We are proud to share that Khaled Tighanimine, former PhD student at INEM under the supervision of Mario Pende and Stefano Fumagalli, is laureate  of the 10th edition of the Prize Chaffoteaux SFGG / Fondation de France 2025. This foundation is destined to « celebrate a research work (French or foreign) that permitted a profress in the domain of medical science of humans, and particularly in the domain of geriatrics and aging» (source : https://sfgg.org/).

Meningococci reshape host membranes to recruit their own signaling receptors

The team of Mathieu Coureuil and Anne Jamet – Host Pathogen Integrative Biology – at INEM, in collaboration with colleagues from Institut Cochin and from PICMO, Institut des Saints-Pères and CIMI Paris, shed light on a biophysical mechanism that enables Neisseria meningitidis—the bacterium responsible for meningococcal me

Starting Grants 2025

Meryem Baghdadi's research focuses on stem cells and their environment: the “niche.” She obtained her PhD in 2017 at the Pasteur Institute, where she conducted research on muscle stem cells. After her thesis, she continued her research in Toronto, Canada, at SickKids, this time focusing on intestinal stem cells and their regeneration. Since 2022, she has been a research fellow at the CNRS at the Institut Curie, where she is exploring the role of the mechanical niche in the regulation of intestinal stem cells.

Demystifying cell biology and lab life on Instagram? 

 👩‍🔬📲 That's the challenge that Carla Alemany, PhD student in Etienne Morel's MEMBRAMICS team, set herself in in September 2024! 

Inhibition of microbial sensing by AHR in monocytes: a mechanism that restrains cytokine responses

An islet-resident macrophage antioxidant program preserves β cell physiology

Kidney Week 2025, the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), was held in Houston (Texas, USA) from November 6 to 9, 2025. This event gathers each year several thousand researchers, clinicians, and young scientists from around the world to share major advances in nephrology research and clinical practice.