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What if studying ancient life forms could illuminate our understanding of human immunity? While there has been a recent large increase in knowledge of the immunity of bacteria, collaboration between two scientific teams – one led by Enzo Poirier, Inserm researcher at Institut Curie, and the other by Aude Bernhein at Institut Pasteur – has […]

Just over a year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its first report on resistance to antimicrobials, which include antibiotics. It considered it a serious threat that could strike anyone, anywhere in the world. A danger that French research – particularly Inserm – has been studying for several years, and of which researcher Marie-Cécile […]

In the brain, inhibitory interneurons are cells that are few in number but essential for regulating neural networks. When they become dysfunctional, these « checkpoints » promote the onset of psychiatric or neurodegenerative diseases. Fani Koukouli is studying how they work, with the goal of developing new treatments. At first glance, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease appear to be […]

À l’Institut des neurosciences de Grenoble, Blaise Yvert développe un dispositif capable de décoder les signaux cérébraux associés à la parole, pour que celle-ci puisse être produite par un appareil externe. On parle d’interface cerveau-machine.

Curious, free to explore their interests and futures, scientists are perpetual children who never stop asking questions. The career of Juliette Hadchouel is one of an Inserm researcher who grew up surrounded by science, and who cultivates this space for others, particularly children, in the hope of getting them to think about public health issues. […]

Pour mieux lutter contre l’ostéoporose, Laurence Vico-Pouget étudie la perte de masse osseuse subie par les astronautes.

In Nantes, Baptiste Charbonnier is developing biomaterials capable of treating bone loss in the jaw, thus enabling dental implants to be placed. For this project, the Inserm researcher obtained ATIP-Avenir funding. Globally, it is estimated that 23% of people over the age of 60 have at least one missing tooth, and 7% have no teeth […]

Alexis Elbaz is a neurologist and Inserm research director. His goal? For Parkinson’s to be a thing of the past. Through the discovery of risk factors or protective factors, his research provides data to envisage the prevention of a disease whose prevalence is increasing with population ageing. In France, Alexis Elbaz is a key figure […]

Marie-Émilie Terret is an Inserm Research Director at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology at Collège de France in Paris. She specialises in describing the particularities of oocytes, highly complex cells whose functioning is key to the viability of future embryos. Her scientific creativity and valuable multidisciplinary collaborations have led her to discover, to […]

Nils Kolling, Inserm researcher at the Stem-cell and Brain Research Institute (SBRI) in Lyon, is studying the brain mechanisms of motivation and planning that guide our decisions. He has received a substantial European Research Council Starting Grant for his work to describe them and develop computer simulation models. Research that could ultimately be of service […]