Catégorie d'actualités: Miscellaneous

Welcome to the 9 PhD students of the 2022-2023 class!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From top to bottom and left to right:
Adrien Uguen, Sebastien Gfellner, Lucija Mance, Sara Ben Jemaa, Pamela Guerillot, Lylia Azzoug, Giuliano Migliorini, Ivan Ciganek, Thuy-Duong Do (not present in the photo).

Chantal Pichon has been appointed Senior Member under the Innovation Chair of the Institut universitaire de France

Chantal Pichon, Professor at the University of Orléans practicing at the Molecular Biophysics Center, is one of the 164 appointed to the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) by the Minister of Higher Education and Research.

Chantal Pichon has been appointed Senior Member under the Innovation Chair of the Institut universitaire de France from October 1, 2022, for a period of 5 years.

The Institut Universitaire de France's mission is to promote the development of high-level research in universities and to strengthen interdisciplinarity.

List of Winners

Research interests

C. Pichon is conducting interdisciplinary projects based on chemistry and molecular and cell biology with a crosstalk between basic and applied researches. C. Pichon’s main research activities are dedicated mainly to the use of nucleic acids as therapeutics. These last years, she is particularly interested in messenger RNAs vaccines and therapeutics. She is developing innovative formulations for their delivery for various applications: mucosal vaccination, cell-based therapies and protein replacement therapy. C. Pichon has patented mRNA bioproduction technology based on a tailor-made yeast-based mRNA factory platform, a complete shift of paradigm compared to in vitro production and a revolutionary new use of yeast. She envisions to build an economically sustainable biotechnology process for production of high-quality mRNA therapeutics opening their use in different applications. Social disparities between and within European countries and all over the world are negatively associated with access to new biopharmaceuticals as mRNAs.

RAI3 (IT) TV documentary with JM Bonmatin

A report shot at the CBM broadcast on Italian television

The Italian public broadcaster RAI3 broadcast a prime-time investigative report on February 3, entitled the ultima ape.

Filmed in the laboratory, JM Bonmatin is involved several times in this documentary of almost 1.5 hours on the collapse of bees, insects and biodiversity, this due to pesticides.

The film is organized in several sequences and the complete document is accessible on RAI3 by connecting via Facebook, Google or Twitter

DECLICS

On January 17, 2020, rich exchanges took place between the thematic group "Metal Complexes and MRI" and students of the first and final European class of the Lycée Pothier in Orleans as part of DECLICS "Dialogues Entre Chercheurs et Lycéens pour les Intéresser à la Construction des Savoirs" .

New models to predict and study the effects of cosmetic compounds

Evaluating the activity of compounds on the skin and understanding their mechanisms of action have become unavoidable steps to select and develop a dermocosmetic product. Since the ban on the use of animals in the cosmetic field, many "models" have been  developed, especially with recent advances in research in skin biology and computer science.

The book "Modèles pour l'évaluation des produits cosmétiques, de la molécule à l'humain", coordinated by Catherine Grillon, Leader of the Skin Biology Group at CBM, and Marek Haftek of the Laboratory of Tissue Biology and Therapeutic Engineering de Lyon, gives an overview of all the models used to evaluate the activity of dermocosmetic compounds, with their advantages, disadvantages and limitations. This book, edited by Cosmetic Valley Editions, brings together academic and industrial researchers, all specialists in their field, ranging from in silico prediction to in vivo evaluations, to all in vitro cell models, from the simplest to the most complex.