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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)

Le 3 May 2022

Guest seminar of Prof. Franck Riquet on May 20, 2022

Le 23 February 2022

Support from the French National Basketball League and the Fondation de l'Avenir - February 2022

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Our teams

The laboratory is now organized into 3 research teams :

Équipe DO-IT

Alimentation et matrice alimentaire dans l'obésité : rôle du tractus intestinal et thérapeutiques innovantes. Responsable d'équipe : Marie-Caroline Michalski (DR INRAE)

Equipe MERISM

Interactions mitochondrie-réticulum endoplasmique et signalisation dans la santé et les maladies métaboliques. Responsable: Jennifer Rieusset (DR INSERM) FR

IRIS Team

Ischemia-reperfusion syndromes. Team leader: Gabriel Bidaux (CR INSERM)