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\section{The LUPM team (1 page)}  Investigating One of the great issues of modern physics concerns the constituents, the geometry and the dynamics of the Universe.  Since the 1930', and Zwicky's original observations on galaxy clusters, we have accumulated observations that all point toward a dominating fraction of non baryonic Dark Matter. Moreover, since the 1990', with the observation of the accelerating expansion of the Universe, Dark Energy seems to play a major role in the global density of the Universe, with all observations compatible with a Universe density equal to the critical one. Still, the nature of  Dark Matter is and Dark Energy remain hypothetical.  Particle physics proposes  a historical natural candidate for the constituent of Dark Matter. Within the framework of Supersymmetry, Dark Matter could be made of the lightest supersymmetric particle. This  topic is investigated  at LUPM, specifically LUPM through phenomenological studies of direct search  for what concerns phenomenology supersymmetric signals at particle physics colliders  and indirect detection with gamma-rays. searches looking for annihilation signals in gamma rays.  One of the thrusts of members major motivation  of the LUPM LSST team is to bring a new way to  pursue this investigation by other means, investigation,  namely cosmological probes and large scale structures as observed with optical telescopes. The LSST programme has an unprecedented potential to refine our understanding of Dark Energy and Dark Matter, as it will be able to use and combine five cosmological probes on its data. This is an opportunity for the LUPM to enlarge its scientific output on some of the most intriguing issues of current cosmology.  \subsection{Short Resume of involved researchers at LUPM}