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

Antimicrobial peptides: How peptide chemistry and NMR shed light on the antimicrobial activity of big defensins

The ancestral N-terminal hydrophobic domain of oyster big defensins drives bacterially triggered assembly into antimicrobial nanonets

Claudine Kieda, Research Director Emeritus at the CBM, honored at the "Outstanding Poles in France" gala.

Claudine Kieda received, on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, the Ambassador's Special Award presented at the Gala evening to reward the "Outstanding Poles in France".

symposium "Alzheimer's disease"

On November 27, 2019 the promotion of the Master 2 "Biotechnology, Molecular and Cell Biology" organizes at the CBM a symposium on the pathology of Alzheimer

2019, November 29th: External seminar Dr Mara FREIRE

The dual role of ionic liquids in the preservation and purification of biopharmaceuticals

Abandonment of toxic insecticides would be possible

They can help save bees: nematodes attack, without side effects, only the parasites they are intended for.

Automnales des Sciences - Tuesday, October 22, 2019 - Orléans University Campus

This evening, hosted at the Bouillon Cultural Center, is dedicated to Neuroscience.

October 25th, 2019: External seminar Dr Jérôme LEPRINCE -

The octadecaneuropeptide ODN: new effects for a new receptor

Control of bacterial virulence by transcription factors NusG and Rho

Scientists from I2BC (CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette) and CBM uncover the pivotal role of transcription factors NusG and Rho in the silencing of the pathogenicity islands of Salmonella enterica.

Thesis defense of Keyron Hickman-Lewis

Coupling instrumentation and methodology in the search for traces of life on the early Earth and Mars

September 24, 2019: Frédéric Foucher, member of the Exobiology group, presents ExoMars 2020 on France 3.

October 4th, 2019 - Dr. Pascale Lesage external seminar

Integration site selection of a retroelement: How Ty1 finds its target into the yeasr genome.

13th Workshop of the "Vectorization, Imaging and Radiotherapy" network of Cancéropôle Grand Ouest - Le Bono, 2019, September 25-28th

“Imaging of diagnostic and therapeutic biomarkers in Oncology” Workshop.

CBM and Mars exploration.

Two scientists from the CBM, André Brack, forerunner of exobiology in France, and Frances Westall, geologist, head of the group "Exobiology" gathered in Orléans, from September 2nd to 6th, 2019, 150 international researchers for the 32nd congress of the EANA (European Astrobiology Network Association. On this occasion La République du Centre published a special double page in its edition of September 2nd, 2019.