News
February 13 2019
Stéphane Palfi, head of Team 14 at our Institute, will be René Frydman’s guest on France Culture’s “Matières à penser” program, dedicated this week to high hopes in medicine and new ideas. He will talk about the promises of stimulating the spinal cord to make paralytics walk again, but also about possible difficulties of experimentation […]
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January 29 2019
It is around a cake of kings and surrounded by a large number of members of the IMRB, Mrs Camille Chaudonneret our regional delegate of Inserm Paris 6, as well as some members of the Faculty of Medicine, that our director Jorge Boczkowski presented us his wishes and encouragement for this year 2019 which […]
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December 12 2018
A recent study conducted by Laura Braud, post-doctoral fellow in the Equipe directed by Roberto Motterlini (Equipe 12, IMRB), reveals that carbon monoxide (CO) improves insulin resistance and glucose metabolism in obese mice. The study appeared in the November issue of JCI Insight (Link: https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/123485). Braud and colleagues showed that oral administration of a compound […]
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December 5 2018
EHVA (European HIV Vaccine Alliance) announces the start of the EHVA T01 / ANRS VRI05 trial. EHVA-T01 / ANRS VRI05, a double-blind, randomized, Phase I/II trial, will evaluate the combination of experimental HIV therapeutic vaccines and an investigational immunotherapy drug in people living with HIV in six European countries – France, Germany, Spain, Italy, […]
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November 27 2018
Claire Leibler, a nephrologist specializing in kidney transplantation, received the thesis prize from the University of Paris Est for the Doctoral School of Life and Health Sciences (SVS) on November 6. On December 2, she will also receive the Aguirre-Basulado / Robin Prize for Medicine, one of the fifty solemn prizes awarded by the Chancellery […]
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November 21 2018
The majority of adult stem cells are sustained quiescent throughout the lifetime of an organism. A central quest in the stem cell field is to identity the signals that maintain quiescence. Characterization of those signals and their modes of interaction is a major challenge but also a prerequisite for the use of stem cells in […]
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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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