The CancerProfile multidisciplinary project brings together highly complementary translational research institutes to develop a novel standard of patient stratification for predictive and personalized medicine of pancreatic adenocarcinoma cancer. The overall objective i...

The Covid-19 crisis is occurring in Lebanon at a time when the country is suffering the repercussions of multiple crises which have substantially worsened its socio-economic situation. Thus, inequalities, which are structurally high, could increase further. The objectiv...

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus responsible for crippling disease in humans. At present, there is no commercially available antiviral agents or vaccines to treat CHIKV infection. We have just identified the FHL1 protein as a major host factor fo...

The goals of the project TOCYDYS (Towards Optical CYcle DYnamics in Solids) are the following : - To carry out an ambitious experimental and theoretical research program, about the ultra-fast dynamics at femtosecond and attosecond time scales, in the domain of solid sta...

Ce projet s’inscrit dans la volonté de développer des bâtiments à haute efficacité énergétique en favorisant l’utilisation de l’énergie solaire. Le secteur de la rénovation énergétique est promis à un essor important compte tenu de son fort potentiel d’économies d’énerg...

This project aims at studying the role of gene expression variability (due to the stochastic fluctuations at the molecular level) in stress response and genetic instability. The impact of this variability on population dynamics is now well-studied, and increase of stoch...

The Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a macromolecular machine found in many Gram negative bacteria, including gut pathogens and commensals. T6SS is involved in interbacterial competition and virulence, through the secretion of different anti-prokaryotic, anti-eukaryot...

A tremendous goal of nowadays is to understand how brain works in health and disease. Following the electrical activity of such dense and intricate networks (billions of connected neurons), without damaging it, is highly challenging. It requires biomimetic materials to ...

On August 4, 2020, Beirut is the victim of a double explosion of rare intensity which further weakened a country on the brink of collapse. This dramatic episode is unfortunately only one phase in the many crises that have hit the country in recent years: financial, poli...

Recombination is essential for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks, whether pathological such as due to clastogenic agents (irradiation, chemicals), or programmed as in the case of meiosis for the formation of gametes. Recombination also serves to restart stalled rep...