# La Science s'aMuse: from endocrine disruptors to sequencing

Welcome to the program co-produced by the University of Montpellier and Divergence-FM, which takes you on a cruise through the laboratories of the Muse archipelago. This week William Bourguet, from the structural biology center, talks about his study on the "cocktail effect" of endocrine disruptors. In Part 2, Eric Desmarais takes you on a tour of the GenSeq genotyping and sequencing platform.

How about a swim today? Bisphenol A, parabens, phthalates, alkylphenols: every day, our bodies take their dose of endocrine disruptors. They're present in water, air, clothes, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, pesticides, of course, but also paint and sales receipts. Until 2010, they were even in your children's baby bottles. In short, they're everywhere, and for the moment it's hard to rely on the legislator to protect us from them. Worse still: researchers are now showing that these substances could have even more harmful effects when combined - the so-called cocktail effect. Our guest of the day, William Bourguet, is a researcher at the Centre de Biologie Structurale, and, with his colleague Patrick Balaguer, has authored a study on the subject published in the journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).

In the second half of the program, the Machine Room section takes us on a tour of the GenSeq genotyping and sequencing platform. Eric Desmarais takes us on a tour.

At the end of the show, Amrin will join us for a column dedicated to the start-up DiappyMed, which is developing an innovation for people suffering from diabetes but who are sportsmen and women all the same.

La science s'aMuse, you've got the map, let's get on board!

Co-production: Université de Montpellier / Divergence-fm
Animation: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Interview: Lucie Lecherbonnier/ Aline Périault
Reporting: Aline Périault
Editing: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Production: Bruno Bertrand

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