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A researcher at the Charles Gerhardt Institute (ICGM) and an associate professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biomaterials at the University of Montpellier, Marie Morille is leading several strategic research projects on the formulation of biotherapeutics. This work earned her the IUF Award in 2022, following her receipt of a junior ANR grant in 2020.

The ExposUM Institute is an initiative of the University of Montpellier and its partners aimed at establishing a leading, cross-disciplinary, off-campus institute dedicated to the study, education, and science-society interaction regarding the environmental determinants of human health. A winner of the ExcellenceS (PIA4) call for proposals and supported by the Occitanie Region, ExposUM is funded to the tune of €46.4 million over the 2022–2030 period. The exposome refers to the sum of lifelong exposures to environmental and social factors whose specific effects, combined with individuals’ intrinsic characteristics, underpin health as well as the onset, progression, and severity of infectious and noncommunicable human diseases. In this sense, it is the environmental counterpart of the genome, with which it interacts throughout an individual’s lifetime. Visit the ExposUM Institute website Calls for Proposals Objective To provide an innovative conceptual framework for studying multiple environmental risks and their combined effects GATe: Gather people to Generate, Apply, Transmit knowledge Axis 1: Generate knowledge: accelerate the acquisition of basic knowledge in a coordinated, non-segmented, interdisciplinary manner Axis 2: Apply knowledge: define comprehensive mitigation strategies adapted to the local context and encourage innovation. Learn more Axis 3: Transmit knowledge: promote the education of the next generation of scientists Organization Steering Committee (CoDir): Pascal Demoly (Chair), Aurélie Binot, Charlotte Boullé, Mircea Sofonea. Project Manager: Elodie Suttling. Scientific and Strategic Advisory Board (COSS): Jacques Mercier (Chair), Amaria Baghdadli, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Eric Delaporte, Delphine Destoumieux-Garzon, Hélène Fenet, Sylvain Gandon, Brice Laurent, Coumba Toure Kane, Alain Lacampagne, Laurence Lachaud, Nadine Laguette, Delphine Muriaux, Denis Pesche, Andrei Turtoi, Nathalie Vachiery, Muriel Vayssier-Tarissat, Laurent Visier. Research Orientation and Evaluation Council Research COER): Mircea Sofonea (Chair), Anne-Muriel Arigon, Aurélie Binot, Christophe Boete, Charlotte Boullé, Antoine Claessens, Sylvie Claeysen, Constance Delaby, Gauthier Dobigny, François Favier, Olivier Gimenez, Antoine Gross, Rodolphe Hamel, Luciana Kase-Tanno, Antonio Maraver, Jérôme Poli, Gwenn Pulliat, Anatja Samouelian, Annelise Tran, Aurore Vicet. Get project updates directly: Subscribe to the mailing list Partners

Advancing regional research to better preserve biodiversity, more effectively combat vector-borne diseases, envision the future of viticulture and oenology, and address the collective challenges of the water cycle…  These are the scientific challenges that the University of Montpellier and its regional partners aim to address by taking on 4 of the 15 “key challenges” identified and supported by the Occitanie Region. The “key challenges” are initiatives launched by the Occitanie Region to support the collective efforts of research stakeholders in Occitanie. Centered on strategic issues for our region, their goal is to encourage the structuring of scientific communities, thereby making regional research even more collaborative, visible, and attractive, and to produce research of excellence consistent with the Region’s political priorities, particularly the Transformation Plan—Green New Deal adopted at the Plenary Assembly on November 19, 2020. Each key challenge receives €2 million in regional funding to implement its action plan over a four-year period. Among the 15 challenges supported by the Region, the University of Montpellier is the lead institution for the “key challenges” on the themes of biodiversity, water, infectious risks, and vines and wine, in collaboration with numerous partners across the entire region. Key Challenge BIODIVOC Officially launched on April 1, 2021, the goal of the Biodivoc project is to advance fundamental research in ecology and evolution focused on the theme “Dynamics, resilience, and management of biodiversity and ecosystems subjected to human-induced environmental pressures.” Biodivoc Website Key Challenge RIVOC Officially launched on March 18, 2021, the objective of the RIVOC project “Infectious Risks and Vectors” is to develop innovative and sustainable approaches to improve the understanding, surveillance, and control of these diseases and their vectors. RIVOC Website VINIDOCC Challenge The “Innovation for the Viticulture and Oenology of the Future in Occitanie” project was launched on September 16, 2022, to conduct multidisciplinary, fundamental, and applied research and to develop new practices for the viticulture and oenology of tomorrow. Learn more BIO’OCC Challenge Bio’Occ is a project funded by the French government as part of the France 2030 plan. This ambitious regional initiative aims to attract, train, and retain the talent and stakeholders of tomorrow by developing specialized training programs in the fields of biotherapies and bioproduction. Learn more Key Challenge “Water Occitanie”:  The Water Occitanie project aims to develop expertise in wastewater reuse, design and analyze infrastructure, equipment, and governance structures to address stakeholders’ constraints at the local level, produce an assessment of impacts across major watersheds, and analyze the collective capacity to address the challenges of the water cycle. Learn more