"At the heart of cellular response and regulation mechanisms"

The Cell Biology Research Unit (URBC) comprises 40 researchers and technicians studying in 5 different fields. Research is devoted to understanding cellular response mechanisms in normal and pathological situations. It is also developing more applied research associated with the development of proteomics and nanotechnologies.

Research themes

The URBC's research is organized around the following themes:

  • TumHyp: Tumor Hypoxia
  • DYSO: the dialogue between mitochondria, nucleus and other organelles
  • SAGE: Stress and Aging - Stress-Induced Premature Senescence (SIPS)
  • DoME: Dynamics of Membranes and Endocytosis
  • Applied research:
  • Transcription factors: development of new assays to identify transcriptional regulators captured by a regulatory sequence. This research includes the study of transcription factors as well as proteomic analyses, for which the laboratory is fully equipped.
  • Feeding and proteomics: long-standing expertise in proteomics. In recent years, this expertise has been applied to the analysis of foodstuffs and animal feeds.