Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IPMC)

Address :: 660 route des Lucioles Sophia Antipolis
06560 VALBONNE
Phone :: 0493957706
Email :: lamont@ipmc.cnrs.fr
On the Internet :: https://www.ipmc.cnrs.fr/
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General information

Affiliated institutions :

Université Côte d'Azur
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Reference : UMR7275

Departments : DS 5 : Biologie Médecine et Santé

Organization

Director(s) :

Florian Lesage (Directeur adjoint)
Jean-Louis Nahon (Directeur)

Staff

The study of several key functions of organisms, directly related to human pathologies affecting the nervous system and the cardiovascular system, but also in connection with inflammatory diseases and certain cancers, allowed researchers of the IPMC to specify the normal and pathological functions of important biological systems. The discoveries made by IPMC researchers contribute to the development of new treatments against diseases (cancers, neurodegenerative diseases – Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, prion – cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, hypertension, inflammation, cystic fibrosis, obesity , strokes, depression, pain, etc.).

Publications

The IPMC welcomes several CNRS medalists (one Gold Medal, two Silver Medals, eight Bronze Medals), prize winners from the Academies of Science and Medicine, the Foundation for Medical Research, a member of the Academy of Sciences, three members of EMBO, and a foreign corresponding member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Equipments

The IPMC has many cutting-edge infrastructures, allowing innovative work and the removal of technological barriers:
- Databases and bioinformatics tools, cDNA collections
- Expertise in electrophysiology, from ion channel to animal behavior, robocyte for automated screening of biomolecules
PLATFORMS:
- Structural genomics and proteomics / lipidomics CAPABIO (including high resolution mass spectrometry), benefiting from the expertise of 2 PhDs in chemistry
- Imaging and cytometry within the framework of the regional MICA platform (ISO 9001, IBiSA)
- Functional exploration SPF ANIMEX
- UCAGenomiX: functional genomics, high throughput sequencing, single cell
(ISO9001, IBiSA, France Genomique)

Partnerships

International relations

Wide open to the outside world, the IPMC collaborates with many national and international academic teams (Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, USA, etc.), either on its own or through scientific groups (GIS IBiSA, Cancéropole PACA, Eurobiomed and PASS competitiveness clusters). The IPMC participates in 2 Joint Hospital-University Labs (FHU): Inovpain and OncoAge.

Industrial relations

The IPMC develops and encourages fruitful interactions with industry, through research or consulting contracts, the filing of more than 150 national and international patents – several of which have been licensed – and by contributing to the creation of innovative biotechnology companies, such as the start-up E-Phy-Science.
Since 2018, the IPMC has appointed a Head of Knowledge Transfer.