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2021
Paul Humbert
Paul is post-doctorant. He will work on the project ExcellDisc
He joined our unit on January 4th 2021
His supervisor is Catherine Le Visage
Gabriel Rouau
Gabriel is a M2 Student. He will work on the use of the intravenous route to promote bone regeneration of the irradiated mandible
He joined our unit on January 4th 2021
His supervisors are Florent Espitalier, Valérie Geoffroy & Angélique Galvani
Congratulations to Cyril d'Arros for his PhD Defense !
Cyril defended his thesis on October 2nd, 2020
Développement d'un substitut osseux hautement malléable et cohésif, un nouveau concept de matrice pour la régénération osseuse
Directeur de thèse: O. Malard - Co-directeur : G. Daculsi
Ségolène Reiss
Ségolène is a M2 Student. She will work on the assessment of bone neoformation in Vivo of 3D printed implants
She joined our unit on January 4th 2021
Her supervisors are Arnaud Paré & Pierre Weiss
Maëva Dutilleul
Maëva is an assistant engineer. She will work on histology platform
She joined our unit on January 4th 2021
Her supervisors are Pierre Weiss & Julie Lesoeur
Julie Warin
Julie is a M2 Student. She will work on development and regeneration of the intervertebral disc
She joined our unit on January 4th 2021
Her supervisor is Anne Camus
2020
OVERbone
The REGOS team of the Inserm U1229-RMeS laboratory is pleased to announce the recent funding of the OVERbone proposal as an ANR collaborative research project. OVERbone will be coordinated by Valérie Geoffroy and Angélique Galvani (Inserm U1229, RMeS) and will be carried out with Pierre Weiss (Inserm U1229, RMeS) and in collaboration with Patricia Abellan and Jean Le Bideau (IMN, CNRS U6502). OVERbone aims to investigate a novel mechanism of bone formation based on extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by bone cells, that could be used as therapy for bone regeneration. In addition, OVERbone will demonstrate that these EVs are altered during aging either in quantity or in quality and that this alteration contributes to bone aging.
Sébastien Grastilleur
Sébastien is post-doctoral researcher. He will work on ANR INDEED
He joined our unit on November 1st 2020
His supervisor is Catherine Le Visage
Baptiste Charbonnier
Baptiste is post-doctoral researcher. He will work on ANR GIJAW
He joined our unit on November 1st 2020
His supervisors are Pierre Corre & Pierre Weiss
Laura Bachir
Laura is a M2 student. She will work on LFC project which aims to develop a new injectable biomaterial
Se joined our unit on October 12th 2020
Her supervisors are Hélène Gautier, Aurélie Billon & Valérie Geoffroy
Launching of the second transversal Inserm program dedicated to Aging (AGEMED 2.0)
The STEP Team is happy to announce that the second transversal Inserm program dedicated to Aging (AGEMED 2.0) will receive a 1.5 M€ grant for the next three years. This research program, coordinated by Eric Gilson (Nice), gathers 11 Research teams from Paris, 2 from Marseille and Grenoble and 1 from Montpellier and Nantes (RMeS STEP team, J.Guicheux and C. Vinatier). The long-term vision of this Inserm program on aging is to ameliorate age-related disorders, improving overall healthspan and reducing public health costs. AGEMED 2.0 will be organized around two main axis. The first axis aims at deciphering the cell senescence code to improve healthspan in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and osteoarthritis. The second axis deals with integrated approaches to prevent and treat neuroaging disorders in various pre-clinical models. RMeS will receive a financial support for three years to test the efficacy of senolytic compounds in several murine models of osteoarthritis.
Florian Segeron
Florian is a M2 student. He will work on the formulation of a hyalurronic acid hydrogel
He will join our unit on October 12th 2020
His supervisors are Alexis Gaudin & Hélène Gautier
Yoan Moreau
Yoan is an INSERM Technician. He works on SC3M Platform
He joined our unit on October 1st 2020
Mathilde Ambrosino
Mathilde Ambrosino is a PhD student. She works on intra-articular injection of mesenchymal stem cells associated with a cytoprotective boronic hydrogel: assessment in a rabbit model of osteoarthritis.
She joined our unit on October 1st 2020
Her supervisor is Catherine Le Visage
Congratulations to Sarah Beck for her HDR !
Sarah defended her HDR on September 30, 2020 at 2.00 pm (Amphi Ricordeau)
Consortium iPSpine in Nantes
On Jan. 29th and 30th, the consortium iPSpine (Induced pluripotent stem cell-based therapy for spinal regeneration) meeting was held in Nantes (Passage Ste Croix) and organized by RMeS team. This 5-year project falls under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme to fund research that improves knowledge, testing, and exploitation platforms that address the future of advanced therapies in Europe. The project is coordinated by Professor Marianna Tryfonidou at Utrecht University.
Prof. Fan Yang
From Zip lining to Lego building: Novel Hydrogels for Stem Cell-based Tissue Regeneration and Disease Modeling
University of Stanford
Jan 17, 2020, 14h30 - Amphi Landais (Dental Faculty)
The next DEVSTEM meeting took place on Oct 6, 2020 at 10.00 am in the School of dental Surgery (Amphi Ricordeau). Presentations of Nathan PROVIN & Bastien CIMAROSTI
Emilie Hascoët
Emilie Hascoët is a PhD student and hospitalo-university assistant. She will work on characterization of inflammatory osteoclast precursors in periodontitis
She joined our unit on September 1st 2020
Her supervisor is Alexandra Cloitre
Claire De Fourmestraux
Claire De Fourmestraux is a PhD student and an hospital practitioner in equine surgery. She will work on the interest of resorbable composite biomaterials in osteochondral regeneration.
She joined our unit on September 1st 2020
Her supervisors are Olivier Gauthier & Gwénola Touzot-Jourde
Marie Guicheteau
Marie is a M2 student. She will work on understanding of the multifunctionality of PiT proteins
She joined our unit on September 14th 2020
Her supervisor is Sarah Beck
Estelle Bray
Estelle is a M2 student. She will work on the development of an adhesive hydrogel loaded with nano particles of calcium phosphates with anti-bacterial aim
She will join our unit on October 5th 2020
Her supervisors are Pierre Weiss & Gildas Rethoré
Floriane Kellner
Floriane is a PhD student. She will work on ANR IXBONE project.
She joined our unit on September 1st 2020
Her supervisors are Angélique Galvani & Valérie Geoffroy
Sciences et Avenir - Interview of J. Guicheux
Interview of J. Guicheux in the latest publication of the journal "Sciences et Avenir" as part of an article on "Back pain - The methods that work"
Launching of the INSERM French network : NetwOArk
RMES is happy to announce the launching of the INSERM French network dedicated to peripheral and spine osteoarthritis : NetwOArk. Jerome Guicheux will serve NetwOArk as national coordinator with Francis Berenbaum as a co-coordinator. NetwOArk aims bringing together all the scientific actors involved in osteoarthritis research in order to federate and promote the emergence of high-level scientific works in this field. NetwOArk is created for 4 years and is supported by INSERM, Aviesan and ITMO PMN. NetwOArk is organized around 4 work packages coordinated by Claire Vinatier and Esther Potier (WP 1 pathophysiology), Khorng Ea and Yves-Marie Pers (WP2 disease bio markers), Christelle N’Guyen and Jeremy Sellam (WP3 prevention and treatment) and David Moulin and Emeline Perrier-Groult (WP4 innovation). A first scientific event will be organized in 2020 to gather the French actors involved in Osteoarthritis research. We hope to meet you all to share recent advances in basic, translational and clinical research dedicated to this incurable and disabling disease.
PhD Defense of Pierre Tournier
Congratulations to Pierre who defended his thesis on December 18, 2019 !
Caractérisation biologique d'une pâte osseuse allogénique pour la médecine régénératrice du squelette
Directeur de thèse: P. Weiss - Co-directeur : J. Guicheux - Co-encadrant : A. Gaudin
Charlotte Fosse
Charlotte is in engineering school. She will work on image and data analysis for mapping of intracranial aneurysms
She joined our unit on May 20th 2020
Her supervisor is Florent Autrusseau
Floriane Etienne
Floriane is clinical research assistant. She will work on Discodog and IPSPine projects
She joined our unit on March 2nd 2020
Her supervisors are Marion Fusellier & Johann Clouet
Fatima Fneich
Fatima is post-doctoral researcher. She will work on 3D printing
She joined our unit on March 2nd 2020
Her supervisor is Pierre Weiss
PhD Defense of Leslie Frapin
Congratulations to Leslie who defended her thesis on December 11, 2019 !
Ingénierie tissulaire du disque intervertébral: Développement d'un système à libération séquentielle de facteurs biologiques pour la réparation endogène du disque intervertébral humain
Directeur de thèse: C. Le Visage - Co-directeur : J. Guicheux - Co-encadrant : J. Clouet
New funding of BIOREGATE
The STEP team (UMR 1229 INSERM-Nantes University-ONIRIS) is pleased to announce that the project DISCODOG was awarded of BIOREGATE (Région Pays de la Loire) grant (veterinary clinic grant). The project is led by Johann CLOUET and Marion FUSELLIER. This project will be performed in collaboration with the MINT laboratory (INSERM 1066 CNRS 6021) in Angers (Elise LEPELTIER).The two objectives of DISCODOG are to develop a new therapeutic tool to treat discogenic lumbalgia, consisting in miRNA encapsulated in lipid nanocapsules and to validate a new method to detect early signs of disc degeneration in canine patients. After intradiscal injection in clinic dogs, security and efficacy of the treatment will be followed by the mean of orthopedic and neurologic examination as well as by MRI, during 6 months. 120 k€ will be dedicated to the DISCODOG project during 2 years. The project will begin during the first semester of 2020..
J. Guicheux's talk - Rencontres du Lyos (Lyon, 15/11/2019)
Presentation of Jérôme Guicheux at : "Rencontres du LYOS" (Lyon, Nov. 15, 2019) entitled : "Biomatériaux et cellules souches pour la médecine régénératrice des articulations: la route est elle encore longue?"
V. Delplace's talk - Aviesan (Paris, 2/12/2019)
Presentation of Vianney Delplace at : "Journée Aviesan - "3D culture & organoids" (Paris, Dec. 2, 2019) entitled : "Click" hydrogels as innovative tools for 3D cell culture (and more)"
Pauline Le Cam
Pauline is a professional license student. She will work on histological analysis of biomaterials for bone regeneration
She joined our unit on March 2nd 2020
Her supervisors are Hilel Moussi and Julie Le Soeur
Meggane Amiot
Meggane is a M2 student. She will work on characterisation of extracellular vesicles of bone origin
She joined our unit on March 2nd 2020
Her supervisors are Valérie Geoffroy and Angélique Galvani
Mathilde Ambrosino
Mathilde is a M2 student. She will work on stromal mesenchymal cell encapsulation in hydrogels for a potential application in arthrosis
She joined our unit on Feb. 3th 2020
Her supervisors are Catherine Le Visage and Fabien Nativel
Charles Hervochon
Charles is a Pharma student. He will work on mesenchymal stem cell encapsulation
He joined our unit on Feb. 3th 2020
His supervisors are Hélène Gautier and Pierre Weiss
Davy Aubeux
Davy is a PhD student. He will work on resolution of inflammation in clinical situations associated with very common conditions such as dental pulp
He joined our unit on Feb. 3th 2020
His supervisors are Valérie Geoffroy & Alexis Gaudin
Carine Behloul
Carine is a Pharma student. She will work on the development of a composite cement formulation for bone regeneration
She joined our unit on Feb. 3th 2020
Her supervisors are Pierre Weiss and Marie-Michèle Germaini
Charlotte Plard
Charlotte is a M2 student. She will work on mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of osteoarthritis
She joined our unit on Jan. 13th 2020
Her supervisor is Claire Vinatier
Feras Oyoun
Feras is a M2 student. He will work on REGOMIR Project
He joined our unit on Jan. 6th 2020
His supervisors are Elise Lepeltier (MINT Angers), Angélique Galvani & Valérie Geoffroy
Nathaly Gavira
Nathaly is a M2 student. She will work on comparative anatomy of IVD
She joined our unit on Jan. 2nd 2020
Her supervisors are Johann Clouet, Marion Fusellier & Cyril Decante
Dr. Arnaud Scherberich
Adipose-derived cells for bone regeneration: Generation of bone germs, developmental engineering and use of nanoparticles
University of Bâle
Jan 8, 2020, 11h00 - Amphi Landais (Dental Faculty)
Clément Morin
Clément is a M2 student. He will work on osteoporosis screening via image analysis of CBCT
He joined our unit on Jan. 6th 2020
His supervisor is Florent Autrusseau
Maxime Métayer
Maxime is a M2 student. He will work on IXBONE Project
He will join our unit on Jan. 15th 2020
His supervisors are Angélique Galvani & Pierre Guihard
The next DEVSTEM meeting took place on Jan 14, 2020 at 10.00 am in the School of dental Surgery (Amphi Landais). Presentations of Nathan PROVIN & Alexandre BRUNEAU
New funding of ANR 2019
The STEP team of the INSERM U1229-RMeS laboratory is pleased to announce the recent funding of the EXCELLDISC proposal as an ANR collaborative research project. EXCELLDISC will be coordinated by Catherine Le Visage (INSERM U1229, RMeS) and will be carried out in collaboration with Florence Gazeau (MSC CNRS 7087) and Grégory Lavieu (U932, Institut Curie). EXCELLDISC will investigate whether MSC-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) could contribute to slow down, stop or reverse intervertebral disc degeneration. .
Science Fair 2019
RMeS has participated in the Science fair on the theme : "Repair the Skeleton".
608 visitors were welcomed from Oct. 11th to Oct. 13th, 2019.
Visitors particularly appreciated the event and the various and clear presentations !
Agathe Louisy
Agathe is a M2 student. She will work on the potential involvement of IL-33 in the bone resorption associated to periodontitis.
She joined our unit on Nov. 11th 2019
Her supervisor is Alexandra Cloitre
PhD Defense of Arnaud Paré
Arnaud defended his thesis on July 11, 2019, at 14.00 pm (Amphi Ricordeau)
Rôle de l'apport du dioxygène dans la régénération osseuse en zone ischémique: application aux défauts osseux mandibulaires interrupteurs
Directeur de thèse: P. Corre - Co-directeur : Olivier Gauthier
Les Folles Souris Nantaises 2019 
December 3, 2019 - Amphi. D. Escande
Nathan Lagneau
Nathan is a PhD student. He will develop a new hydrogel-assisted cell therapy for the treatment of peripheral joint osteoarthritis.
He joined our lab on Oct. 1st 2019
He is supervised by Dr V. Delplace & Prof Y. Maugars
Mélina Georget
Mélina is a PhD student. She will study the role of senescence in osteoarthritis and explore new anti-aging strategies to treat osteoarthritis.
She joined our unit on Sept. 9th 2019
Her supervisors are Dr C Vinatier and Pr G Grimandi
Prof. Diego Mantovani
Nanocoatings, degradable metals & 3d triple cell culture in bioreactors from collagen gel scaffolds for the innovation in reparative and regenerative medicine
CHU de Quebec Research Center, Laval University
Nov. 18, 2019, 16h00 - Amphi Ricordeau
ICRS World congress, Vancouver 2019
Jérôme Guicheux has been invited to give a Key note on "Exploring Stem Cells & Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine of Intervertebral Disc: From Clinical Data to Innovative Concepts" at the ICRS World congress that is organized in Vancouver (5-9 October 2019). ICRS is the International Cartilage Regeneration & Joint Preservation society
1st France-USA Stem cell Symposium, Los Angeles 2019
Jérôme Guicheux has been invited to give a talk on "Stem cells and biomaterials for spinal joint regenerative medicine : from biologically inspired concepts to clinical transfer" at the 1st France-USA Stem cell symposium that took place in Los Angeles (June 25th, 2019)
Grégory Lavieu, Ph.D
Cellular Aspects of Extracellular Vesicle Delivery
Institut Curie
Oct. 16, 2019, 11h00 - Amphi D. Escande(IRS-UN)
Workshops & symposia
Termis Meeting, 27th-31st May 2019, Rhodes, Greece
Several members of our unit organize symposia during this conference :
- Vianney Delplace & Pierre Weiss : "From innovative hydrogel chemistry to musculoskeletal regeneration approaches"
- Catherine Le Visage & Valérie Geoffroy: "MSC-derived Extracellular Vesicles: from production, engineering and administration challenges to bone tissue regenerative therapies"
- Jérome Guicheux & Marianna Trifonnidou: Advanced therapies of the future for spinal regeneration: The H2020 European iPSpine project
- Claire Vinatier & Anne Desrieux : "New frontiers in osteoarthritis treatment: prospects for stem cells, extracellular vesicles and biomaterials-assisted cell therapies"
Caroline Chariau
Caroline (ass. ing. ) will work on Notochordal differentiation and stem cell-based therapy for intervertebral disc degeneration (H2020 iPSpine project; agreement No 825925)
She joined our unit on March 11th 2019
Her supervisor is Anne Camus
Fête de la Science 2019 
Oct 11-13, 2019 - Rezé (Chronographe)
RMeS will participate to this event entitled: "Repair the skeleton ! ".
Sept 30 - Oct 1, 2019 - Nantes (Amphi D. Escande,IRS-UN)
Organized by Dr L. Beck, S. Beck-Cormier, V. Geoffroy, P. Guihard dedicated to the Basic Research in Bone and Cartilage biology .
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Nicolas Védrenne
Nicolas is post-doctoral researcher
He will work on Notochordal differentiation and stem cell-based therapy for intervertebral disc degeneration (H2020 iPSpine project)
He joined our unit on March 11th 2019
His supervisor is Anne Camus
New funding of ANR JCJC 2019
The REGOS team of the INSERM U1229-RMeS laboratory is pleased to announce the success of the BILIPOX project in ANR JCJC 2019. The laboratory will receive a grant of 305k€ for 3 years to hire dedicated staff (Engineer and technician). The BILIPOX project will be coordinated by Alexis Gaudin and will be carried out in collaboration with Christophe Blanquart (CRCINA, INSERM UMR 1232), Philippe Legrand (UMR 5253 CNRS- UM-ENSCM), Jeff Johnson (Cayman Chemical Company) and Stéphane Simon (University Paris Diderot (Paris VII). The specific goal of this project is to evaluate the potential benefits of a new biphasic microgel as lipoxin A4 (LXA4) delivery system for tissue engineering (pulp and periodontal tissue). The results of BILIPOX may provide a better understanding of microgels/macrophage interaction. This would be an important milestone for hydrogels modular strategy that open a new way to design and to multi-functionalize drug delivery systems.
DEVSTEM 2019The next DEVSTEM meeting will take place on Sept 24, 2019 at 10.00 am in the School of dental Surgery (Amphi Landais). Presentations of Méryl ROUDAUT, Nathan PROVIN & Matthieu GIRAUD
Hassan Kaafarani
Hassan is a M2 student.
He will work on REGOMIR project
He joined our unit on Feb. 20th 2019
His supervisor is Valérie Geoffroy
Pierre-Guillaume Piriou
Pierre-Guillaume is a M2 student.
He will work on the evaluation of the biomechanical characteristics of coronary stents and their performance in simple model and bifurcation model.
He joined our unit on Jan. 28th 2019
His supervisors are Thierry Rouillon & Fabienne Jordana
Makarand V. Risbud, Ph.D
pH Regulation and its Metabolic Consequences in Intervertebral Disc Health and Disease
Thomas Jefferson University
July 1, 2019, 11h00 - Amphi D. Escande(IRS-UN)
JFBTM Award for Giulia Frangi
Congratulations to Giulia Frangi who obtained the JFBTM Award for the best oral presentation "Young Researcher" for her talk entitled : "Altered bone marrow adiposity in pit2-deficient mice" (Boulogne/mer, June 5-7, 2019)
PhD Defense of Killian Flégeau
Killian defended his thesis on April 24, 2019, at 14.00 pm
Développement et caractérisation d'hydrogels d'acide hyaluronique auto-réticulants injectables en ingénierie tissulaire du squelette
Directeur de thèse: P. Weiss - Co-directeur : Hélène Gautier
ECTS, Hongrie 2019
Laurent Beck was invited to give a basic science update on phosphate sensing and to present Nina Bon's recently published work on this subject at the ECTS congress that took place in Budapest (10-15 may 2019)
New funding of SFR
SFR (Société Française de Rhumatologie) has decided to finance : REVAGO, headed by Angélique Galvani & Valérie Geoffroy. The aim of the REVAGO project is to explore an innovative communication network between bone cells based on extracellular vesicles (EVs), and elucidate its role during bone aging.
Dominique Pioletti, PhD
The role of dissipation in developing hydrogels with increased mechanical and mechanobiological properties
Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics,EPFL
April 24th, 2019, 11h00 - Amphi Ricordeau (Dental Faculty)
New funding of Fondation de l'Avenir
Fondation de l'Avenir and his partner CDC Mutuelle have decided to fund our project entitled "Intra-articular injection of mesenchymal stem cells: evaluation in a humanized model of surgically induced osteoarthritis", headed by Prof. C. Le Visage. As a part of this new collaboration, they visited our lab on Feb. 22 and had discussion with the team involved in this project". Article...
I-site NExT Award for Vianney Delplace
Recently awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the French Foundation for Medical Research (FRM), Vianney Delplace has obtained a 3-year financial support of 500 K€ from the i-site NExT (Nantes Excellence Trajectory) program, as a « junior talent ». Starting his own group within the RMeS Lab (INSERM 1229), Vianney will develop innovative hydrogel-based strategies for cartilage repair. Welcome on board, Vianney!
Bioregate Award for Leslie Frapin
Congratulations to Leslie Frapin who obtained the Bioregate Award for the best oral presentation "Young Researcher" for her talk entitled : "Controlled release of biological factors for progenitor cell-mediated endogenous repair of intervertebral discs".
Tilman Award for Benoit Métayer
Congratulations to Benoit Metayer who obtained the Osteoarthritis Foundation Tilman Award for his work entitled : "Development of an osteoarthritis model in humanized mice to study the therapeutic effects of encapsulated human mesenchymal stem cells".
La Microscopie Electronique pour les Sciences du Vivant
June 21, 2019 - Nantes (Cité des Congrès de Nantes)
Organized by J. Guicheux, E. Ishow, G. Loussouarn, P. Moreau, B. Novales, P. Paul-Gilloteaux, C. Vinatier .
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The DEVSTEM meeting took place on June 4, 2019 at 10.00 am in the School of dental Surgery (Amphi Landais). Presentations of N. Vedrenne & Méryl Roudaut
EMBO Workshop 
12-16 May 2019 - Le Pouliguen
Organized by Dr A. Camus, Dr C. Lamaze, Dr S. Le Lay, Pr A. Kenworthy, Pr M. Del Pozo & dedicated to the Caveolae and nanodomains: Translating structural principles and dynamics into function .
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PhD Defense of Amadou Toure
Amadou Toure defended his thesis on December 19, 2018, at 9.30 am
Contribution au développement de substituts osseux auto-réticulants en ingénierie tissulaire osseuse maxillo-faciale
Directeur de thèse: P. Weiss - Co-directeur : B. Giumelli. Congratulations Amadou !
Guillaume Mabilleau, PhD
Gut hormones and bone quality
Unité GEROM - LHEA UPRES EA 4658
March 19th, 2019, 11h00 - Amphi Ricordeau (Dental Faculty)
Cassandra Lepetit
Cassandra is a M2 student.
She will work on the resolution of inflammation in clinical situations
She joined our unit on Jan. 7th 2019
Her supervisor is Alexis Gaudin
Edouard Samarut
Edouard is a M2 student.
He will work on REMEDIV & BIO2/STIMUDISC projects
He joined our unit on Jan. 7th 2019
His supervisor is Johann Clouet
2018
PhD Defense of Alexandra Cloitre
Alexandra Cloitre defended her thesis on December 19, 2018, at 1.30 pm
La destruction osseuse parodontale : physiopathogénie et rôle des nouvelles interleukines
Directeur de thèse: P. Lesclous - Co-directeur : V. Geoffroy. Congratulations Alexandra !
PhD Defense of Maude Gluais
Maude Gluais defended her thesis on December 18, 2018, at 14.00 pm
Mise au point et évaluation de biomatériaux électrospinés pour la régénération de l’Annulus fibrosus
Directeur de thèse: C. Le Visage- Co-directeurs : J. Guicheux/J. Clouet. Congratulations Maude !
Laurent David, PhD
Hydrogels physiques de chitosane pour l'ingénierie tissulaire in vivo et in vitro
University Claude Bernard Lyon
November 26th, 2018, 14h30 - Amphi Ricordeau (Dental Faculty)
Fabien Nativel
Fabien is a PhD student.
He will work on mesenchymal stem cell encapsulation in hydrogels for the treatment of osteoarthritis
He joined our unit on Nov. 5th 2018
His supervisors are Catherine Le Visage and Jérôme Guicheux
Brian Le Moal
Brian is a PhD student.
He will work on the development of nanoplatforms to vectorize biologic factors to treat intervertebral disc degeneration.
He joined our unit on Oct. 1st 2018
His supervisor is Johann Clouet
Anaïs Defois
Anaïs is a PhD student.
She will work on the GenOA project : "Gene therapy for OsteoArthritis: controlled expression of anti-geronic factors"
She joined our unit on Oct. 1st 2018
Her supervisors are Y. Maugars and C. Vinatier
François Loll
François is an INSERM Engineer. He will work on BIO3 Platform (Biomaterials, Biohydrogels, Biomechanics facility) and, more particularly, on characterization of hydrogels. He will also be involved in implementing novel fabrication technologies, such as electrospinning and micromolding technologies.
He joined our unit on Oct. 1st 2018
NexT Initiative Research Grant
The STEP team is pleased to announce the funding of the SHELBY project by the NEXT initiative of the Nantes University (Internal Interdisciplinary Projects). SHELBY will be coordinated by Catherine Le Visage in collaboration with Claire Vinatier and Jerome Guicheux from RMeS laboratory, Denis Renard from the BIA laboratory (INRA UR 1268, Nantes) and Arnaud Tessier from the CEISAM laboratory (UMR CNRS 6230, Nantes). SHELBY will aim at developing a new generation of functionalized boronic acid hydrogels with self-healing properties and evaluating their ability to encapsulate mesenchymal stem cells and prevent osteoarthritis. The SHELBY project is funded for 1 year with possible extension up to 4 years and will be developed in the framework of Fabien Nativel’s PhD Thesis.
Marie-Michèle Germaini
Marie-Michèle is post-doc. She will work on 3D biomimetic 3D printing cement for personalized repair of alveolar cleft. She will work on printable formulation of calcium phosphate cement using hydrogels in collaboration with GPEA, LS2N and INRA. She is implicated in the bioregate 3D refentine program coordinated by Pierre Corre. The objective is building adapted 3D bone scaffold for children with cleft palate.
She joined the REGOS team on Oct. 1st 2018
Congratulations to Lara Figueiredo !
Lara Figueiredo defended her thesis on September 17, 2018, at 2.00 pm (Amphi Ricordeau, Dental Faculty)
3D biomimetic matrices to design in vitro stem cell niches
HDR of Zahi Badran
Zahi defended his HDR on February 9, 2018