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Fundamental Research Division
The DRF at the CEA assemble approximately 6,000 scientists since January 2016.
Researchers at the CEA, CNRS and Université Paris-Sud have presented the first model of the architecture of the MLH1 protein associated with Lynch syndrome, a genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer. This atomic level “image” of MLH1 will lead to better understanding of the genetic processes that cause the disease.
A new, highly radiotolerant microalga species has just been isolated from a cooling pool for spent nuclear fuel. After analyzing the properties of this unique species, researchers now foresee new strategies for bioremediation.
The miniaturization of electronic components is now reaching its physical limitations. Even if space can be saved by using a three-dimensional assembly solution, manufacturing electrical connections for these new devices is still a technological challenge. A team of biologists and physicists has now devised a system of self-assembled connections, thanks to actin filaments .
Federating more than 80 European and international research institutions, the Human Brain Project was selected by the European Commission as one of its two FET Flagship projects on January 28th.
The Unité Mixte de Service (mixed research institute) UMS 3518 (CNRS-CEA-UJF-EMBL) was created on January 1st 2013, in Grenoble. This new unit brings together facilities from the IBS and UVHCI, and represents an impressive collection of state-of-the-art equipment for integrated structural biology.
A team from the CEA-iRCM has just experimentally demonstrated for the first time that low concentrations of bisphenol A are sufficient to have a negative impact on human testes.
Scientists from the Pasteur Institutes in Paris and Lille, the CNRS, INRSERM and the Université Lille 2, in collaboration with the CEA-Genoscope and the Sanger Institute, have recently determined the origin of the emergence of the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the primary causative agent of tuberculosis.
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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.