GT Metabolism

Created in early 2025, this GT aims to bring together the French scientific community interested in the study of metabolism in all its dimensions — fundamental, clinical, and analytical.

This GT provides a platform for exchange and collaboration for researchers, educators, clinicians, and engineers involved in understanding metabolic pathways, their regulation, and their dysregulation, particularly in diseases.

Metabolism, long regarded as a classical discipline of biochemistry, is currently experiencing a major revival. Technological advances in metabolomics, imaging, and integrative modeling now allow the exploration of metabolic network dynamics with unprecedented precision. Furthermore, the discovery of the central role of microbiota and their metabolism in human physiology has profoundly transformed our understanding of host-environment interactions.
These advances place metabolism at the heart of contemporary biochemical and biomedical research, whether it is to understand the foundations of metabolic syndrome, cancer, or neurodegenerative diseases, where metabolic alterations emerge as key drivers of pathogenesis.
The GT Metabolism thus aims to foster synergies between research teams and other thematic groups, promote knowledge dissemination, and stimulate interdisciplinary collaborations. Thematic meetings and seminars will be regularly organized to facilitate networking among stakeholders in the field.

Missions of the Metabolism Thematic Group

Energize and Engage

the Metabolism community within the SFBBM

Organize

scientific activities through meetings and seminars

Foster

collaborations and cooperation between teams within the Metabolism Thematic Group

Share

Who leads the group?

A team committed to serving the scientific community.

Floriant Bellvert

Toulouse

Etienne Blanc

Rennes

Florence Castelli

Paris

Xavier Coumoul, Fondateur

Paris

xavier.coumoul@u-paris.fr

Julien Dairou, Fondateur

Paris

julien.dairou@u-paris.fr

Roberta Foresti

Paris

Gilles Guillemin

Australie

Marie Lenski

Lille

Clément Pontoizeau

Paris

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GT Enzymes

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GT Metabolism

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GT Synthetic Biology

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GT Education

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