IGFL - Institute of Fonctional Genomics of Lyon

• Dr

  Team leader : Vanacker Jean-Marc, jean-marc.vanacker @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Physiopathology of orphan nuclear receptors

• Dr

  Team leader : Khila Adberrahman, abderrahman.khila @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Developmental genomics and evolution

• Dr

  Team leader : Averof Michalis, michalis.averof @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Comparative developmental biology and regeneration

• Prof

  Team leader : Viriot Laurent, laurent.viriot @ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Evolution of the vertebrate dentition

• Dr

  Team leader : Leulier François, francois.leulier @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Functional genomics of host/intestinal bacteria interactions

• Dr

  Team leader : Enriquez Jonathan, jonathan.enriquez @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Development and function of the neuromuscular system

• Prof

  Team leader : Volff Jean-Nicolas, jean-nicolas.volff @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Fish evolutionary genomics

• Dr

  Team leader : Merabet Samir, Samir.Merabet @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Ontogenesis and molecular interactions

• Dr

  Team leader : Flamant Frederic, frederic.flamant @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Functional genomics of thyroid signalling

• Dr

  Team leader : Padmanabhan Kiran, Kiran.Padmanabhan @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Molecular and epigenetic regulation of biological clocks

• Dr

  Team leader : Ghavi-Helm Yad, ghavi @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Developmental epigenomics

• Dr

  Team leader : Ruggiero Florence, Florence.Ruggier @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Matrix biology

• Prof

  Team leader : Goudemand Nicolas, nicolas.goudemand @ ens-lyon.fr

  Keywords : Biomodelling

Number of employees: 99

Number of lecturers-researchers: 14

Number of researchers: 15

Number of post-doctoral associate: 15

Number of PhD student: 25

Number of administrative and non-researcher staff: 29

Segmentation
Animal physiology, Biostatistics - Bioinformatics, Genetic/genomic, Host-pathogens relationships, Oncology, Toxicology, Other

Main results and highlights
Identification of genes responsible for morphological diversity in arthropods. Endocrine disrupting chemicals: links between BPA and inner ear malformation in vertebrates. Metabolic disorders: nuclear hormone receptors. The discovery of continuous dental replacement in a rodent species via an innovative conveyor belt system. Sex determination in fishes and the role of transposons in the evolution and plasticity of the genome. Developpement and regeneration of the extracellular matrix.