Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences - Bullets list https://joliot.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institutional.aspx Website of the Frédéric-Joliot Institute of Life Sciences which includes 4 departments: I2BC, DMTS, NeuroSpin and Service hospitalier Frédéric Joliot (SHFJ). The teams are mainly located at the CEA Paris-Saclay center and at the Orsay hospital. en-US https://www.cea.frhttps://www-cea-fr.admsite.extra.cea.fr/Style%20Library/Themes/drf/instituts/images/logo-cea-joliot.png Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences - Bullets list https://joliot.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en 38 millions d’euros sécurisés pour EBRAINS https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2024/38-millions-euros-EBRAINS.aspx Brain Europe ; Infrastructures ; Article Human Brain Project;HBP; Thu, 11 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT Le recrutement de volontaires « sains » à l’institut Joliot https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2023/Recrutement-de-volontaires-sains.aspx A l’occasion d’une rencontre entre nos deux chargées de recrutement de volontaires « sains », retour sur cette activité indispensable pour l’ensemble de la recherche biomédicale menée au sein de deux départements de l’institut Joliot : NeuroSpin et le SHFJ. Neurospin Article ; Jobs video Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT kick-off meeting for the MIND team https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2023/Kick-off-meeting-MIND.aspx On 07 September, the young MIND team organised its kick-off meeting, symbolising the shared desire of its two supervisory administrations, the CEA and Inria, to consolidate and create synergies in artificial intelligence and machine learning for neuroscience. MRI ; Artificial intelligence ; Brain Researchers ; Institutions Neurospin Inauguration ; Colloquium deep learning;Deep Neural Network; Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT After ISOTOPICS, ISOBIOTICS, the renewal of isotope labeling to strengthen european therapeutic innovation https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2023/ISOBIOTICS-renewal-isotope-labeling-biodrugs.aspx The SCBM was awarded funding from the Horizon Europe program for the ISOBIOTICS project, coordinated by Christophe Dugave. This project will enable the theoretical and practical training of 11 PhD students, including two at SCBM and one at SHFJ, on the development of innovative methods for the isotopic labeling of biodrugs Chemistry SCBM News ; Article ; Europe ; European & international partnerships Wed, 09 Aug 2023 10:00:00 GMT ERC Starting Grant for Timo van Kerkoerle at NeuroSpin! https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2022/ERC-Starting-Grant-Timo-van-Kerkoerle-NeuroSpin.aspx Timo van Kerkoerle, researcher at NeuroSpin, is one of the 408 winners of the prestigious ERC Starting Grant 2022 call of the European Research Council. Another European success for the Institute. Cognition Neurospin Success ; Europe Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:00:00 GMT Brain aging: European funding to evaluate an early biomarker https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2022/QSM4SENIOR.aspx The QSM4SENIOR project, led by NeuroSpin and the company VENTIO, aims at developing an original early biomarker of aging by using data from the SENIOR study of NeuroSpin. QSM4SENIOR has just been funded by the EOSC-Life. Brain ; MRI Researchers ; Institutions Neurospin Europe ; Industrial partnerships Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT Deeptope: accelerating the development of therapeutic antibodies via high-throughput functional tests https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2021/Deeptope-start-up-Simos.aspx Deeptope, founded in February 2021 from a technology developed at the DMTS Laboratory of Cellular Immunology and Biotechnology (LICB), is a company of therapeutic antibody engineering that provides antibody optimization and characterization services to biotech or pharmaceutical firms with the goal of increasing the quality of antibodies in a very short timeframe. Biotechnology ; Pharmacology News ; Article Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:00:00 GMT The european PPI4HPC project echoes high-performance computing at CEA for the modelisation of complex molecular assemblages https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2021/High-performance-computing-molecular-modelisation.aspx A project at the interface between quantum chemistry and molecular dynamics for the study of complex molecular assemblies, led by Michel Masella (Joliot) and Luigi Genovese (IRIG), makes it possible, for applications in biology/health, to take full advantage of the new supercomputers of the Public Procurement of Innovations for High-Performance Computing (PPI4HPC, H2020) project hosted at the Très Grand Centre de Calcul (TGCC) of the CEA-Bruyères-le-Châtel. Computing ; Simulation & modelling ; Supercomputers ; Structural biology News ; Article Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:00:00 GMT Société Chimique de France: two prizes for two researchers from the Institute https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2021/SCF-2-prizé-2-researchers-SCBM.aspx The members of the Organic Chemistry Division (DCO) of the French Chemical Society met on Monday 10 May to award the DCO 2021 prizes. Sophie Feuillastre and Davide Audisio, both researchers at the SCBM (CEA-Joliot Department of Medicines and Technology for Health) are among the lucky winners. Chemistry Researchers SCBM Article radiolabeling; Thu, 27 May 2021 10:00:00 GMT Aloïse Mabondzo receives exceptional funding from NIH ! https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2021/A-Mabondzo-funding-from-NIH.aspx Aloïse Mabondzo, research director, head of the Neurovascular Pharmacology Group of the SPI (DMTS), co-founder and scientific director (CSO) of CERES BRAIN THERAPEUTICS, has just obtained funding of nearly one million US dollars from the prestigious National Institute of Health for his project « Neuroprotective Strategy: Novel Purine Derivatives for Neonatal Hypoxia-ischemia ». Brain ; Diseases News ; Article Mon, 29 Mar 2021 10:00:00 GMT Towards a transcranial echography https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2021/Towards-transcranial-echography.aspx Jean-Luc Gennisson (BioMaps/SHFJ) coordinated, in partnership with the CEA-List (Sylvain Chatillon), the EchoBrain project (ATTRACT/H2020) aimed at adapting the digital tools developed by the List (CIVA platform) to significantly increase the quality of brain echography images, simple alternative compared to the methods (MRI, X-ray scanner) currently used for the diagnosis of strokes. Brain ; Medical imaging ; Simulation & modelling News ; Article Tue, 19 Jan 2021 11:00:00 GMT SPI is committed to precision medicine for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2021/SPI-ATRACTion-consortium.aspx Coordinated by the Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases, the ATRACTion program is based on a consortium of 11 academic and industrial partners, including SPI (DMTS), and aims to develop a precision medicine for patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases associated with primary immune deficiencies. Metabolomics ; Mass spectrometry ; Autoimmune diseases News Thu, 14 Jan 2021 11:00:00 GMT Launch of AROMA, a european project to exploit the full potential of NeuroSpin's future 11.7 T scanner. https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2021/Launch-of-AROMA.aspx AROMA, a FET-Open H2020 project, aims to develop the methodology necessary for the optimal operation of the future 11.7 T MRI being installed at NeuroSpin. This 5-year project, coordinated by Nicolas Boulant (NeuroSpin), with an overall budget of 3.6 million euros, involving six partners from five countries representing academia and industry, started on January 1, 2021. Methodologies for life sciences ; Brain ; MRI News Wed, 06 Jan 2021 11:00:00 GMT CEA carries for France the EBRAINS infrastructure inscription on the ESFRI roadmap https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/CEA-carries-EBRAINS-inscription-for-ESFRI.aspx EBRAINS (European Brain ReseArch INfrastructureS) is a european research infrastructure designed by the scientific community which, based on a set of state-of-the-art digital platforms, aims to answer the analysis and processing needs of large brain data sets. CEA carries for France EBRAINS inscription on the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures roadmap, which was submitted in early September 2020. Brain ; Simulation & modelling News ; Article ; Europe Wed, 09 Dec 2020 11:00:00 GMT Bruno Robert (head of SB2SM/I2BC) is awarded Honoris causa Professor at the University of Vilnius https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/Bruno-Robert-awarded-Honoris-causa-Professor-Vilnius.aspx This appointment comes after more than 15 years of close scientific collaboration between Bruno Robert's team in CEA Paris-Saclay and the Physics Department of the University of Vilnius. Quantum Physics ; Photosynthesis News ; Article Thu, 19 Nov 2020 11:00:00 GMT BRICON, a project of the Human Brain Project for NeuroSpin (UNICOG) https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/BRICON-project-Human-Brain-Project-NeuroSpin.aspx Theofanis Panagiotaropoulos (NeuroSpin) obtains funding from the Human Brain Project for BRICON (Brain Inspired Consciousness), a project of HBP's neuroscience activities. Brain ; Cognition News ; Article Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:00:00 GMT SHFJ : Solène Marie,winner of the L'Oréal-Unesco "For women in sciences" Prize https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/Solene-Marie-SHFJ-FWIS.aspx Solène Marie is one of the 35 laureates of the L'Oréal-UNESCO National Prize for Women in Science "Jeunes Talents France". She is rewarded for her work at the SHFJ. médecine;Marie Curie; Thu, 01 Oct 2020 10:00:00 GMT Florent Meyniel, laureate of the prestigious "ERC Starting grant" call https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/Florent-Meyniel-ERC-SG.aspx On September 3, the European Research Council announced the names of the 436 winners of the ERC Starting Grant 2020 call. Florent Meyniel, CEA researcher at the NeuroSpin department of the Joliot Institute, is among them. MRI Neurospin Prizes and awards ; Europe ; Article H2020;Bayes; Thu, 03 Sep 2020 10:05:00 GMT Lamins and Progeria: What Does Structural Biology Tell Us? https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/Lamines-Progeria-Structural-Biology.aspx A team from the I2BC publishes in FEBS Journal an exhaustive review of the various mutations affecting the structure of type A lamins, proteins that make up the envelope of the cell nucleus (nuclear lamina), which lead to premature aging in people with the disease (Progeria). Structural biology ; Diseases Mon, 24 Aug 2020 10:00:00 GMT How the identification of attenuated forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could help to control the current epidemic ? https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/Identification-attenuated-covid-virus-variants.aspx An opinion article, published in Environmental Microbiology, and written by an international consortium initiated by three researchers of Joliot Institute, proposes an original way of research on Covid-19 through the identification by sequencing of attenuated variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in populations at risk with little or no symptoms. Virus ; Genomics ; Vaccine Tue, 12 May 2020 10:00:00 GMT Do social and physical distancing change the way we relate to time?…. https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/Confined-time-study.aspx In order to answer this question, a vast study of experimental psychology and chronobiology, directed by Virginie Van Wassenhove (NeuroSpin) was launched in collaboration with Inserm and the University of Paris-Saclay. Brain News ; Article Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:00 GMT Towards a new generation of antennas for ultra-high field imaging of the brain https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/M-ONE-project-Antenna.aspx The European Commission once more places its trust on Multiwave company and its partners, Aix-Marseille Université, CEA and Université Catholique de Louvain to revolutionize ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. MRI ; Physics ; Brain News ; Europe ; Article Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:00:00 GMT Success of the workshop organized under the EurobioTox European program https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/Succes-workshop-EuroBioTox.aspx ​​A training seminar "on biological toxins and on site detection" on in situ detection of biological toxins for first responders and validation of forensic procedures was held at CEA Paris-Saclay from 3 to 5 March 2020. Biodetection SPI Event ; Article Tue, 31 Mar 2020 10:00:00 GMT Launch of FLIX, a European project for the isotopic labeling of molecules with high added values https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/Launch-of-FLIX.aspx In June 2019, the SCBM obtained a European FET-Open funding for the FLIX project (FLow chemistry for Isotopic eXchange), a radically innovative concept of isotopic labeling of molecules with high added values. This 4-year project, coordinated by CEA/SCBM, with an overall budget of 3.5 million euros started on January 1, 2020 and consists of seven European academic or industrial partners in five countries. Chemistry News ; Europe ; Article Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:00:00 GMT Call for applications: 13 PhD trainings funded by the H2020 program NUMERICS and INSTN https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/NUMERICS-funding.aspx The Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences obtains the label of 13 research projects for the recruitment of talented international students in the fields of numerical simulation and scientific computing. Applications must be sent by April 30, 2020. Higher education Joliot Highlight ; Europe simulation;big data; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:00:00 GMT Davide Audisio (SCBM), winner of a « 2019 Consolidator Grant » from the European Research Council https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2019/Davide-Audisio-winner-Consolidator-Grant-ERC.aspx The European Research Council (ERC) announced, on December 10, 2019, the winners of the 2019 ERC "Consolidator Grants". Three CEA researchers are rewarded for the excellence of their work in astrophysics, particle physics and chemistry. In Joliot, chemistry is honored with the award of the research grant to Davide Audisio, SCBM, for his expertise in labeling molecules of interest with 14Carbone. Chemistry News ; Europe Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:00:00 GMT Success for the 2019 ICMRM conference co-organized by Luisa Ciobanu https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2019/Success-for-the-2019-ICMRM-conference-co-organized-by-Luisa-Ciobanu.aspx 168 participants from 21 countries attented the 2019 International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy (ICMRM) that took place from 18-22 August in Paris.​ It was co-organized by Luisa Ciobanu (NeuroSpin) and Dimitrios Sakellariou (KU Leuven). MRI Researchers Saclay Conference magnetic resonance microscopy; Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:00:00 GMT Iseult project: the MRI magnet has just reached a magnetic field of 9.51T https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2019/Iseult-Project-MRI-magnet-9,51T.aspx The magnet of the future MRI at 11.7 teslas of the Iseult project at NeuroSpin (CEA Paris-Saclay) reached a magnetic field of 9.51 teslas during tests carried out on Wednesday 22 May. This new level is a record since the magnet has become on this occasion the most powerful MRI magnet in the world for imaging in humans with a stored energy of 221 MJ. This successful outcome is the result of the work of the Iseult project’s team from the CEA. MRI ; Cryogenics ; Tools & research instruments ; Brain ; Physics ; Technologies Researchers ; general public ; Journalists Joliot Scientific result Fri, 24 May 2019 10:00:00 GMT FRISBI: the structural biology platform of Genopole joins the National Infrastructure https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2019/Genopole-structural-biology-platforms-joins-FRISBI.aspx The French National Infrastructure of Integrated Structural Biology (FRISBI) is now integratinf Genopole's structural biology platform into its Paris-Sud node. Structural biology Researchers Saclay Academic partnerships i;microscope à force atomique;plateforme; Fri, 10 May 2019 10:00:00 GMT M-CUBE: success story of the European Union https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2020/M-CUBE-success-story-EC-EN.aspx The M-CUBE consortium, funded by the H2020 program, is now listed in the "success stories" of the European Commission website. A further confirmation of the interest of the work of NeuroSpin physicits and their collaborators on metamaterials to "boost" the MRI of the future. MRI ; Medical imaging News ; Europe H2020;MRI Scanner; Fri, 19 Apr 2019 10:00:00 GMT IBiSA labeling of the Saclay plateau screening platforms (C@PS) https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2019/IBiSA-screening-saclay-plateau.aspx ​The union of the Saclay Plateau screening platforms under a single banner C @ PS (Criblage sur le Plateau de Saclay) has just obtained the IBiSA label. Jean-Christophe Cintrat (Joliot / SCBM) is in charge of the overall infrastructure. Chemistry ; High-throughput screening News Tue, 26 Mar 2019 11:00:00 GMT European funding for better management of liver diseases https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2019/European-Funding-liver-diseases-microb-predict.aspx Europe is committed to better diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with severe forms of cirrhosis. It finances the MICROB-PREDICT consortium, which aims to better understand the role of the human microbiome in the pathogenesis and evolution of cirrhosis. Final goal is to uture personalized therapeutic strategies and diagnostic tools. The SPI (Joliot Institute) is the main project lead for the CEA. Diagnosis and innovative treatment SPI Europe Europe;foie;consortium;métabolomique;lipidomique;cirrhose;MICROB-PREDICT; Fri, 01 Feb 2019 11:00:00 GMT Art and Sciences Meeting at NeuroSpin... the musician brain https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/concert-zhang-zhang.aspx ​On June 27, Stanislas Dehaene received an exceptional guest at NeuroSpin: the violinist Zhang Zhang and her band played together ZhangoMusic for an unprecedented evening, mixing music and brain, in front of a conquered public. The artist has enthusiastically lent herself to the different cognitive challenges proposed by Stanislas and his accomplices Laurent Cohen and Lionel Naccache. Institutional News Mon, 23 Jul 2018 10:00:00 GMT NeuroSpin welcomes schoolkids as part of the Neuro2Co project https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/NeuroSpin-schoolkids-Neuro2Co.aspx ​The Neuro2Co project, led by INRA Val de Loire whose NeuroSpin is a partner, aims to test the hypothesis according to which the organization of brain connections, the connectome, accounts for behavioral adaptation strategies of different animal species. Under the impetus of this project, 3 science teachers from the secondary-school André Bauchant (37) animate since September 2017 a scientific workshop, the workshop Ciboulot, for students from 5th to 3rd. It is in this context that they came to NeuroSpin on June 12, hosted by Cyril Poupon and his team to achieve the acquisition of images in MRI of a quail brain. Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:00:00 GMT 2018 Music and Sport Festival : Joliot says 'Here!' https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/music-sport-festival-2018.aspx ​Several teams from the Frédéric Joliot Institute took part in the sports event of the Paris-Saclay centre on June 22, 2018, a moment placed under the sign of conviviality and good humor. And some of them even won prizes ... Institutional News Mon, 02 Jul 2018 10:00:00 GMT 2nd PhD days of the Frédéric Joliot Institut for Life Sciences https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/phd-days-2018.aspx ​​On the 7th and 8th of June were held the second edition of the PhD Days (JDD) of the Frédéric Joliot Institute for Life Sciences. In the spirit of previous days, PhD students and researchers met during four half-days to discuss about their work, but also to discover the diversity of topics addressed in our institute and expand their own knowledge. Institutional News Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:00:00 GMT A SIMOPRO project supported by SATT Paris-Saclay https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/SIMOPRO-project-supported-by-SATT-paris-saclay.aspx ​A SIMOPRO project supported by SATT Paris-Saclay: in vivo validation of the efficacy of the DTR8 molecule, developed and patented at SIMOPRO (Department of Medicines and Technologies for Health) in collaboration with Inserm, as a treatment for glomerulonephritis rapidly progressive. Institutional ; Toxicology ; Diagnosis and innovative treatment News Wed, 30 May 2018 10:00:00 GMT Toxins, vaccines, biobetters: a mission at the Butantan Institute of São Paulo https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/Toxins-vaccines-biobetters-butantan.aspx ​​Last April, a delegation of experts from the DRF visited colleagues at the Butantan Institute of São Paulo, a biomedical research center that has had close links with several researchers at the Joliot Institute since 2014. This mission is is concluded by the signing of a framework agreement between the two institutes in the field of therapeutic and vaccine innovation. Institutional ; Toxicology ; Vaccine News Fri, 25 May 2018 10:00:00 GMT The first CEA functional genomics symposium https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/first-cea-functional-genomics-symposium.aspx ​The first CEA functional genomics symposium was held on April 4-5. The meeting, led by the CNRGH (National Center for Research in Human Genomics), took place on the CEA site in Fontenay-aux-Roses. Many researchers from the Frédéric Joliot Institute were invited. Institutional ; Genomics News Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:00:00 GMT The Brain Awareness Week 2018: a success beyond all expectations! https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/assessment-sdc-2018.aspx ​The 20th edition of the Brain Awareness Week at NeuroSpin, from March 12th to 16th, was marked by a record number of visitors attending conferences and visiting the department. This success, also present at the national level, shows the growing interest of the public for neuroscience and hopes for advances in brain research. Institutional ; Brain News Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:00:00 GMT Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz, silver medalist https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/ghislaine-silver-medal.aspx ​On the 15th of March, the CNRS awarded the silver medal to Ghislaine Dehaene-Lambertz for her research on brain mechanisms of infants and young children in learning. Institutional ; Brain News Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:00:00 GMT Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, visits NeuroSpin neuroimaging center https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/minister-visits-neurospin.aspx On the occasion of the Brain Awareness Week (12-18.3.2018), Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, met scientists from the neuroimaging center NeuroSpin, located at the CEA Paris-Saclay Center, accompanied by Daniel Verwaerde, CEA General Administrator, and Stanislas Dehaene, Director of NeuroSpin. Institutional ; Brain News Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:00:00 GMT The Brain Awareness Week 2018 at NeuroSpin https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/brain-awareness-week-2018.aspx The Brain Awareness Week 2018 will take place from Monday, March 12th to Sunday, March 18th. On this occasion, NeuroSpin will open its doors to the public (from 12 to 16) by offering this year, in addition to visits from its imagers, a series of "interactive" conferences in which each speaker will be able to rely on a short video. More time will be spent on questions and answers. Institutional ; Brain News Thu, 01 Mar 2018 11:00:00 GMT A scientific anniversary for NeuroSpin's ten years! https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/10-years-neurospin.aspx ​To celebrate the remarkable work of NeuroSpin researchers over the past 10 years, a day of high-level scientific conferences was held on the 16th of February at NeuroSpin under the leadership of its director, Stanislas Dehaene. Institutional ; Brain News Tue, 27 Feb 2018 11:00:00 GMT Stanislas Dehaene at the head of the new Scientific Council of National Education https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2018/stanislas-dehaene-scientific-council.aspx Named Chairman of the Scientific Council of National Education by Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer, Stanislas Dehaene (Inserm / CEA-NeuroSpin / Paris-Sud University/ College de France) will coordinate the work and reflections of the council on learning to feed reflection about strategies to promote student learning. The constitution of the Scientific Council, composed of twenty-one members, was presented on the 10th of January 2018. Institutional ; Brain ; Health & life sciences News Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:00:00 GMT Laying the foundation stone of the future I2BC building https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/foundation-stone-building-i2bc.aspx The Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell - I2BC (including Teams from I2BC@Saclay) celebrated the laying of the foundation stone of its future building on the 13th of December 2017 on the CNRS campus in Gif-sur-Yvette. The objective of the I2BC real estate project is to bring together, within a common research and training project, Research Teams in a single location to stimulate interactions, share the most effective skills and equipment. Institutional ; Health & life sciences News Thu, 04 Jan 2018 11:00:00 GMT First colloquium of the Life Sciences Department of Paris-Saclay University https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/first_conference_life_sciences.aspx The first colloquium of the Department of Life Sciences of Paris-Saclay University - a department of which the Frédéric Joliot Institute is a member - was held on October 25th and 26th, 2017, in Orsay, at the Paris-Sud University campus (Faculty of Sciences, Cartan amphitheater). Institutional ; Health & life sciences News Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:00:00 GMT Inauguration of the GinesisLab LabCom https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/inauguration_labcom_ginesislab.aspx The Neurofunctional Imaging Group (GIN - IMN) and the company Fealinx (formerly Cadesis) inaugurated in Bordeaux on October 23 the joint Ginesislab laboratory. The objective of this laboratory is to optimize the use of biomedical imaging data by developing a specific computer platform.​ Institutional ; Brain News Mon, 30 Oct 2017 11:00:00 GMT Science Festival 2017 at Le Moulon https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/science_festival_2017_le_moulon.aspx ​Brain Imaging and the largest MRI magnet in the world, on the program of the Science Festival on Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th October, at the sports center of Le Moulon. A success for CEA, IRFU and NeuroSpin! Institutional ; Science & society News Fri, 20 Oct 2017 10:00:00 GMT At the heart of medical imaging with FLI Paris Center-Paris Sud Meeting https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/At_the_heart_of_medical_imaging_FLI.aspx The first joint scientific meeting of the Paris-Sud and Paris-Center nodes of the France Life Imaging Biology and Health Infrastructure was held on the 14th of September 2017, at the SHFJ in Orsay. The theme was the integration of heterogeneous imaging and biology data. Many researchers from the Frédéric Joliot Institute took part in this event attended by more than 100 people, including 1 / 5th of industrialists. Institutional ; Medical imaging ; Health & life sciences News Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:00:00 GMT CEA and Inserm about understanding and managing DYS disorders https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/CEA_Inserm_understanding-_management_DYS_disorders.aspx On the occasion of the national day of "dys", discover the work carried out by the teams of the NeuroSpin research infrastructure, on the CEA Paris-Saclay center. Institutional ; Brain ; Diseases News Mon, 09 Oct 2017 10:00:00 GMT 18th October 2017 : first colloquium Amphybio https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/first_colloquium_Amphybio-.aspx ​Organized within the framework "DRF Impulsion", this event will be moderated by Virginie van Wassenhove, researcher at NeuroSpin, and Etienne Klein, and will focus on Big Data. Institutional News Wed, 04 Oct 2017 10:00:00 GMT New MOOC on biological crystallography https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/New_MOOC_on_biological_crystallography.aspx Paris-Saclay University is pleased to present the MOOC "Journey to the heart of life with X-rays: crystallography", result of a close collaboration between the Department I2BC @ Saclay (pedagogical director: Marie-Hélène Le Du ), the Sun Synchrotron, the Ecole Polytechnique, the CNRS, and the University Paris Sud. Institutional ; Health & life sciences ; Structural biology News Mon, 18 Sep 2017 10:00:00 GMT The SPI at the heart of the fight against bioterrorism https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/The_SPI_at_the_heart_of_the_fight_against_bioterrorism.aspx For more than 30 years, the Service of Pharmacology and Immunoanalysis (SPI) of the CEA's Frédéric Joliot Institute offers its expertise in the development of immunoanalytical methods, physicochemical analyzes (LC-MS), genetic detection ( PCR) and cell culture allowing it to address the detection, quantification and fate of potentially dangerous molecules or microorganisms. Since 2005, his research in the field of biosafety has been supported by the interdepartmental R&D program NRBC-E, entrusted by public authorities to the CEA.​ Institutional ; Health & life sciences News Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:00:00 GMT "DRF Impulsion 2017" assessment https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/Balance_sheet_drf_impulsion_2017.aspx ​In early 2017, the DRF management launched a new call for projects whose aim is to stimulate changes or new interactions between its institutes. This year, management has decided to consolidate and strengthen all of its incentive actions into one larger program. Research Teams at the Frédéric Joliot Institute have been very active in getting involved. Institutional ; Fundamental Research News Mon, 17 Jul 2017 10:00:00 GMT The first PhD students Days at the Frédéric Joliot Institute https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/The_first_PhD_students_days_at_the_Institute_Frederic_Joliot.aspx On the 5th, 6th and 7th of July the first PhD students Days of the Institute of life sciences Frédéric Joliot were held. In the spirit of the previous PhD students Days that took place each year at IBITECS and I2BM, PhD students and researchers met for three half days to discuss about their work. Institutional ; Health & life sciences News Wed, 12 Jul 2017 10:00:00 GMT The 11.7 Tesla magnet of the Iseult project in its setting at NeuroSpin https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/The_11-7_Tesla_magnet_of_the_Iseult_project_in_its_setting_at_NeuroSpin.aspx Last May, we showed you almost live the extraordinary journey of the magnet from Belfort to Saclay, and his arrival on the 18th of May. What happened later? Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:00:00 GMT "It happened at the SHFJ" https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/It_happened_at_the_SHFJ.aspx The "First international course on PET in Epilepsy", organized by the SHFJ in early June, brought together about thirty international specialists in the field. The challenge was to disseminate know-how widely developed at SHFJ: the pre-surgical localization of epileptic foci by PET in patients with focal drug-resistant epilepsies, candidates for resection neurosurgery. Institutional ; Brain ; Positron Emission Tomography News Tue, 27 Jun 2017 10:00:00 GMT MOMENTOM project at the SB2SM https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/MOMENTOM_project_at_the_SB2SM.aspx Winfried Leibl (SB2SM) is a member of the steering committee of the MOMENTOM project (MOlecules and Materials for the ENergy of TOMorrow, IRS PARIS-SACLAY, 2017-2020) This project, funded within the framework of the Strategic Research Initiatives (IRS) of Paris-Saclay University, concerns molecules and materials for the energy of tomorrow. Institutional ; Photosynthesis ; Bioenergy News Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:00:00 GMT The travel of the 11.7 T MRI magnet from Belfort to Saclay https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/The_journey_of_the_11-7_T_magnet_from_Belfort_to_Saclay.aspx Got it ! Thursday, the 18th of May 2017, at 9:30 pm, the 11.7 Tesla magnet of the Iseult project joined the CEA, after a journey started on the 4th of May in Belfort, to be installed at NeuroSpin. Institutional ; MRI ; Brain ; Medical imaging News Mon, 22 May 2017 10:00:00 GMT Pierre Fabre and H-Immune: a strategic research partnership for the development of immunotherapies in the field of cancer. https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/Pierre_fabre_h_immune.aspx ​After its creation by Michel Léonetti, a researcher at SPI / LERI, and Luc Boblet, external holder at the CEA, backed by the IDEX Paris-Saclay funding among other things, the H-Immune start-up recently signed a partnership agreement with the Pierre Fabre Innovation Fund to develop cancer immunotherapy treatments. Cancer ; Institutional News Wed, 03 May 2017 10:00:00 GMT Travel of the largest and most powerful MRI magnet in the world https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/travel_mri_magnet_iseult.aspx On Thursday, May 4, a giant magnet weighing 130 metric tons will leave the assembly plants in Belfort on its journey to the NeuroSpin research facility at the CEA's Paris-Saclay Center (Essonne). Health & life sciences ; MRI ; Medical imaging News Tue, 02 May 2017 10:00:00 GMT New Project Aimed at Reducing Antibiotic Resistance https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/new-project-aimed-at-reducing-antibiotic-resistance.aspx ​The CEA Frédéric Joliot Institute is involved in project CARBAMAT to fight against antibiotic resistance. SATT Paris-Saclay, a company promoting technology transfer, supports this project. Institutional ; Antibiotics ; Health & life sciences News Fri, 28 Apr 2017 10:00:00 GMT Iseult project magnet ready to take off https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/Iseult-project_magnet_ready_to_take_off.aspx ​On Tuesday 18 April 2017, CEA's Iseult project teams met in Belfort to celebrate the approach of their joint work. Institutional ; Health & life sciences News Thu, 27 Apr 2017 10:00:00 GMT Ginesislab: valuation of very large cohorts in imaging https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/Ginesislab_valuation_of_very_large_cohorts_in_imaging.aspx Brain ; Health & life sciences ; Medical imaging News Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:00:00 GMT Brain week 2017 assessment https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/Assessment_brain_week_2017.aspx From the 13th to the 17th of March, NeuroSpin has opened its doors to public and CEA agents, on the occasion of the 19th edition of the Brain Week. This year again, this event was a great success, thanks to quality conferences and perfectly orchestrated visits. Brain ; Institutional ; Health & life sciences News Thu, 30 Mar 2017 10:00:00 GMT A page turns... https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/a_page_turns.aspx ​The paper collections located in the old documentation of Life Sciences (BioDoc, DRC building 530) were sorted, a part was kept and the rest was eliminated at the beginning of March so that the works on the new offices for the management of the Institute Frédéric Joliot can start. Institutional News Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:00:00 GMT The Brain Week 2017 https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/brain_week_2017.aspx ​For the 19th edition of Brain Awareness Week, coordinated by the Society of Neuroscience, CEA-NeuroSpin opens its doors and organizes numerous meetings with scientists. Conferences, visits and shows to discover, or deepen your knowledge, about the brain. Institutional ; Brain ; Health & life sciences News Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:00:00 GMT ZIKAlliance Kickoff https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/ZIKAlliance_Kickoff.aspx ​​CEA Frédéric Joliot Institute is part of ZIKAlliance, a project of the European Union focused on studying infection by the Zika virus and preparing for possible epidemics. Health & life sciences ; Virus News Thu, 16 Feb 2017 11:00:00 GMT H2020: launch of the research project "M-CUBE" https://www.cea.fr/drf/joliot/en/Pages/news/Institute/2017/H2020_launch_of_the_research_project_M-CUBE.aspx The research project M-CUBE, carried by the Aix Marseille University (AMU) via the Fresnel Institute and the Center for Magnetic Resonance Biological and Medical (CRMBM), was selected by the European Commission as part of the program Horizon 2020. Institutional ; Health & life sciences News Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:00 GMT