Each year, the IM2B Research Committee launches its "Interdisciplinarity" and "New Entrants" calls for research projects. These calls respectively support the initiation of new inter-laboratory or even inter-institute collaborations, and the initiation of new themes by new entrants to the IM2B. These 2 calls encourage risk-taking and scientific daring.
Interdisciplinarity 2026 winning projects:
- Asgardomics - Exploring the diversity of Asgard archaea from shallow hydrothermal vents via culture-based and omics methods, led by Gaël Erauso (MIO), Caroline Monteil (BIAM) and Christopher Lefèvre (BIAM).
- Analysis of bacterial phenotypic heterogeneity by flow cytometry, led by Aude Barani (MIO) and Sybille Tachon (LCB).
- Structural evaluation of platelet-targeted immunotherapeutics in sepsis, led by Yves Bourne (AFMB, IM2B) and Yotis Senis (C2VN, Institute for Cancer and Immunology).
Further information: Call for research projects - Interdisciplinarity 2026
The winning "New Entrants" 2026 projects:
- Bioprocess intensification - From proof of concept to photobiological production of dihydrogen, led by Paul Chambonnière (M2P2)
- Mechanosensitivity in Plant Guard Cells: Identification and Biophysical Characterization of Ion Channels Involved in Stomatal Regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana, led by Bertrand Coste (BIAM)
- Identification of cellular targets in the molecular interactions of antimicrobial peptides, led by Yadira Hervis Valdes (iSm2)
- Polyextremophilic microbial electrosynthesis, led by Guillaume Pillot (MIO)
- PosT-FeS: Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Fe-S, led by Maxence Lejars (LCB)
- Regulatory rewiring of copper and redox networks in the genus Neisseria, by Alex Rivera-Millot (BIP)
- Role of light acclimation of Light-Harvesting Antennae in their interaction properties, led by Aurélie Crépin (BIAM)
Further information: Call for research projects - New entrants 2026
