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Fundamental Research Division
The DRF at the CEA assemble approximately 6,000 scientists since January 2016.
An international consortium led by CEA researchers in collaboration with the CNRS, has succeeded in characterizing the structure and function of a protein involved in the production of magnetite nanomagnets in magnetotactic bacteria.
Cancerous cells that are invisible to the immune system? An international collaboration, directed by the ENS-Lyon and involving the CEA-IRCM, has revealed the double role of the TRF2 protein, as well as its association with another protein to participate in blocking the immune system’s ability to fight against the tumor.
A novelty for green chemistry. Researchers from the CEA-IRTSV and the IBS have developed a method of building stable and original metalloenzymes. Ultimately, this work will allow the pharmaceutical industry to propose an alternative to chemical catalysis and biocatalysis, by using more efficient and environmentally friendly processes.
A new “lensless” microscopy technique associated with 3D cell culture was used to study the growth of prostate epithelial cells, and to discriminate healthy cells from cancer cells. This method of observation opens perspectives in the evaluation of anti-cancer treatments.
CEA Teams from the CEA-iBiTec-S and the CEA-Iramis have developed a technique to rapidly make large quantities of probes for xenon MRI. These specific probes are able to target a desired molecule to be observed, such as a protein involved in a particular disease.
A technology transfer was made between the CEA and the private company ANOVA-PLUS, concerning the detection of the toxic Alexandrium minutum by a simple type of strip test. ANOVA-PLUS, is in charge of producing 5,000 strips in preparation for their commercialization.
The genome of a bdelloid rotifer – a microscopic animal whose surprising capacity for survival and reproduction is the subject of much debate – has been sequenced and analyzed by an international consortium jointly directed by the CEA-Genoscope and the University of Namur.
Researchers at IGS, the genomic and structural information laboratory, working in association with the large-scale biology laboratory have just discovered two giant viruses which, in terms of number of genes, are comparable to certain eukaryotes, microorganisms with nucleated cells.
Friday July 12th, an agreement was signed to create an ‘International Associated Laboratory’ (laboratoire international associé, or ‘LIA’) involving the French Institut de Biologie Structurale in Grenoble (IBS – CNRS / CEA / UJF) and the Brazilian LNBio and CNPEM from Campinas.
For the first time, a research team from the CEA , Collège de France, CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier in Grenoble has developed an efficient process for in vitro activation of an enzyme, hydrogenase, which is found in microorganisms that use hydrogen as a source of energy.
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CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world.