Unveiling billion-year old life forms with X-ray vision

Synchrotron-based studies reveal unprecedented details of some of the most ancient traces of life in 3D. Fossilised bacteria 1.9 billion years old were imaged in situ in a fragment of rock by Ptychographic X-rays Computed Tomography documenting details of preservation not previously observed.

Manganese: A double agent for imaging ?

Manganese is a biocompatible metal ion, with great interest for MRI and PET. The alliance between Mn2+ and a bispidine ligand leads to an unprecedented kinetic inertness, which might enable its in vivo use without any toxicity risk.

Metallomics in geological time: trace element biosignatures evidence the influence of ocean chemistry on Earth’s earliest ecosystems

A new way of looking at ancient life: using trace element distributions co-located with biological carbonaceous materials in some of Earth’s oldest rocks

Wang Pinpin thesis defense - February 20, 2020

Evaluation of Influenza A derived nonstructural protein NS1 to enhance BMP2 mRNA translation for bone regeneration

RAI3 (IT) TV documentary with JM Bonmatin

"L'ultima ape" documentary report on the collapse of bees

February 7th, 2020 - External seminar Dr Carine Van Heijenoort, Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Gif sur Yvette

NMR as a tool to investigate the role of intrinsically disordered proteins

Numerical simulation to better select drugs before clinical trials

How to select drugs even before clinical trials?

DECLICS

Dialogues Entre Chercheurs et Lycéens pour les Intéresser à la Construction des Savoirs (Dialogues Between Researchers and High School Students to Interest them in the Construction of Knowledge)

January 31st, 2020 : External seminar Gosuke Hayashi, Nagoya university, Japan

Novel peptide ligation strategies for chemical protein synthesis

Jean-Marc Bonmatin has just been appointed from among the 23 members of the Scientific Council of ANSES

This appointment by 6 ministers (Ecology, Health, Economy, Labour, Higher education / research and Agriculture) is for a period of 3 years

Antimicrobial peptides: an atypical double-domain avian defensin, specifically found in eggs, reveals multiple roles in protection of the embryo

Increased biological potency of the double-domain AvBD11 compared to single-domain defensins highlighted by multidisciplinary collaborations based on peptide chemistry, NMR and biology.

January 10th, 2020 - External seminar Janet Morrow, University at Buffalo

Iron and cobalt MRI contrast agents for cell tracking and animal imaging