Welcome to the CarMeN laboratory website

Created in Lyon in January 2011, renewed in 2016 and again in January 2021, the CarMeN laboratory - INSERM U1060/ INRAE U1397/ University of Lyon - is a biomedical research laboratory in the field of cardiovascular diseases, metabolism, diabetology and nutrition.

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Metabolic and cardiovascular diseases

- Nutrition and lipids: from absorption to metabolic effects
- Mechanisms of insulin resistance, diabetes and hepatic steatosis
- Ischemia-reperfusion and organ protection (heart, brain, kidney)

Discover the CRNH-RA clinical and METANUTRIBIOTA analysis platforms

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Our latest news

Image actualité CarMeN - Fusion du site internet CRNH-CarMeN – EN

Le 17 February 2025

Integration of the CRNH site into the CarMeN site

Le 14 February 2025

7th CarMeN Scientific Morning

Image actualité CarMeN - Prix Art In Lyon 2025 pour Sophie Rome EN

Le 20 January 2025

Sophie Rome, winner of the Art In Lyon 2025 prize

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Our teams

The laboratory is organized into 3 research teams:

Team DO-IT

Diet and food matrix in Obesity and metabolic diseases: role of Intestinal tract and innovative Therapeutics. Team leader: Marie-Caroline Michalski (Research Director INRAE)