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Scientific departments

4 departments & 11 teams

Discover new enzymes and their functions

Pole Biocatalyse

Biocatalysis department

Study the structure, activity and dynamics of enzymes.

Guide protein design.

CIMEs: Catalysis and Enzyme Molecular Engineering
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Analyze, Understand, Optimize Microbial Systems

Pole Physiologie et ingénierie du métabolisme microbien

Physiology and engineering of microbial metabolism department

The core activity of the cluster is the characterization of the molecular basis of microbial metabolisms, natural and synthetic, and its applications in sustainable biotechnology.

PEEP: Engineering and Metabolic Pathway Evolution in Prokaryotes
I2M: Molecular and metabolic engineering
BLADE : Bacterial Adaptation, Diversity and Engineering
PHYGE: Integrated physiology and functional genomics of microbial systems
METASYS: Integrated metabolism and dynamics of metabolic systems
RMN: Nuclear magnetic resonance

Bioreactors and bioprocesses

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Bioprocess and Microbial Engineering department

Understand the microorganism(s)-process-environment interactions that limit bioprocess performance, robustness and sustainability.

FAME: Fermentation Advances and Microbial Engineering
SYMBIOSE: Microbial ecosystems and bioprocesses for purification and recovery
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Analyze, Understand, Optimize Microbial Systems

Pole Génie des procédés durables

Sustainable Process Engineering pole

  • Better knowledge of the limiting phenomena that determine the performance of the process
  • Multi-scale modeling (scale-up: local process)
  • Preuves de concept pour la faisabilité du procédé dans différents domaines d’application (Industrie chimique, biotechnologies, traitement de l’eau, etc.)
  • Eco-designed technical solutions
TIM: Transfer, Interface, Mixing
SOPHyE: Separation, Oxidation, and Hybrid Processes for the Environment