AN OUTSTANDING INNOVATION POLICY

Mérieux Research Grants 2011

Sylvie ALONSOSingapore
cooperation agreement with Sharjah University

• Latent tuberculosis: investigating the mechanisms involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival within lysosomes of macrophages. Starting grant

Frederic BIENVENUInserm – Montpellier - France
cooperation agreement with Sharjah University

• Transcription-Nuclear Export Coupling as a New Cancer Diagnosis-Prognosis and Therapeutic Target Starting grant

Hua CUIUniversity of Science and Technology of China – Hefei - China

• Luminescence Functionalized Nanoprobes for chemiluminescence bioassays Starting grant

Eleftherios DIAMANTISMount Sinai Hospital, Toronto - Canada

• Towards non-invasive diagnosis of urogenital diseases by a novel multiparametric biomarker panel in seminal plasma Advanced grant

Marc-Emmanuel DUMAS – Charles COOMBESImperial College - London

• Signalling Mechanisms of Metabolic Syndrome by The Gut Microbiota Metabolome
• Predictive modelling of systemic adjuvant therapy outcomes in breast cancer patients Advanced grant

Hussam HAICKTechnion – Haifa - Israel

• Screening, Diagnosis and Monitoring of Prostate Cancer via Exhaled Breath Using an Array of Nanosensors Advanced grant

Na LIPeking University – Beijing - China

• Foodborne Pathogen Detection using Saccharide Capped Gold Nanoparticles Starting grant

Jianfeng LIUHuazhong University of Science and Technology – Wuhan - China

• The theranostics biomarker identification in the GABAB receptor/Akt complex for human cancer metastasis treatment Advanced grant

Jeremy NICHOLSON - Elaine HOLMESImperial College - London

• Quantitative microbial co-metabolite biomarker analysis in acute medicine and public health”. Advanced grant

Sanjay PHOGATIavi - New York - US

• Novel High-Throughput Screening Selection Strategy to identify HIV Advanced grant

Jacques SAMARUTENS – Lyon - France
cooperation agreement with Sharjah University

• Signaling pathways of nuclear receptors in human prostate and colon tumors : toward identification of new pathology biomarkers Starting grant

Hui-Chuan SUNZhongshan Hospital, - Shanghai - China

• Study of gene expression profile of tumor endothelial cells in hepatocellular carcinoma Starting grant

Jia-Chang YUEInstitute of Biophysics, CAS – Beijing - China

• Protein motor F0F1-ATPase constructing vital virus biosensor Starting grant

Mérieux Research Grants 2010

Emile BEAULIEUnserm – Collège de France Paris

• Novel approach of the prevention/treatment of naturopathies with dementia, including Alzheimer’s diseases - Emergency of FKBP52 immunophilin function an Tay pathophysiology

Francis CHISARIScripps – La Jolla

• Induction of the interferon response by the Hepatitis C Virus

Jeffrey GORDONWashington University - Saint Louis - USA

• A metagenomic study using humanized gnotobiotic mice to characterize the effects of malnutrition and the gut microbiota on vaccine response

Daniel KALMANEmory University - Atlanta

• Development of novel therapeutics for treating MTB infection

Anne O’GARRANational Institute for Medical Research

• Transcriptional signatures in human tuberculosis 

Michael ROUKESKavli Nanoscience Institute

• Mass spectrometry based on NEMS arrays (NEMS-MS)

Philippe SANSONETTIInstitut Pasteur Paris

• Deciphering the regulation of innate antimicrobial peptides to develop innovative anti-infectious drugs

Hong-Bin SHUUniversity Wuhan

• Molecular mechanisms of cellular antiviral response

Luc TEYTONScripps – La Jolla

• Development of a new immunomodulators using High Troughtup sreening

Zhouping WANGJiangnan University - Wuxi

• Aptamer recognition and nanostructure sensing based on ultrasensitive bioanalysis for food nutrition and food safety

Bob WEINBERGWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research - Cambridge

• Factors Regulating the Stem Cell State of Normal and Neoplastic Cells

Chen Yu ZHANGSchool of life Sciences Nanjing University

• Milk MicroRNA expression profile as a novel biomarker for raw milk quality detection

Mérieux Research Grants 2009

Francis ALBARDEENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure) in Lyon - France

• the natural isotopic variability of metals associated with some cancer pathologies

Xiang DUFudan University Cancer Hospital in Shanghai - China

• Seeking the Novel Biomarkers in Colorectal microRNAome

Lee-Ann JAYKUSFood Science Department North Carolina State University in Raleigh - USA

• Development and application of novel approaches for human enteric virus concentration and purification from complex sample in support of rapid molecular-based detection

Jan KARLSEDERSalk Institute for Biological Studies, in La Jolla, California - USA

• C. elegans as a model for telmomere Length Regulation in cancer

Pierre MIOSSECHospices Civils de Lyon - France

• IL-17 and Th17 cells in rheumatoid arthritis

Germain PUZOCNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) et University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse - France

• Sulfoglycolipid antigens as subunit candidate TB vaccine

Philippe ROINGEARDUniversity François Rabelais in Tours - France

• New fusion proteins and their application for preparation of hepatitis C vaccines

Ajit VARKIUniversity of California, San Diego - USA

• Roles of a Non-human Sialic Acid in Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Food and Drug Safety

Inder VERMASalk Institute for Biological Studies, in La Jolla, California - USA

• Glioblastoma : The rôle of NF kB and its potential as therapeutictarget

Zhiwei WUNanjing University in Nanjing - China

• Design of an innate immune agent as an HIV-1 entry inhibitor

Rong ZHOUGuangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Guangzhou - China

• Study on trivalent vaccine against human adenovirus and a “virus display” platform for vaccine development