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Control of skeletal muscle mass by Bone Morphogenetic proteins – BMP-MyoMass
skeletal muscle mass depend on the presence of muscle stem cells, their ability to generate muscle fibres [...] network defines the rate of muscle growth, final muscle size and number of muscle stem cells inherent to adult [...] skeletal muscle. • Understand the role of BMP signalling during muscle atrophy and during muscle regeneration
Identifying genetic signatures that underlay diversification of muscle cells using cell type specific genomic approaches in Drosophila – ID-CELL-SPE
distinct properties of muscle subsets and muscle stem cells in Drosophila embryo. Muscle network in Drosophila [...] to tagged ribosomes in subsets of muscles and in Drosophila muscle stem cells; classify identified candidates [...] approaches by using GFP-sensors specific to muscle subtypes and to muscle stem cells and the real time confocal
Roles of canonical Wnt signaling during skeletal muscle regeneration – WntReg
Skeletal muscles are one of the two sorts of striated muscles of the vertebrate body (the other being [...] system. A skeletal muscle is constituted of individual components known as muscle fibres (myofibres) [...] committed muscle stem cells responsible for the growth and the regenerative capacity of the muscle tissue
Development of an intelligent electromyostimulator for muscular conditioning – ELECSTIM
Create a smart electromyostimulator to optimize the re-training of neuromuscular function in order to improve quality and speed the recovery of muscle strength and motor function in patients with muscular deconditioning
Impact of skeletal muscle lipid droplet dynamics on oxidative metabolism and insulin sensitivity – DYNAMISE
skeletal muscle LDs dynamics on lipid and glucose homeostasis in vitro in a human skeletal muscle cell culture [...] hCGI-58 specifically in skeletal muscle (MCK-hcgi58) with muscle-specific PPARbeta knockout mice (pparbeta [...] deposition in non-adipose tissues such as skeletal muscle which plays an important role in the etiology of
Molecular mechanisms of muscle stem cells's commitment into the fusion with a myoblast or a myotube in fish – RecrutCell
We will study the molecular mechnaisms of muscle stem cells recrutment into the fusion with myocytes in fish
Role of very long chain fatty acids in muscle pathophysiology – LipidoMyo
to understand the functional role of VLCFA in muscles through the analysis of complementary cellular [...] muscular cells revealed an essential role of Ptpla in muscle differentiation and Ptpla loss of function in the [...] describe the consequences of VLCFA deficiency in muscles. In parallel, large-scale proteomics and lipids
Silicone Architectured Membranes for Biomedical Applications – SAMBA
artificial muscle activated by pressure, using the macroscopic characteristics of the muscle, especially [...] = structure). For applications like artificial muscles, it means for example inducing contraction in specific
Simulators for the learning of childbirth – SAGA
the interaction between the fetus and the pelvic muscles; the visualization of the organs deformation induced [...] delivery by ensuring the sense of touch (fetal head, muscles) and retrieve the user's movements. - A software