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Rut Carballido-López, winner of a 2017 ERC Consolidator Grant. © INRA, B. Nicolas

News

16 Dec 2017

Rut Carballido-López, winner of a 2017 ERC Consolidator Grant

Rut Carballido-López is the winner of a 2017 Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The award will provide 1.9 million euros to fund her team’s research on the morphogenesis of bacteria, and ultimately to open up new doors to finding different modes of action for antibiotics.

Cellule humaine de placenta parasitée par des vacuoles contenant Listeria sp (microscopie). Les vacuoles sont marquées en rouge, l’ADN des bactéries et du noyau des cellules est marqué en bleu. Les bactéries ont été isolées d’une épidémie de listériose (France, 1995). © Hélène Bierne

Press release

01 Dec 2017

When Listeria monocytogenes goes to sleep….

INRA* scientists, working in collaboration with their colleagues at Institut Pasteur**, have demonstrated the novel capacity of L. monocytogenes to generate dormant intracellular forms that could be harboured, unsuspected, by their host. These findings are published on 30th November 2017 in PLoS Pathogens.

Olivier Berteau, research director at the Joint Research Unit for Food and Gut Microbiology for Human Health - MICALIS (INRA, AgroParisTech). © INRA, NICOLAS Bertrand

News

30 Nov 2017

Olivier Berteau, winner of an ERC Proof of Concept grant in 2017

A specialist in the biochemistry of the microbiota, Olivier Berteau has been awarded a Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council. This type of grant provides an opportunity to explore the innovation potential of a previous ERC grant project, in this case on the biosynthesis of active peptides.

Scanning electron microscope image of a sample of human faeces, showing the abundance and diversity of the bacterial population.. © Thierry MEYLHEUC - Inra, MEYLHEUC Thierry

Press release

02 Nov 2017

Antibiotics affect the efficacy of immunotherapy

A study published in the journal Science by a research team from Gustave Roussy, INSERM, INRA, AP-HP, IHU Méditerranée Infections and Paris-Sud University shows that prescribed antibiotics impair the efficacy of immunotherapy in cancer patients.

Person working with an isolation chamber for the study of intestinal microbiota in a confined and controlled environment. © Bertrand NICOLAS, INRA, NICOLAS Bertrand

Press release

05 Oct 2017

Human intestinal microbiota: progress towards a standardised protocol for the processing of stool samples

The major impact of DNA extraction on the evaluation of the microbial composition of human stool samples.