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On Thursday March 29, 2012 at the Maison de la Chimie, Paris, 7th arrondissement
For this 3rd conference, the CMN ITMO is giving pride of place to promising young researchers whose work concerns the themes covered by the institute. The program will include two general lectures given by Jens C Brüning (Cologne University, Germany) and Jean-Marc Reichhart (Molecular and Cellular Biology Institute, Strasbourg University).
Program and registration on the Aviesan website

While we sleep, our self-awareness and our awareness of the outside world are reduced. Why? Habib Benali, Director of Research at the Inserm functional imaging laboratory (Unit 678 Inserm/UPMC) and his team have been investigating this phenomenon. The research scientists have shown that during nonrapid eye movement sleep, the brain’s activity is re-organized into networks that communicate less with each other than during wakefulness. The results of this study on brain activity have been published in the PNAS review.

Le Dr Karim Wahbi, Denis Duboc et son équipe (AP-HP, Inserm, Université Paris Diderot, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Université Paris Descartes) ont démontré qu’après une sélection rigoureuse et précoce, la pose d’un pacemaker chez des patients atteints de la maladie de Steinert et ayant un électrocardiogramme anormal diminue le nombre de mort subite. L’équipe de recherche préconise donc cette stratégie invasive chez ces malades particuliers et souhaite la voir s’étendre aux recommandations internationales pour qu’elle s’applique aux autre pays. La maladie de Steinert est une maladie génétique rare qui touche une personne sur 20 000. Elle se caractérise par de multiples symptômes, dont des problèmes cardiaques. Les résultats de cette étude sont publiés dans le Journal of the American Medical Association du 28 mars 2012. Des travaux soutenus par l’AFM grâce aux dons du Téléthon.

What link is there between poor indoor air quality and the allergic and respiratory health of children in French schools? The “Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases” (EPAR) team led by Isabella Annesi-Maesano, Director of research at the joint research unit 707 "epidemiology, information systems and modeling" (Inserm/UPMC) has recently published an article in the review Thorax showing the results of its study on the quality of the air inside 108 primary schools in 6 French towns. Although the indoor air quality varies depending on the schools and the towns, the researchers reveal that around 30% of the 6590 children monitored during this study, i.e. 3 out of 10 children, are exposed to atmospheric pollution levels higher than the values recommended by the WHO and the French agency for Food, Environmentaland OccupationalHealth Safety (ANSES)1. This exposure is related to an increase in cases of asthma and rhinitis in school children, among whom those who suffer from allergies are the most at risk.