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Little is known about the biological origin of anxiety and particularly that of pathological anxiety, which affects almost 20% of the population. But thanks to the Atip-Avenir team that she founded two years ago and has been the leader of ever since, Anna Beyeler, Inserm researcher at Neurocentre Magendie in Bordeaux, has challenged herself to […]

The vast majority of people with autism experience unusual phenomena relating to some or all of their senses. For example, they may find contact with some materials to be unbearable. Andreas Frick, Inserm Research Director at Neurocentre Magendie in Bordeaux, is trying to understand the neural dysfunction behind this atypical perception in order to propose […]

Manuel Diaz-Munoz is exploring the mechanisms that regulate the expression of genes involved in immune response and carcinogenesis. In particular, he is studying those involved in the production of antibodies by B cells. These mechanisms have been shown to be altered in many blood cancers and lymphomas: it is therefore essential to understand them in order […]

The Signal and Image Processing Laboratory (LTSI) celebrated its 50th anniversary last November. Intended for military applications when it launched in 1969, this Inserm/Université de Rennes 1 Joint Research Unit now devotes itself entirely to the application of digital sciences to health. « We provide doctors with interpretation and decision-support tools to improve the treatment of […]

At the Signal and Image Processing Laboratory in Rennes, Fabrice Wendling is analyzing and interpreting the brain’s electrical signals to understand how epileptic seizures are triggered and how they develop. After more than 25 years of research in the field, he and his two collaborators have obtained a 10-million-euro European Research Council Synergy Grant to develop […]

Sophie Lanone has been working on respiratory diseases since her PhD, more than 20 years ago. Her intention is to discover the internal and external factors that influence the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis. The receipt of a European contract, granting her €11 million to explore these interactions over the next five […]

For a long time, our immune defenses had remained in the background of the fight against cancer. However, in recent years, Inserm Research Director Jérôme Galon has endeavored to show that they actually play a major role. Efforts which have earned him the European Inventor Award 2019 for his test, Immunoscore®. Applied in the clinical […]