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07/02/2012

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In a healthy diet and in specific proportions, salt, fat and sugar are essential ingredients. However, most developed countries are currently confronted by an increase in pathologies such as obesity,

27/01/2012

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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) in mammals, better known as prion diseases, are caused by an infectious agent whose propagation ultimately leads to brain degeneration. For the first t

27/01/2012

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In the context of its recruitment campaign for 2012, the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) is launching a major drive to fill 51 Junior Research Scientist posts, for which can

20/01/2012

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By 2050, the world population will reach 9 billion. Food production will have to increase substantially to meet the global needs, and this in the framework of climate change. Yet, agriculture plays an

06/01/2012

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Scientists at Rothamsted Research(1), which receives strategic funding from BBSRC(2), in collaboration with Syngenta, Imperial College London and the French National Institute for Agricultural Researc

23/12/2011

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As part of the section on Agriculture, Food and Renewable Resources, Catherine Feuillet was elected as an AAAS Fellow for her important contributions to the understanding of genomics of disease resist

07/12/2011

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One year after the success of the first 'Microbes for Health' international symposium, INRA, Danone Research and Institut Pasteur co-organized the second edition which was held in the heart of Paris o

05/12/2011

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The rarefaction of fossil energy resources and climate change are favoring the replacement of fossil carbon by renewable carbon. In this context, lignocellulosic biomass is a promising resource, as lo

28/11/2011

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The French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the biotechnology company NewVectys signed a partnership agreement to reinforce their scientific collaboration and develop breakthrou

24/11/2011

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An arachnid genome was sequenced for the first time by an international consortium of 33 laboratories, including the University of Western Ontario (Canada), Ghent University (Belgium), the University

17/11/2011

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Scientists from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) in collaboration with teams from Genoscope (CEA) and CNRS, as part of an international consortium *, have reported the ge

20/10/2011

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The FUTUROL PROJECT aims to develop and market an end-to-end process for producing second generation bioethanol. On 11 October 2011, the project forged ahead to a new stage in its development with the

20/10/2011

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Plant species in lowland forests appear to respond too slowly to climate change, making them particularly vulnerable in upcoming decades, according to a study published 19 October 2011 in Nature magaz

18/10/2011

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Concerns about soil status lie at the crossroads between public health issues, protection of the environment and the sustainable use of space. INRA researchers have demonstrated the crucial role of l

18/10/2011

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Bisphenol A (BPA) is now a well-known food contaminant. Although the ability of BPA to mimic the action of female sex hormones was described several years ago, recent studies have suggested that this

18/10/2011

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How do aromas influence our sensory perception of taste when they are released during mastication? This is what INRA scientists have been analysing and modelling thanks to a study involving 50 volunta

18/10/2011

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An international consortium of scientists (including a team from INRA) coordinated by the Chinese Beijing Genome Institute (BGI), the largest sequencing centre in the world, has announced sequencing o

18/10/2011

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A close cousin of both cereals and sugar cane, Brachypodium distachyon has recently revealed the secrets of its genome thanks to work by an international consortium in which INRA participated. Knowle

18/10/2011

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An INRA research team in Montpellier, working in collaboration with teams from CNRS in Strasbourg and New York University, have recently achieved a major advance in our understanding of plant nutritio

18/10/2011

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Clarifying the interactions that exist between plant cell constituents is the first step towards understanding the intimate mechanisms that govern the functioning of plants. INRA scientists have rece

30/09/2011

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The French Stimulus Initiative project “Breedwheat” was launched in Clermont-Ferrand (France) on September 29th, 2011, in the presence of Laurent Wauquiez, Minister of Higher Education and Research, a

09/09/2011

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In recent years, it has become clear that food poisoning due to Salmonella typhimurium can be contracted not only by uncooked eggs and meat but also through eating contaminated raw vegetables and frui

03/08/2011

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As part of a vast international study, researchers from the Institut Pasteur, the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (In

25/07/2011

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Researchers funded by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) have found that ground beetles reduce the amount

21/07/2011

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European consumers agrees as to their preferences for tomatoes. That is the conclusion of a study carried out by researchers from three European Union countries, including a team from INRA. Far from

21/07/2011

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For the first time, a comparison has been made between the micronutrient contents of red and yellow tomato varieties. Published in the journal "Food Chemistry" on 15 February 2011, this original stud

21/07/2011

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INRA researchers and their Scandinavian colleagues have demonstrated the ability of the insect olfactory nervous system to adapt to environmental changes. Their original findings reveal that this ada

21/07/2011

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Intramammary infections, commonly referred to as mastitis, are the principal cause of economic losses in dairy production. Different pathogenic agents cause these infections, but Staphylococcus aureu

21/07/2011

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The importance of urban agriculture to city development projects is strongly dependent on its sustainability. INRA and CIRAD scientists, and their Madagascan colleagues, have recently demonstrated t

21/07/2011

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WallTraC, a Marie Curie Actions project is being launched on July 6-7 in Nantes. Led by INRA, WallTraC (Plant Cell Wall Training Consortium) is a high-calibre EU training project for junior scientists