UM Profiles

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

A professor at the University of Montpellier within the UMR Iate research unit, Christian Jay-Allemand applies the principles of interdisciplinarity and entrepreneurship to teaching and public research. Last October, he and his colleague Luc Bidel won the Carnot Grand Prize for Collaborative Research for their work on natural antifungals with the company Antofenol.

Based on the recommendations of Montpellier professor Eric Delaporte, director of the TransVIHMI international joint research unit, the University of Montpellier awarded an honorary doctorate to Jean-Jacques Muyembe on December 9.

The University of Montpellier honored Canada on Friday, December 2, by awarding honorary doctorates to Quebec professors Yves Bergeron and Yves Mauffette. This was an opportunity for President Philippe Augé to highlight the valuable partnerships that uniteUM not onlyUM the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), but also with Laval University and the University of Sherbrooke.

Jean-Philippe Pin, a research director at the Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF) in Montpellier, was awarded the Lamonica Prize this year. His career in molecular pharmacology is opening up new therapeutic avenues for the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Straddling the fields of psychiatry and molecular biology, Raoul Belzeaux, a professor at the University of Montpellier (PUPH) and psychiatrist at the Montpellier University Hospital (CHU), focuses on biomarkers of mental disorders. The researcher has just received the Marcel Dassault Prize for his project on rapid testing for bipolar disorder.