Communication from CNRS Chemistry | Thomas Grutter
The CNRS Chemistry department has issued a national press release announcing the publication in eLife by the ICE and SNP teams. Congratulations to them! Link
New PhD student
The ICE team is pleased to welcome Arya Jayaraj Chittazhi, a new PhD student who will work on the development of innovative light-sensitive nanomaterials for the precise activation of cells expressing mechanosensitive PIEZO channels. This project, co-funded by the ITI Neurostra and SysChem, will be…
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New biology engineer
The CBST is pleased to welcome Laurence Reutenauer, Assistant Engineer at the CNRS, as a permanent member of the ITA. She began her duties on June 1st within the ICE team.
Lunch NeuroStra
PhD students Mélaine Balcon and Antoine Le Bris, from the ICI team, had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Professor Ardem Patapoutian, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (2021), during a lunch organized by NeuroStra. His visit to Strasbourg was part of the CNRS Fellows-Ambassadors…
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Publication | eLife
Affinity-guided labeling reveals P2X7 nanoscale membrane redistribution during microglial activation
Funding
Thomas Grutter and Andrey Klymchenko (from UMR 7021) are recipients of the ITI NeuroStra call for projects "interdisciplinary PhD." The project will focus on the development of innovative light-responsive nanomaterials for precise activation of PIEZO-expressing cells.
Funding
Thierry Chataigneau is a laureate of the IdEx Exploratory Research 2024 (University of Strasbourg and France 2030), for a project entitled "Endopia - Endothelium and PIEZO1 mechanosensitive channels: regulation of P2X-type purinergic channel receptors". News ICE
New PhD student
We are happy to welcome Antoine Le-Bris, a new member of the team. His PhD research will concern Piezo channels. News ICE
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Christmas celebration
On December 22nd, we gathered in the best "tarte flambée" restaurant in Alsace (in our opinion anyway). The administrative department was also invited. News ICE
Activation of mechanosensitive proteins with light to see their functioning more clearly
Thomas Grutter's team has developed a new method to activate mechanosensitive proteins using light.