News
November 15 2018
According to a recent study coordinated by Pablo Bartolucci of Team 2, with the help of the Department of Public Health and Cardiorespiratory Rehabilitation of CHU Henri Mondor and published in the journal Lancet Haemtology in November 2018, physical exercise would bring definite benefits in the treatment of sickle cell disease. The article appeared in […]
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October 15 2018
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive neuromuscular disease, affecting 1 in 5000 live male births and is characterized by a progressive degeneration of myofibres, leading to an irreversible muscle weakness. In DMD, as in many muscle wasting conditions, cell death mechanisms are largely unknown. Within the team 10 directed by Frederic Relaix and Jérôme […]
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September 19 2018
Marion Leboyer, director of team 15 of the IMRB, the FondaMental Foundation, and head of department at the Chenevier-Mondor hospital in Créteil, has just given an interview as part of the “Entretiens de Médecine/Sciences” conducted jointly by the scientific journal and INSERM. During this interview she talks mainly about the immune system in psychiatry, but […]
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September 7 2018
Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Lévi, Director of Team 1 at our Institute, and Head of Department at Henri Mondor Hospital, Coordinator of the National Reference Centre – Huntington Disease, was awarded the Légion d’honneur as a knight on July 14. Note the presence in this 2018 promotion of two speakers who came to give (or are about to […]
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June 7 2018
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is a UK charity established in 1961 by a group of health professionals to fund additional research into the causes, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart and circulatory disease. It is the leading independent funder of cardiovascular research. The BHF Alumni is the free membership program designed to support its […]
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May 31 2018
The microenvironment is critical for stem cell maintenance. A central quest in the stem cell field is the composition and source of the molecules that make up their microenvironment. A new study coordinated by Philippos Mourikis (CR1 CNRS) with the participation of Leo Machado (PhD student) in the team of Frederic Relaix (IMRB Team […]
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May 23 2018
Marion Leboyer received the 2018 Neuropsychopharmacology Award of European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) in recognition of her outstanding achievements combining innovative and high-impact research identifying genetic and environmental risk factors in major psychiatric disorders. Marion Leboyer will receive the award at the 31st ECNP Congress October 6-9, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. The prize is […]
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May 16 2018
Since its creation in 2004, L’Arbre des Connaissances Association founded by researchers has promoted dialogue between scientists and society. The Apprentice Researchers are one of the actions carried out by this association which has enabled more than 2000 secondary school students to be welcomed in the laboratories (more info). This year, under the impetus of […]
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May 9 2018
A start-up called Orixha has just been created under the impulse of Renaud Tissier (Team 03, Bijan Ghaleh) and the help of SATT IDF Innov. This company aims to develop, test and market a liquid fan for ultra-fast induction of hypothermia. The immediate objective is to manufacture a ventilator in compliance with the Medical Devices […]
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April 13 2018
Visceral adipose tissue regulates cardiac aging. Osteopontin (OPN) is a matricellular protein that is upregulated in pathologic cardiac fibrosis and remodeling models. OPN plasma levels also increase with age. A new study conducted by Daïgo Sawaki within Team 8, reveals that OPN secreted by visceral adipose tissue (VAT) promotes interstitial fibrosis associated with age […]
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January 26 2018
Flavia Castellano and Valérie Molinier-Frenkel's group of team 9 (P. Gaulard) with the collaboration of Xavier Decrouy of PL Imaging and Emmanuel Donnadieu of the Cochin Institute has just published an article on the focused secretion of the IL4I1 enzyme at the immune synapse level and its consequences on the activation of T* lymphocytes.
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December 12 2017
The Master’s Award in Myology from the French Society of Myology / Santhera Pharmaceuticals is intended to reward a young researcher for the quality of his or her Master’s work in Biology in clinical, physiopathological or fundamental research in the field of Myology. This prize judges the presentation of the thesis and more generally the […]
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December 7 2017
Rapidly progressive crescent glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is the most aggressive form of acquired glomerular disease. Although most therapeutic approaches use immunosuppressive strategies, pathophysiology is still a mystery.
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November 30 2017
Congratulations to Mickael Miro-Padovani, Master 2 of Team 7 of A. De La Taille who has just received the jury's special prize for his work directed by Dr Mohamed Amiche
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November 27 2017
Congratulations to Benoît Vingert and his colleagues from France Pirenne's team n°2 for his important article in J. Immunology showing that an anti-CD20 antibody prevents the alloimmunization of red blood cells in a murine model. Article included in the Journal of Immunology's editorial of December 1st, 2017!
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November 20 2017
Léo Machado, Philippos Mourikis and Frederic Relaix (IMRB-U955 team of Fred Relaix) have just published a very important article in the review Cell Reports (IF 8.282) of November 14,2017 on the development of a protocol that bypasses the impact of isolation procedures and captures cells in their natural resting state. Their study also reveals previously […]
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