travelled to Switzerland and went hiking in the Engadin with her colleague. Transcripts of various letters from Marie Curie are kept in author Carl Seelig's Einstein Collection in the ETH Zurich University Archive . Publications by and on Marie Curie can be located and borrowed via the ETH Library's Search Portal . Related links external page call_made Letters from Curie in the Einstein Collection external page call_made Nobelprize.org external page call_made Wikipedia Phone phone +41 44 632 21 82 chevron_right All Short portraits chevron_right Locations and opening hours Manuals, fact sheets UPMC Theses Submit to TEL By discipline By laboratory TEL-UPMC is the Open Archives intended for the deposit and the consultation of the UPMC scientific theses. TEl-UPMC allows : UPMC has officially validated the theses electronic deposit, the university has entered on January the 1st of 2014. Since this date, the theses are published online on TEL-UPMC by the BUPMC. These theses are also referenced in and in . Contact the theses coordination of BUPMC : .   Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Developing talents, advancing research Doctoral Networks Objective of doctoral networks. The objective of Doctoral Networks is to implement doctoral programmes by partnerships of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond to train highly skilled doctoral candidates, stimulate their creativity, enhance their innovation capacities and boost their employability in the long-term. Types of Doctoral Networks Doctoral Networks implement doctoral programmes, by partnerships of universities, research institutions and infrastructures, businesses including SMEs, and other socio-economic actors from different countries across Europe and beyond. These doctoral programmes will respond to well-identified needs in various research and innovation areas, expose the researchers to the academic and non-academic sectors, and offer research training, as well as transferable skills and competences relevant for innovation and long-term employability. Besides standard Doctoral Networks, incentives have been introduced to promote two specific types of doctorates as well. Industrial Doctorates. They train PhD candidates who wish develop their skills and step outside academia, in particular in industry and business. Individual participants must be enrolled in a doctoral programme and jointly supervised by the academic and non-academic partners. Joint Doctorates. They provide a highly integrated type of international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary collaboration in doctoral training leading to a joint doctoral degree or multiple doctoral degrees awarded by the participating institutions. PhD candidates must be enrolled in a joint programme and be jointly supervised. Who can apply? Doctoral Networks are open to international consortia of universities, research institutions, businesses, SMEs and other non-academic organisations. They should include at least three independent legal entities, each established in a different EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country and with at least one of them established in an EU Member State on top of this minimum, other organisations from any country in the world can also join specific conditions apply to Industrial and Joint Doctorates As from 2022, resubmission restrictions will apply for applications that received a score below 80% the previous year. Candidates wishing to apply for PhD positions under Doctoral Networks should apply to funded Doctoral Network projects by consulting their open vacancies advertised internationally, including on the EURAXESS portal. What does the funding cover? All areas of research may be funded and Doctoral Networks can last for up to 4 years (up to 5 years in the case of Joint Doctorate projects). The duration of each fellowship is between 3 and 36 months (between 3 and 48 months in the case of Joint Doctorate fellowships). Each beneficiary must recruit at least one doctoral candidate and can also organise secondments for them anywhere in the world.  Researchers funded by Doctoral Networks must not have a doctoral degree at the date of their recruitment can be of any nationality should be enrolled in a doctoral programme during the project should spend at least 50% of their time outside academia, for Industrial Doctorates should comply with the mobility rules: in general, they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organisation for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date The EU provides support for each recruited researcher in the form of a living allowance a mobility allowance if applicable, family, long-term leave and special needs allowances In addition, funding is provided for research, training and networking activities management and indirect costs How to apply? Apply on behalf of an organisation or consortium. Applications to MSCA Doctoral Networks can be submitted at any time from the opening date of the chosen call. The completed proposal, including all annexes, should be submitted by the specified submission deadline of the chosen call. Applicants can find open and forthcoming calls on our page on funding find partners and apply through the Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal All relevant documents are available on the dedicated call page on the Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal, including MSCA work programme and general annexes guide for applicants specific FAQs application and evaluation forms online manual on how to submit an application For more information on the application and evaluation process and contact points for further guidance visit our page on how to apply visit the European Research Executive Agency website Apply for PhD vacancies funded by MSCA Doctoral Networks projects If you are a researcher looking for a PhD position funded by MSCA Doctoral Networks projects, take a look at the list of vacancies published on EURAXESS updated daily. EURAXESS is the EU's portal for researchers. You will find the full requirements of the position you are interested in be able to apply directly to the institution or project of your choice find advice about visas, pensions, taxation, recognition of qualifications and other issues related to working as a researcher abroad For more information visit our page on how to apply . Want to give your feedback about this page? Thanks for your feedback. We are happy to see that your experience was positive. Don't forget to share the pages you like with your friends and colleagues. If you need to ask a question, please contact Europe direct . Training at Institut Curie Latest news. The 2024 edition of the Drug Development in Oncology International Course will be co-organized by the D3I Department of Institut Curie and the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland. November 12th - 15th 2024 Fundación Ciencia & Vida, Universidad San Sebastián, Avenida del Condor 720, Huechuraba, Santiago, Chile. Meet the Team One mission: to train The Advanced Training Office of Institut Curie: pioneer in fostering scientific integrity Student Testimonials The scientific and medical teams Key figures An exceptional campus Courses, conferences and postgraduate diplomas Career development and mentoring International Courses: an overview Medical-Sciences program Applying for a Master 2 Applying for a PhD Applying for a postdoc MDs & PharmDs: find your research lab Resident internship Hospital student intership Traineeship for medical students & physicians from European Union and outside European Union International Courses Career Development Courses Medical and paramedical courses Breast cancer: from the clinic to biology 2019 Multiscale integration in biological systems courses 2018 Undergraduate student Master's student Medical student PhD student Paramedical Research Engineer International PhD programs IC-PhD [Institut Curie International PhD Program] PhD Grants for Healthcare Professionals Emerald MD-PhD Program News of the programs EuReCa International PhD Program What is eureca, current phd positions, application process. Applicant's Guide Recruitment process Benefits of completing a eureca phd. >> FAQ The fourth and last call for applications is now closed. The new Institut Curie International PhD Program is IC-PhD . EuReCa (Europe Research & Care) is Institut Curie’s international PhD Program which provides PhD students with an excellent interdisciplinary, inter-sectorial, and international training. It includes   a personalized career development plan, coaching, mentoring and the possibility of undertaking secondments in partners' institutions. What is Institut Curie ? A leading player in the fight against cancer, Institut Curie brings together an internationally-renowned Research Center and an advanced Hospital Group that provides care for all types of cancer. Founded in 1909 by Marie Curie, Institut Curie comprises three sites (Paris, Saint-Cloud and Orsay), where more than 3,500 members of staff are dedicated to achieving three objectives: hospital care; scientific research; and the sharing of knowledge and the preservation of legacy. As a private foundation that is recognized as serving the public interest, Institut Curie is supported by donations and grants. This support is used to fund discoveries that will improve treatments and the quality of life of cancer patients. EuReCa PhD fellows will carry out research in a vibrant environment based on the pluri-disciplinary approaches and excellence offered by over 85 research groups comprising Institut Curie’s 13 joint research units organised in 6 research areas and a translational department : Epigenetics, RNA and genome dynamics Cell biology and developmental biology Tumor biology and immunology Radiobiology and molecular imaging Physics of living systems and chemical biology Computational and systems biology Research group:  Research group:  Research group:  Research group:  Research group:  Research group:  Research group:  Research group:  Applicants have to complete an online application form in English when the call is open. They may apply for 1 or 2 thesis project(s) without an order of preference. Incomplete and unsubmitted applications will not be eligible. No application will be accepted after the deadline January 13 th , 2023 at 4:00pm CET (GMT +1). The following documents are required: a motivation letter, a copy of the high school degree, a copy of the university degrees including the European Master’s degree or equivalent master's degree (translated by the applicant in English)  if already available , a copy of the university grade transcript from the Master’s degree or equivalent master's degree which would formally entitle to embark on a doctorate (translated by the applicant in English) if already available , 2 recommendation letters. Referees must have submitted their recommendation letters by the end of the call. We strongly advise applicants to contact their referees as soon as possible so that referees have enough time to upload the recommendation letter online. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that the 2 recommendation letters are uploaded by the referee before the call ends. Applicant's Guide >> Download the 2023 applicant's guide << Eligibility criteria Early-stage researchers (ESR) shall at the call deadline be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.   Full-time equivalent research experience is measured from the date when a researcher obtained the degree which would formally entitle him or her to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited or seconded, irrespective of whether or not a doctorate is or was ever envisaged. Applicants from all countries are eligible. The applicants may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in France for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the call's first deadline.  Time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention, compulsory national service and/ or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account. Applicants must be in possession of (or be about to obtain) a European master degree or equivalent master's degree which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate . For more information, please download the Applicant’s Guide (PDF). BOOSTING YOUR CAREER Excellence in research. The EuReCa programme fundamental objective is to provide excellent, multidisciplinary and intersectoral training to ESRs in cancer research, while generating new scientific advances in different fields. By attracting promising and talented young researchers our ambition is to build a multifaceted community able to communicate, interact, build and share expertise to tackle the challenges of cancer. International environment More than  80 nationalities  are represented at Institut Curie. The university accredited international courses offered on campus and abroad gather students from all over the world and enable networking opportunities. As associate member of PSL Research University, Institut Curie is part of a trans-disciplinary world-class research and training center. Institut Curie’s involvement in the EU-Life Alliance also offers international course and secondment opportunities. In collaboration with a European partner institute, the students’ association organizes an annual scientific meeting that allows lively interactions as well. Personalized Career Development Plan (PCDP) Throughout their thesis, ESRs will be designing their Career Development Plan in accordance with their career track. They will benefit from coaching sessions, courses and training, take part in out-of-the-lab internships and various activities on campus. University accredited international courses Transferrable skills courses Hands-on training on scientific techniques & apparatus Career Development workshops Public engagement activities Out-of-the-lab internships Secondments PhD supervision, mentoring & thesis committee meetings All ESRs will be supervised by a researcher holding an  Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches  (HDR), a diploma which authorizes the supervision of research. At their arrival, they will choose a mentor to guide them throughout their thesis. They organize yearly PhD thesis committee meetings with their thesis supervisor(s), their mentor and a representative of their doctoral school. These meetings are required by the university to follow the progress of the thesis. Cutting-edge transversal & core facilities ESRs will benefit from top-notch technology platforms and equipment for scientific imaging, genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics. Training will be provided by the platform managers. Links with industry & partners This program is run in close partnership with L’Oréal, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, CryoCapCell and Institut Roche as well as public and academic European & American partners. With a strong record of scientific collaborations with industrial partners, Institut Curie offers ESRs the possibility to screen for industrial partners all along their project; as well as to receive training on intellectual property, startup set up, interaction with the industrial sector job market… Institut Curie also offers opportunities for secondments with its membership in the EU-Life Alliance. A Students’ Association (Adic) deeply involved in Research Institut Curie’s students and postdocs’ association (ADIC) enables ESRs to get involved in the organization of conferences, the Young Researchers Life Sciences Congress, career development workshops and social events. Its aim is to represent young researchers at Institut Curie, facilitate their access to the work market, reinforce their role in the scientific life of the institute and promote doctoral training. Annual scientific meeting PhD fellows organize and participate in the Young Researchers Life Sciences Congress organized by ADIC together with another European institute. It is a great opportunity for young researchers’ career development as they all present their research work with a poster, a short talk or an elevator pitch. Travel Grants ESRs can apply for travel grants covering travel, accommodation or registration fees. They can also ask for financial help from their host laboratory to attend meetings, summer schools, conferences or courses abroad. Conferences on campus Institut Curie researchers benefit from around 300 conferences in English on campus each year. Speakers are Institut Curie researchers and physicians as well as renowned international scientists. Registration at a French University Institut Curie is an associate member of  PSL Research University . This university groups 24 partner institutions and aims at promoting laboratories with international visibility, attracting internationally renowned researchers and building an integrated approach for top-level research and training. Most of Institut Curie laboratories are affiliated with PSL.   PHD GRADUATION CEREMONY Institut Curie organizes a yearly PhD Graduation Ceremony to celebrate all PhD students who defend their thesis. With elevator pitches and testimonials, this event is an opportunity to gather laureates, talk about their future, and connect with the Institut Curie Alumni network. >> See previous ceremonies EASE YOUR ARRIVAL Housing at the ciup. Housing is secured for EuReCa PhD fellows. Institut Curie has booked student accommodations at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris ( CIUP ). The monthly rent is paid by the PhD fellow ( Single room: 599 € per month for students under 30 years - 681 € per month for students over 30 years ). Signature of contract From their formal acceptance to the EuReCa PhD Program, PhD fellows are in contact with the English speaking staff from Institut Curie’s Human Resources Department and the EuReCa Management Team to organize their arrival. They will get help for their visa application, residence permit, and other administrative procedures like social security and insurance among others. All EuReCa PhD fellows will be registered with a partner university and affiliated with a Doctoral School. French language courses on campus Institut Curie’s Training Unit and the student’s association (ADIC) offer extensive and intensive French courses for PhD students throughout their thesis. Induction period & Welcome meeting At their arrival in September, PhD students will have an induction period for a smooth integration at the institute in France. They will have time dedicated for administrative & orientation activities. PhD fellows are also invited to attend the welcome meeting organized by the Training Unit, presenting courses available on campus and explaining the Career Development Plan. CAMPUS LIFE As Institut Curie employees, PhD fellows benefit from various advantages among which subsidized access to cafeteria for lunch and sports on Campus in Paris ( PSL Sports ) & Orsay. The Students’ association The student’s association Adic organizes social events on a regular basis. These informal meetings help students to network and get acquainted. >>  FAQ >> Previous international PhD program IC-3i This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions grant agreement no 847718. Single Cell Analysis Computational Biology Biostatistics Clinical Research Translational Institut Curie has many Alumni who have done their master, PhD or post-doc at the institute, and who have afterwards proceeded to follow a range of career paths. We would like to introduce you to some of them. LKB - Optical Imaging in biogical and complex media Sébastien POPOFF (2011) (in french) Pierre BONDAREFF (2014) Thèse Université Pierre et Marie Curie (in french) Daria ANDREOLI (2014) Hugo DEFIENNE (2015) (in English) Thomas CHAIGNE (2016) Mickael MOUNAIX (2017) Matricial approaches for spatio-temporal control of light in multiple scattering media Baptiste Blochet (2018) Tom Sperber (2019) Control of light in a disordered medium with gain : wavefront-shaping the pump in fiber amplifiers and fiber lasers Saroch Leedumrongwatthanakun (2019) Quantum information processing with a multimode fibre Antoine Boniface (2020) Light control in scattering media and fluorescence imaging Jonathan DONG (2020) A computational tour on random matrices : imaging through complex media and optical computing Julien GUILBERT (2022) Imagerie de super résolution de tissus biologiques en utilisant la diffusion Raman cohérente Louisiane DEVAUD (2022) Matricial approach for field correlation and temporal control of light propagation through strongly scattering media 496 COMMENTS PDF File : Doctoral thesis by Marie Curie (1903).pdf Portable Document Format ( PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems for document exchange. PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout 2D document that includes the text, fonts ... Marie Curie's Doctoral Thesis: Prelude to a Nobel Prize 2001 •. Emilie Wiesner. Download Free PDF. Marie Curie's Doctoral Thesis: Prelude to a Nobel Prize Robert L. Wolke University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh. PA 15260 Marie Sklodowska Curie's gender, coupled with the bizarre new materials that she gave to the world, made her a kind of public novelty in the early years of the 20th century. Marie Curie & Her World-Changing PhD Thesis Possibly the most famous PhD thesis in history is that written by Marie Curie in 1903. Entitled "Recherches sur les substances radioacitves" which translates as "Research on Radioactive Substances", it became one of the most important scientific papers of the last century and led to Marie Curie winning the Nobel Prize for Physics that year, being the first time a woman had ever won a ... Marie Curie's Ph.D. Thesis on Radioactivity-Which Made Her the First For her ground­break­ing research on radioac­tiv­i­ty, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize. Or rather, she won two, one for physics and anoth­er for chem­istry, mak­ing her the only Nobel Lau­re­ate in more than one sci­ence.What's more, her first Nobel came in 1903, the very same year she com­plet­ed her PhD the­sis at the Sor­bonne. ... Marie Curie's Doctoral Thesis: Prelude to a Nobel Prize Her 1903 PhD thesis, Recherches sur les substances radioactives (Curie 1903 (Curie , 1961 Wolke 1988), secured her share of the Nobel Prize in the same year and struck a death blow to the concept ... PDF Curie's doctoral thesis, Palways liked Mary Curie's doctoral thesis, one of the rarer items in my collection of scientific publications. Although it was only the second ' edition, also published in 1904 like the first, it must have been popular at the time, as it was the first printed document about the newly discovered "Radioactive substances". Marie Curie's PhD thesis ☢️ A look at Marie Skłodowska Curie's PhD thesis, Research on Radioactive Substances, 1903. Inspired? Check out https://Brilliant.org/TibeesEnglish version of t... Curie: 'Thèse de Marie Curie' Marie Curie's 1903 doctoral thesis, Recherches sur les substances radioactives, earned her both a degree and considerable recognition from the scientific community. The thesis advanced Henri Bacquerel's study of radioactivity. For the project, Curie searched for radioactivity in various substances and eventually isolated two previously unknown elements: polonium and radium. PDF Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons Marie Curie and Her Time Marie Curie had begun working on her Ph.D. thesis on Becquerel's rays a few weeks after the birth of her Marie Curie and Her Time A July 1895 wedding photo of Pierre and Marie. They first met in 1894. In this iconic photograph of participants at the Fifth Solvay Conference in 1927, Marie Curie is third from the left in the front row. (PDF) Marie Curie, Radioactivity, the Atom, the Neutron, and the Marie Skłodowska Curie (1867-1934) was born in Warsaw. She was a pioneer in the field of radiochemistry and coined the word 'radioactivity' in 1898 as a result of her early research work in ... PDF Madame Curie: Scientific Contributions and Impact 1903 Marie defends her PhD Thesis on the Radioactivity of Polonium and Radium. Nobel Prize in Physics to the Curies & to Becquerel. 1904 her second daughter Ève is born. 1906 Pierre dies at 46 and Marie accepts to take his former position at La Sorbonne aiming to create a world-class laboratory as a tribute to Pierre. The first page of Marie Curie's doctoral thesis (adopted by Pierre Curie, best known as a Nobel Laureate in Physics for his co-contributions to the field of radioactivity alongside research partner and wife Marie Curie, died suddenly in 1906 from a street ... "Curie: 'Thèse de Marie Curie'" Description. A brief commentary prepared by Mark Masthay, PhD, associate professor and chair of chemistry, on the following work: Marie Curie. Thèse de Marie Curie. 1903; presentation copy of thesis, Recherches sur les substances radioactives (Research into the Properties of Radioactive Substances) Marie Curie Sometimes unbearable pain kept him awake all night, lying weakly in bed, moaning. "I had grown so accustomed to the idea of the child that I am absolutely desperate and cannot be consoled.". --letter from Marie Curie to Bronya, August 25, 1903. Marie Curie in 1903, the year her thesis was published. (Photo ACJC) Marie Curie (1867-1934) They referred to the radiation as radioactivity. In the first half of 1903, Marie Curie completed her PhD with her dissertation "Recherches sur les substances radioactives". At the end of 1903, she, her husband and her PhD supervisor Becquerel received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Teaching at the Sorbonne How to apply Contact your partners to gather all the details you need for the application. Start writing your proposal and fill in all the administrative forms and annexes. You can allow your partners to contribute. Become familiar with the Electronic Submission Service, which is the online system you must use to submit proposals. index UPMC Theses. TEL-UPMC is the Open Archives intended for the deposit and the consultation of the UPMC scientific theses. UPMC has officially validated the theses electronic deposit, the university has entered STAR on January the 1st of 2014. Since this date, the theses are published online on TEL-UPMC by the BUPMC. Home The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions announce €1.25 billion to support cutting-edge research. The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions will fund doctoral and postdoctoral programmes and collaborative research and innovation projects with various calls in 2024, supporting around 10,000 researchers. Read about calls under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie ... PDF Université Pierre et Marie Curie I thank Marie-Ange Bonnin for being always available to help me and for being of major technical assistance during my entire thesis. I thank Adeline Bourgeois for teaching me many of the techniques used in our laboratory. I thank Dr Claire Fournier-Thibault for scientific discussion and tutorship during my PhD. Doctoral Networks The objective of Doctoral Networks is to implement doctoral programmes by partnerships of organisations from different sectors across Europe and beyond to train highly skilled doctoral candidates, stimulate their creativity, enhance their innovation capacities and boost their employability in the long-term. EuReCa International PhD Program They organize yearly PhD thesis committee meetings with their thesis supervisor(s), their mentor and a representative of their doctoral school. ... PhD fellows are in contact with the English speaking staff from Institut Curie's Human Resources Department and the EuReCa Management Team to organize their arrival. ... has received funding from ... PhD thesis PHD THESIS. Sébastien POPOFF (2011) Contrôle spatio-temporel de la lumière en milieux complexes. Thèse Université Pierre et Marie Curie. (in french) Link. Pierre BONDAREFF (2014) Étude et contrôle cohérent du champ proche optique de milieux diélectriques désordonnés et de films semi-continus métal-diélectriques. assignment essay homework paper phd report resume review speech thesis