Académie lorraine des sciences

The Académie lorraine des sciences (ALS) is a French learned society and public-interest association headquartered in Nancy, Lorraine. It traces its origins to the Société du muséum d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg, founded in Strasbourg on 6 December 1828. After the German annexation of Alsace-Moselle in 1871, the society moved to Nancy and became the Société des sciences de Nancy, with its statutes deposited in the Nancy prefecture on 10 March 1873. It was renamed Société lorraine des sciences in 1960, then Académie et Société lorraines des sciences in 1966, and finally adopted its current name, Académie lorraine des sciences, at its general assembly on 11 January 2001. It has been recognized as being of public utility by ministerial decree since 26 April 1968 and is now an association under the French law of 1901. The Academy's mission is to highlight scientific progress, promote its dissemination, and contribute to its influence. It serves as a body for expertise and advice, fosters scientific relations, promotes science education, encourages scientific life, and disseminates knowledge. It is organized into five sections, each with up to ten members, for a maximum of fifty academicians: mathematics, physics, chemistry, electronics, computer science and process engineering; animal and plant biology and environmental sciences; medicine, veterinary medicine and pharmacy; soil, earth and universe sciences; and human sciences. In addition to full academicians, the Academy includes sociétaires and honorary members. The ALS produces a range of publications, including an annual bulletin (Bulletin de l'Académie lorraine des sciences, ISSN 1635-8597, since 2000) and ALS Mag (ISSN 2263-6129, since 2010), an annual thematic magazine. It organizes conferences, colloquia, and public sessions, many of which are recorded and shared on YouTube. Since 2008, it has awarded an annual Grand Prix for a commercially distributed work likely to interest a broad audience, and it also honors a young researcher each year for a doctoral thesis prepared in a laboratory of the University of Lorraine. The Academy is associated with the University of Lorraine through its website domain and its activities.

The Académie lorraine des sciences (ALS) is a French learned society and public-interest association based in Nancy, Lorraine. Its history begins in Strasbourg, where the Société du muséum d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg was founded on 6 December 1828. In 1834 it became the Société des amis du muséum d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg, and in 1858 it was renamed the Société des sciences naturelles de Strasbourg. Following the German annexation of Alsace-Moselle in 1871, the society relocated to Nancy and took the name Société des sciences de Nancy; its statutes were deposited at the Nancy prefecture on 10 March 1873. In 1960 the society changed its name to Société lorraine des sciences, and in 1966 to Académie et Société lorraines des sciences. At its general assembly on 11 January 2001, it adopted its current name, Académie lorraine des sciences. It has been recognized as being of public utility by ministerial decree since 26 April 1968 and is now an association under the French law of 1901. The Academy is composed of sociétaires, including academicians, and honorary members. Academicians number at most fifty and are divided into five sections: mathematics, physics, chemistry, electronics, computer science and process engineering; animal and plant biology and environmental sciences; medicine, veterinary medicine and pharmacy; soil, earth and universe sciences; and human sciences. Notable academicians have included Jules Beaupré, Michel Boulangé, Constant Burg, Bruno Condé, Julien Godfrin, Jean-Paul Haton, Claude Huriet, Pierre-Louis Maubeuge, and Paul Remy. Other famous members include Émile André, Hippolyte Bernheim, Gustave-Marie Bleicher, Eugène Boeckel, Joseph Duval-Jouve, Louis Georges Duvernoy, Stéphane Errard, Albin Haller, Jean-Louis-Alexandre Herrenschneider, René Hodot, Émile Küss, Frédéric Kirschleger, Dominique Auguste Lereboullet, Alexis Millardet, Ferdinand Monoyer, Henri Poincaré, Jean Poirot, Pierre-Frédéric Sarrus, Guillaume Philippe Schimper, Charles Schützenberger, and Jean Paul Vuillemin. The Academy's publications have evolved over time. They include Mémoires de la Société d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg (ISSN 1155-1127, 1830–1870), Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles de Strasbourg (ISSN 1140-6380, 1868–1870), Bulletin de la Société des sciences de Nancy (ISSN 0366-3604, 1873–1899), Bulletin des séances de la Société des sciences de Nancy (ISSN 2263-6242, 1899–1914), Bulletin de la Société des sciences de Nancy (ISSN 1155-1100, 1920–1928), Mémoires de la Société des sciences de Nancy (ISSN 0369-2183, 1929–1939), Bulletin mensuel de la Société des sciences de Nancy (ISSN 1155-1119, 1936–1960), Bulletin de la Société lorraine des sciences (ISSN 0366-340X, 1961–1962), Bulletin de l'Académie et de la Société lorraines des sciences (ISSN 0567-6576, 1933–1999), and Bulletin de l'Académie lorraine des sciences (ISSN 1635-8597, since 2000). ALS Mag (ISSN 2263-6129) has been published annually since 2010, each issue devoted to a theme. The Academy's publications have been digitized by INIST. Since 2008, the Academy has awarded an annual Grand Prix for a commercially distributed work likely to interest a broad audience. Recipients have included works on medicinal plants, bats of Lorraine, Vosges flora, remarkable insects, the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Lorraine flora, the explorer Jules Crevaux, climate in Metz in the late Middle Ages, post-mortem practices in World War I, the coronation of the king, historical geographies of France, and Eisenhower's secret decision. The Academy also honors a young researcher each year for a doctoral thesis prepared in a laboratory of the University of Lorraine, with awards in fields such as pharmacy, physics, computer science, and biology. The Academy organizes conferences, colloquia, and public sessions, many of which are recorded and shared on YouTube, covering topics from biomimicry and 3D printing in surgery to breast cancer screening and the cedilla.

• 2010

  ALS Mag annual magazine launched (ISSN 2263-6129).

• 2008

  Begins awarding annual Grand Prix.

• 2001

  Adopts current name Académie lorraine des sciences at general assembly on 11 January.

• 1968

  Recognized as being of public utility by ministerial decree on 26 April.

• 1966

  Renamed Académie et Société lorraines des sciences.

• 1960

  Renamed Société lorraine des sciences.

• 1873

  Statutes deposited at Nancy prefecture on 10 March; becomes Société des sciences de Nancy.

• 1871

  After German annexation of Alsace-Moselle, society moves to Nancy.

• 1858

  Renamed Société des sciences naturelles de Strasbourg.

• 1834

  Renamed Société des amis du muséum d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg.

• 1828

  Société du muséum d'histoire naturelle de Strasbourg founded in Strasbourg on 6 December.

A recognized public-interest learned society providing scientific expertise, promoting science education, and disseminating knowledge in Lorraine.

• Bulletin de l'Académie lorraine des sciences

  Annual bulletin, ISSN 1635-8597, published since 2000.

• ALS Mag

  Annual thematic magazine, ISSN 2263-6129, published since 2010.

• Grand Prix de l'ALS

  Annual award since 2008 for a commercially distributed work likely to interest a broad audience.

• Young researcher prize

  Annual prize for a doctoral thesis prepared in a laboratory of the University of Lorraine.

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