Contact
UMR 204 NutriPass
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
911 avenue d'Agropolis - Montpellier
- Directeur d'Unité :
- Directeur Adjoint :
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Secrétariat :
Catherine Philibert
+33 (0)4 67 41 61 73
Christine Ponchaux
+33 (0)4 67 41 61 18
Tutelles
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
44 boulevard de Dunkerque
13572 Marseille
https://www.ird.fr/
IRD Occitanie
911, avenue Agropolis
34394 Montpellier
http://www.france-sud.ird.fr/
Université de Montpellier
163 rue Auguste Broussonnet
34090 Montpellier
http://www.umontpellier.fr/
Montpellier SupAgro
2 place Pierre Viala
34060 Montpellier
https://www.supagro.fr/
Team : Nutrition & Genomes
Team Leader: Florin Grigorescu
Research is focused on the study of gene-environment interactions as potential factors explaining the global increase in the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in human populations, and in particular North-South variability. The hypothesis is thatinsulin resistancerepresents a common denominator between eating disorders, foetal pathology, the role of fatty tissue and inflammation, which, together, contribute to blood sugar imbalance and genetic determinism of fertility or life expectancy in populations.
Team's research activities focus on the following topics :
- Achievement and analysis of GWAS in insulin-resistant populations.
- Genetic determinants of insulin-resistance in populations around the Mediterranean.
- Comorbidity of insulin-resistance with neurodegenerative diseases.
- Role of diet and branched amino acids in the severity of insulin-resistance.
Current projects :
- MediGene European project : http://www.medigene-fp7.eu/
Title :
- CCA project