Bordeaux Segalen University
Bordeaux Segalen University (French: Université Bordeaux Segalen; originally called University of Victor Segalen Bordeaux II) is one of four universities in Bordeaux (together with Bordeaux 1, Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3 and Montesquieu Bordeaux IV) and five in Aquitaine (with the University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour). Bordeaux Segalen is the medicine and life sciences center in the University of Bordeaux system, under the Academy of Bordeaux.
Université Bordeaux Segalen | |
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1968 (historic 1441) |
| Endowment | € million |
| Budget | € 171 million |
| President | Manuel Tunon de Lara |
Academic staff | 1,012 |
Administrative staff | 1,291 |
| Students | 21,474 |
| 449 | |
| Address | 146 rue Léo-Saignat , , 33076 Bordeaux Cedex France |
| Website | www.univ-bordeauxsegalen.fr |
Bordeaux Segalen also contains the UFR d'Oenologie, a reputed oenological institute founded in 1880 by Ulysse Gayon, the same year of foundation as the similar faculty of University of California at Davis.[1]
Since 2003, a team led by Dominique Martin of the Bordeaux University Hospital, has been rehearsing for the first human operation in zero gravity, using Zero-G aircraft. The operation is part of a project to develop surgical robots in space that are guided via satellite by Earth-based doctors. The project is developed with backing from the European Space Agency (ESA).[2]
Points of interest
References
- winepros.com.au. Oxford Companion to Wine. "Bordeaux University". Archived from the original on 2008-07-27.
- USA Today (September 27, 2006 ) French doctors say pioneering zero-gravity surgery was a success
