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To carry out their activities, Research Teams of the Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences have developed high-profile technological platforms in many areas : biomedical imaging, structural biology, metabolomics, High-Throughput screening, level 3 microbiological safety laboratory...
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Teams from BioMaps (SHFJ) and BAOBAB (NeuroSpin), along with CEA-Jacob, are optimizing their strategy for opening the blood-brain barrier (BBB) using focused ultrasound (FUS) to deliver drugs to the brain. Their innovation: an algorithm that identifies and 'eclipses' extracranial cavitation induced by thick temporal muscles—particularly in large male primates—which otherwise masks the signal of interest.
A team from SHFJ has developed an original method of 3D spirometry using pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging in a cohort of volunteers breathing freely. This approach has revealed the existence of common patterns among individuals that depend mainly on gravity. This is a step towards a regional pathophysiological characterisation of respiratory diseases.
Researchers from BioMaps (SHFJ) and MOODS have validated an innovative molecular neuroimaging approach that allows non-invasive monitoring of ketamine’s effects on synaptic density in a preclinical model of depression.
A team of researchers from BioMaps (SHFJ) is proposing a new reconstruction method for PET imaging that combines optimization algorithms with deep neural networks. Their “plug-and-play” regularization approach ensures improved image quality thanks to PET-specific reconstruction learning, while guaranteeing stability and robustness—two critical aspects in the use of AI-based medical techniques.
Researchers at the SCBM and BAOBAB have developed a new version of their nanometric micellar vector designed for fluorine-19 magnetic resonance tumor imaging. This version is intended to enhance MRI contrast by switching off the signal on demand in certain areas, while preserving it in pathological regions to be imaged.
Researchers at SHFJ and NeuroSpin applied a passive MRI elastography sequence to patients with brain tumors. This non-invasive approach provided information on tumor stiffness and nature, and could support early detection, surgical planning, and treatment monitoring.
Researchers from CEA-Jacob and the Genome Integrity team at I2BC, in collaboration with Gustave Roussy and the Institut Pasteur, demonstrate that the Rap1 protein prevents the translocation of the Ku protein— a major factor in double-strand break repair — thereby avoiding deleterious fusions between chromosomes.
Des chercheurs du SCBM en collaboration avec le SHFJ décrivent un nouveau paradigme pour le marquage isotopique au carbone de composés nitriles : plus simple, plus propre et universel, ouvrant la voie à une production élargie de molécules marquées d’intérêt en santé et en agrochimie.
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