A gift for labs in the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine

Among the equipment received are, for example, CO₂ incubators for preserving, under optimal conditions, cells cultured as part of scientific experiments, laminar flow hoods to prevent contamination of biological samples, and a series of -20 and -80 degree freezers for preserving samples at low temperatures.

The lucky recipients of this equipment are the Molecular Physiology Research Unit (URPhyM) within the Faculty of Medicine and the Environmental and Evolutionary Biology Research Unit (URBE), the Microorganism Biology Research Unit (URBM) and the Integrated Veterinary Research Unit (URVI) within the Faculty of Science.

The URPhyM: the research themes addressed in its laboratories have in common the study of the molecular bases of normal biological functions and certain diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases or skin pathologies.

The URBE : its research teams aim to study aquatic organisms, their adaptations and their interactions with the environment Its research focuses range from the study of genomes to that of ecosystems, via organisms and populations.

The URBM: its scientists devote their research to micro-organisms (mainly bacteria) at all levels of integration, from molecular to cellular bacteriology, and their relationship with their hosts.

The URVI: this research unit integrates the expertise of researchers in anatomy, surgery, physiology, ethology and cell biology around a central theme: animal patho-biology. The questions asked range from the molecule to the whole animal.