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Since his studies, Marc Poirot has been captivated by the union of biology and chemistry, two disciplines which had previously been compartmentalised. From this marriage, the Inserm research director has studied new cholesterol transformation pathways and their involvement in breast cancer. This research was recently awarded the American Oil Chemists’ Society Schroepfer Medal. Ask researchers […]

To accelerate the healing of chronic or acute wounds that struggle to heal naturally, scientists from Inserm and Besançon University Hospital are developing a biomaterial that reproduces the architecture and physical properties of human skin. Grafted to the patient, it will boost tissue regeneration. Here we are at the heart of the Besançon health campus, […]

A recipient of European funding, physicist and Inserm researcher Clément Papadacci is developing an ultra-fast ultrasound probe to enable whole-organ micro-vessels to be viewed in 3D. Its initial applications will be dedicated to the study of neurological and cardiac diseases, which until now have been difficult to explore precisely. Clément Papadacci has recently designed a […]

With her team created as part of the Atip-Avenir program, Marie-Astrid Boutet is deciphering the inflammatory mechanisms that precede joint destruction in osteoarthritis. She is convinced that characterizing them will make it possible to develop targeted therapies to prevent this disease or limit its severity. A challenge that she dreams of tackling for the millions […]

In the past, Delphine Oudiette dreamt of becoming an explorer, journalist, philosopher, or perfume creator. Today, she is a scientist in the field of dreams and has recently obtained European Research Council (ERC) funding in order to explore the process of falling asleep. Knowing more about this poorly-understood phase of transition between wakefulness and sleep […]

Our exposures to endocrine disruptors – substances capable of interacting with our hormonal system and altering its function – are many, varied, and seem difficult to control. At the Institute for Advanced Biosciences in La Tronche, near Grenoble, an Inserm team is conducting a study to determine whether changing our consumption habits could reduce our […]

In the October 2023 issue, discover our special feature Ageing: What if we could reverse it?

Specializing in cognitive computational neuroscience, a field which uses mathematical tools to develop and test theories about brain function, Romain Quentin characterizes the neural mechanisms that come into play when learning. As a recipient of ATIP-Avenir funding which has enabled him to form his own team, he wishes to identify how to improve the way […]

It is just a courtyard that separates Nantes University Hospital from the TENS lab. A courtyard that the teams of Pascal Derkinderen and Moustapha Cissé cross when their colleagues perform a colon biopsy, or to go meet with patients. Because the research conducted by the lab has a clinical purpose: to track the links between […]

For over 30 years, endocrinologist Maria-Christina Zennaro, Inserm research director at the Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, has endeavored to better understand the causes of high blood pressure. Her latest project, ENSAT-HT, which federates European research forces, has received an Étoiles de l’Europe award. Hypertension, which kills 11 million people each year worldwide, exists in more than one […]