The team’s research activities focus on processes involving cellular membranes, particularly those related to antibiotic resistance, membrane repair, extracellular vesicle formation, and cellular signaling in irritable bowel syndromes and glucose homeostasis. The scientific projects developed within the team aim to study and understand these processes under physiological and pathophysiological conditions (bacterial infections, cancer, diabetes, muscular dystrophies, etc.).
The team has the equipment needed to carry out a wide range of analyses using techniques in biochemistry, molecular biology, protein expression and purification—mainly applied to structural biology (Cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography)—as well as cell biology, molecular and cellular fluorescence imaging and electron microscopy, microfluidics, flow cytometry, physiology and electrophysiology, along with in vitro, in vivo, and transgenic model systems. It consists of three research groups, each led by a group leader.
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Structure and function of membrane proteins: Bacterial multidrug efflux pumps and antibiotic resistance. Caveolae and cancer. Immunomodulators in vaccine strategies.
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Nutrient homeostasis in health and in diabetes. Intra- and intercellular signaling in the islet micro-organ. Hormone exocytosis. Cellular and micro-organ biosensors, closed-loop systems in diabetes therapy
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Defective membrane repair leads to cell death and may contribute to the development of degenerative diseases, such as muscular dystrophies. Despite genetic homogeneity, muscular dystrophy patients express a range of phenotypic variability due to the presence of secondary factors, which remain to be identified. Our project aims at addressing the interplay of annexins, macrophages and fibroadipogenic progenitors in the development of muscular dystrophies, including dysferlinopathy, caveolinopathy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and facio-scapulo-humeral muscular dystrophy.
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5 groupes de recherche
NMFAB
3 groupes de recherche
CBSC
5 groupes de recherche
Nos enseignants-chercheurs participe à la formation des élèves ingénieurs de Bordeaux INP (ENSMAC, ENSTBB…) et de l’université de Bordeaux.