FINAL DECISIONS 2014

The 2014 GR-Ex project call budgeted 200 K € to finance scientific projects, with a cap of 40K € per project, plus an envelope to recruit 3 graduate students (3 years scholarship) and 1 post-doctorate (2 years contract).

While the overall cost of the projects is above the initial envelope, we received 2 projects for post-doctorates, 7 projects for graduate students and one request for a junction scholarship.

Based on the recommendations and discussions with the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), the Executive Committee (EC) of the GR-Ex decided to allocate the funds as follow:

PROJECTS

  • Fully financed

  1. Francine Côté: “Serotonin as a novel regulator of iron homeostasis”
  2. Sophie Vaulont: “Lung iron homeostasis in physiology and pathologies: new insights from mouse models”
  3. Valentine Brousse: “Determinants of cerebral oxygenation and perfusion in SCA children based on combined ASL MRI, NIRS and hemorheological investigation”
  4. William Vainchenker: “Platelet production from human iPS cell line with a transfusion purpose”
  5. Hervé Puy: “Anaemia of Gaucher disease: Impact of altered macrophages on iron metabolism and hepcidin”

  • Partially funded

  1. Olivier Hermine
  2. Anaïs Merck: “Modulation of the interaction between human cytoskeletal proteins and malaria antigens by haemoglobin S in human erythrocytes”
  3. Christelle Mazurier: “Modulation of the interaction between human cytoskeletal proteins and malaria antigens by haemoglobin S in human erythrocytes”
  4. Vincent Petit: “Development of a kit for the rapid profiling of nutrient transporters on red cells”
  5. Isabelle Plo: “Deciphering a new role of Heat Shock Proteins (HSPs) in Polycythemia vera resistance towards IFNα treatment”

 

RECRUITMENTS

  • Post-doctorate 
  1. Olivier Hermine
  • PhD students ranking
  1. Pierre Buffet/Pascal Amireault: “Reducing storage-related post-transfusion complications: Focused antioxidant and wide screening approaches to optimize red blood cell preservation in banking conditions”
  2. Karim Zoubida: “Physio-pathological involvement of the novel erythropoiesis- induced Fam132 family in hepcidin suppression: which target tissues, what mechanism?”
  3. Stéphane Égée: “Electrophysiological, pharmacological and functional characterization of the cation permeability in human red blood cells and the impact of cation leaks on other membrane transporters”