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Venn diagrams representing the specific and overlapping proteins identified in the human (during the whole gestation) and chicken (11th day of incubation) amniotic fluid (AF).. © INRA, Sophie Rehault-Godbert

News

03 Oct 2019

The Unique Features of Proteins Depicting the Chicken Amniotic Fluid

The amniotic fluid of the bird's egg contains antibacterial molecules that provide the immune protection of the embryo during its development.

Electron microscope image of bacteria from the human gastrointestinal microbiota. © INRA, THOMAS Muriel & MEYLHEUC Thierry

Press release

24 Sep 2019

Disarming a probiotic to improve its benefits

For more than a century, the Nissle 1917 strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli has been used as a probiotic to treat gastrointestinal disorders. However, this bacterium also produces a toxin, colibactin, which has deleterious effects on host DNA and might cause colon cancer. It is therefore crucial to understand the mechanisms at play in the strain if we wish to limit undesirable side effects.

Agroecological Transitions: from Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design

Just published

19 Sep 2019

Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory Design

This Open Access book presents feedback from the ‘Territorial Agroecological Transition in Action’- TATA-BOX research project, which was devoted to the theoretical and practical aspects of the agroecological transition. The multidisciplinary and multi-organisation research team steered a four-year action-research process in two territories of France.

Lucie Pellissier, lauréate de l’appel ERC Starting Grant 2019 (dans l'UMR PRC, Inra Val de Loire) © Bertrand Nicolas

News

09 Sep 2019

Lucie Pellissier awarded a 2019 ERC Starting Grant

Lucie Pellissier, a CNRS research scientist at the Joint Research Unit for Reproductive and Behavioural Physiology (PRC) at the INRA Val de Loire Centre, has been awarded a 2019 Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). She will receive 1.5 million euros in funding to pursue her research on social behaviour. The grant will also invigorate the unit’s work as a whole.

Sound Control

News

04 Sep 2019

Sound Control (COST European Cooperation in Science and Technology)

Standardised Output-based surveillance to control Non-regulated Diseases of cattle in the EU