CEISAM Institute
Research institute in Molecular Chemistry
UMR CNRS 6230
The CEISAM Institute (Interdisciplinary Chemistry: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling) was founded in 2008, in order to structure Nantes Molecular Chemistry (theoretical chemistry, organic / organometallic synthesis, analytical chemistry & physicochemistry).
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ELEC-TRICK ANR project led by Sébastien Gouin
The project ELEC-TRICK is one of the five projects labelled ANR in 2025 and led by CEISAM laboratory. With ELEC-TRICK, Sebastien Gouin aims to develop an electrochemical method for grafting complex sugars onto proteins, viral vectors, and cells used in anticancer and gene therapy. Complex carbohydrates are relevant ligands for enhancing the pharmacological properties of...
SwitDream ANR project led by Vincent Coeffard
The project SwitDream is one of the five projects labelled ANR in 2025 and led by CEISAM laboratory. With SwitDream, Vincent Coeffard aims to design photosensitizers from the rotaxane family for applications in antibacterial photodynamic therapy. The central challenge of the project is to control the heavy atom effect, which would enable selective activation of...
Chemistry and vectorology: a happy marriage!
On the occasion of O’Tablo (a scientific event by Nantes Université), researchers from the CEISAM and TaRGeT laboratories illustrated how chemistry can enhance AAV viral vectors used in gene therapy. By finely modifying their surface with targeting molecules, it becomes possible to more precisely address specific tissues such as the retina or the brain. These...
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Our research teams
This Institute is organized into five research teams covering coherent areas of activity but which are based on different and highly complementary segments, giving rise to original transversal projects.
On the basis of fundamental and specific expertise, CEISAM is positioned in a certain number of niches of excellence at the interface with the fields of Health, Food chemistry and Materials, through privileged interactions at regional, national and international levels.
Platforms and equipment
To support our research activities, the CEISAM Institute owns many specialist equipments.
These instruments and equipment chains, sometimes intégrated into platforms, aim to synthesize, model, prepare and characterize organic or hybrid items. The European Union, the CNRS and the "Pays de la Loire" region have largely contributed to co-financing these platforms and equipments in particular in NMR, Mass Spectrometry, Molecular Modeling, Optical spectroscopies and microscopy.
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CEISAM UMR-CNRS 6230
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques
2 Rue de la Houssinière
BP 92208
44322 NANTES CEDEX 3
