The Institut du Fer à Moulin (Fer à Moulin Institute, IFM) is a research institute devoted to the study of the development and plasticity of the nervous system.
Discover the research teams of the Institut du Fer à Moulin and check their recent work and last publications.
The photonic imaging service provides researchers with high-performance equipment and scientific expertise in photonic and electron microscopy.
2024 DRN DAY
It is with great pleasure that we announce the 2024 DRN day. This features Victor Borrell (Spain), Clémence Bernard (UK), Stéphane Nedelec (France), as well as others who will be selected for short talks. The event will take place on May 31, 2024 at the Institut du Fer à Moulin, Salle des Séminaires :Access: 8-10 […]
Brixham Foundation 2023 Prize
Fiona Francis, head of the IFM, is the winner of the Brixham Foundation Prize as part of the 2023 Medical Research Foundation Awards. https://www.frm.org/nos-publications/actualites/prix-frm-2023 Each year, the “Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale” honors outstanding researchers recognized for their innovative and promising work.The Brixham Foundation Prize is intended to support biomedical research on the brain (brain-related […]
Hynek WICHTERLE
Silvia CAPPELLO
Kim YONG
Girault
Neurotransmission and signaling
Francis / Goutebroze
Cortical development and pathology
Poncer / Lévi
Plasticity in cortical networks and epilepsy
Métin
Cortical migration of interneurons
Roumier / Le Magueresse
Serotonin, Microglia, Plasticity and Disease
Girardeau
Sleep and emotional memory
Nedelec
Stem cells in neurodevelopment and diseases
Ferent
Pleiotropy of morphogens
Groszer
Neurodevelopmental disorders
CXCL12 targets the primary cilium cAMP/cGMP ratio to regulate cell polarity during migration
Atkins M, Wurmser M, Darmon M, Roche F, Nicol X, Métin C.
Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 4;14(1):8003.
Self-organizing models of human trunk organogenesis recapitulate spinal cord and spine co-morphogenesis
Gribaudo S, Robert R, van Sambeek B, Mirdass C, Lyubimova A, Bouhali K, Ferent J, Morin X, van Oudenaarden A, Nedelec S
Nat Biotechnol. 2023 Sep 14.
Silencing KCC2 in mouse dorsal hippocampus compromises spatial and contextual memory
Simonnet C, Sinha M, Goutierre M, Moutkine I, Daumas S, Poncer JC
Neuropsychopharmacology 2023, 48: 1067-1077
Novel role of the synaptic scaffold protein Dlgap4 in ventricular surface integrity and neuronal migration during cortical development
Romero DM, Poirier K, Belvindrah R, Moutkine I, Houllier A, LeMoing AG, Petit F, Boland A, Collins SC, Soiza-Reilly M, Yalcin B, Chelly J, Deleuze JF, Bahi-Buisson N, Francis F
Nat Commun. (2022) 13, 2746
Brain neural patterns and the memory function of sleep.
Gabrielle Girardeau, Vitor Lopes-Dos-Santos
Science (2021) 374, 560-564
Platforms
Electron microscopy
Equipement
Photonic microscopy
Equipment Contact Manager : Theano EirinopoulouTel. : 01 45 87 61 72Email : theano.eirinopoulou[@]inserm.fr
Cell engineering
The cell engineering facility is providing support for the use of human pluripotent stem cells to study neurodevelopment and neurological disorders.