Awards and distinctions

Two prizes were awarded to Marie Bodinier (Allergie BIA team) for the PREGRALL clinical study at the national congress (CFA) and the European congress of allergology (EAACI)!

Elena Keuleyan, a doctoral student in the ISD team, won the prize for the best student presentation and was able to present her thesis work at the prestigious AOCS 2024 international conference held in Montreal in April.

The ANR DataSusFood project ‘Structuring and Opening Data to Improve the Sustainability of Food Systems’ was awarded a prize on 29 November 2023 at the ‘Open Science for Research Data’ awards ceremony at the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

At the French Nutrition Days held in Marseille from 6 to 8 December 2023, two prizes were awarded by the French Nutrition Society to two researchers from the BIA unit's Allergy team.

Eugenia ASAMOAH was awarded the prize for the best e-technology presentation at the ICEF14 conference held at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes on 19-22 June 2023. Congratulations, Eugenia!

The SFSM 2023 Thesis Prize is awarded to Simon Ollivier for his work on the characterisation of carbohydrates using high-resolution ion mobility spectrometry and mass spectrometry. This work was carried out at the University of Nantes, under the supervision of Hélène Rogniaux and David Ropartz (INRAE, UR Biopolymers, Interactions and Assemblies).

Claire Berton-Carabin, Director of Research in the BIA Unit, Interfaces and Dispersed Systems (ISD) team, was awarded the Prix Espoir Scientifique for her research into lipids and emulsions that contribute to a healthy and sustainable diet at the INRAE LAURIERS 2022 ceremony.

Jeanne has just won several awards for her thesis, which she defended last October, just before starting her postdoc at ISD.

Ana Villares, a young researcher in the Unit, has been awarded the ‘Rising Stars in Pays de la Loire’ scheme to support her research into the design of new high-performance and sustainable bio-based materials as part of the Nanomach project.

On 14 December 2016, Ana Villares, a researcher in the BIA unit, was awarded INRA's ‘Espoir scientifique’ prize.