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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)

Image actualité CarMeN - “Inhibition of intestinal FXR activity as a possible mechanism for the beneficial effects of a probiotic mix supplementation on lipid metabolism alterations and weight gain in mice fed a high fat” v. ang

Le 30 November 2023

A new publication by the DO-IT Team in Gut Microbes journal

Image actualité CarMeN - Best poster in EMBO Workshop oct 2023

Le 3 November 2023

Best poster at EMBO Workshop for Rémy Lefebvre (MERISM Team)

Image actualité CarMeN - 2023 Heart Transplant Run

Le 21 September 2023

Participation of the IRIS team in the 2023 Heart Transplant Run

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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)