Estelle Lebègue has been awarded a 2025-2026 Fulbright scholarship from the Franco-American Commission, in the category Chercheur National, to fund her mobility to the US (https://fulbright-france.org/fr/laureats-0). Her TOPSEE research project, which she will develop at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), in the group of Prof. Lior Sepunaru from March 17 to June...
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Marie Leblanc, administrative and financial manager of the CEISAM laboratory, promoted to the rank of Engineer
Marie Leblanc began her career in the public sector in 2003 at the University of Angers, working as a secretary for the chemistry and physics departments, with the rank of administrative assistant. In 2010, she passed the external CNRS technician exam and became the administrative manager of the Moltech Anjou laboratory, still in Angers. Eight...
Looking Back on the Pulsar Expedition at CEISAM – June 16, 2025
The @CEISAM laboratory (Nantes Université) welcomed researchers from the Pays de la Loire region taking part in the Pulsar 2025 cohort (@regionPaysDeLaLoire) for an inspiring afternoon filled with scientific exchange, discovery, and motivation ✨ On the agenda: 🔹 Introduction to regional and national research dynamics🔹 Workshops on international cooperation, CNRS programs, and ERC funding opportunities🔹...
Patrick Giraudeau named honorary member of RFMF
Patrick Giraudeau, a Professor at CEISAM, was awarded the medal of honorary member of the Réseau Francophone de Métabolomique et Fluxomique (RFMF), during the 17th RFMF scientific days held in Paris from June 11 to 13, 2025. Created in 2005, the RFMF aims to bring together people who contribute to the development of metabolomics and...
Science Honey
The laboratory’s students and permanent staff are back on duty to maintain the CEISAM apiary, which has been on the Faculty of Science campus for several years. Visits are organised during the high season with all the beekeeping equipment (smoker, coveralls, etc.) so that members of the laboratory can discover the fascinating world of bees....
Double helicene dye with interesting optical properties
In the framework of a collaboration with the Gryko’s group and several other European teams, the ModES team has published a paper reporting a series of new double helicene with very valuable chiro-optical signatures. In more details, centrosymmetric N,B-doped nanographenes with strong green emission and notable circularly polarized luminescence were obtained. The developed approach involving...
The CEISAM laboratory and Nantes University’s CST mission have worked together to develop a new science outreach initiative: the Tech’nomad carpool.
The aim of the partnership between the CEISAM laboratory and Nantes University’s CST mission is to extend the Tech’nomad bus (Nantes IUT) by giving researchers carte blanche to develop and run interactive science outreach activities in the classroom. The project came to fruition with the first two ‘carpools’, which took place at the end of...
A CEISAM professor becomes member of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Patrick Giraudeau, a professor at CEISAM, has been awarded the rank of Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes académiques, a distinction honoring members of the educational community. Patrick Giraudeau has been a professor at Nantes University since 2017, where he was previously a lecturer. He is recognized for his work in the field of nuclear...
1st CEISAM Congress
On March 12 and 13, the first edition of the CEISAM Congress was held, organized by the non-permanent association CASSIR. The event brought together some 100 CEISAM members for 2 invited plenary lectures, as well as 23 oral presentations and 16 CEISAM posters. The two days provided an overview of the different facets of the...
CEISAM training course for schoolchildren
Last week, CEISAM welcomed four trainees from middle school (collège, 3ème), who came to find out about careers in chemistry and research with members of the laboratory. They were there from 24 to 28 February 2025, and each of them could learn about the various disciplines studied in the laboratory – despite the ongoing works!
