Events

🎉 ICR at the Science Festival: Chemistry in the Spotlight!

From Vitrolles to Mirabeau-en-Luberon, and all the way to schools and college of Aix en Provence, Gardanne and Gréasque, our researchers shared their passion for chemistry with boundless enthusiasm!
Hands-on experiments, exciting demonstrations, and lively discussions helped spark curiosity among young budding scientists.

A wonderful opportunity to showcase research in a new light and inspire future vocations!

Special thanks to Béatrice Tuccio, Julie Broggi, Gérard Audran and Abdoulaye Sarr ! #FêtedelaScience

🔬 On October 3, the public had the opportunity to meet and talk one-on-one with Samuel Cousin, CNRS researcher in the SACS team, during the “Recherches dans la ville” event. Curious minds and science enthusiasts gathered to discuss research, innovation, and discovery in a warm and stimulating atmosphere.

A big thank-you to everyone who joined us to share this inspiring moment of scientific exchange!

Lycée Jean-Perrin, January 16, 2025

At the initiative of Ms. Nathalie Ferran, teacher at Lycée Jean-Perrin in Marseille, and with the support of the DECLICS association and CINAM, a meeting between AMU researchers and high school seniors specializing in Physics and Chemistry was held on January 16, 2025, at Lycée Jean-Perrin. Twelve researchers, including lecturers, research engineers, and PhD students from various laboratories (ICR, CINaM, IM2NP, IBDM, PIIM, and INT), covering a wide range of scientific fields (Chemistry, Physics, Biotechnology, Materials, Instrumentation, Animal Biology), participated in this event. The students had the opportunity to engage with the speakers through “speed-meetings.” The enthusiasm in the discussions helped bridge the gap between students and the research world, inspiring new vocations in scientific careers.

Speakers: Nathalie Ferran (organizer, Lycée Jean-Perrin), Anthony Kermagoret (Associate Professor, CINaM, co-organizer), Frederic Bedu (Research Engineer, CNRS, CINaM), Anne-Doriane Manick (Researcher, CNRS, ICR), Kamel Mabrouk (Research Engineer, CNRS, ICR), Sylvain Marque (Professor, ICR), Yasmine Belaidouni (Researcher, IBDM), Benjamin Prud’Homme (Professor, IBDM), Hugo Raveton (PhD student, IBDM), Aurika Janulyte (Associate Professor, PIIM), Pauline Bennet (Associate Professor, IM2NP), Marc Bescond (Senior Researcher, CNRS, IM2NP), Marcel Carrere (Professor, INT).

“Hippocampus” internships are introductory research internships in science, structured as project-based learning over three days, organized by IRES, including mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

A research question is proposed to middle school students, who must explore potential solutions. They have two days to understand the problem and experiment. On the third day, they must prepare a poster and present it to various visitors, like in a conference.

The group supervised by Séverine Girard Queyroy developed an experimental protocol to create a ‘chemical bar’.

The video is right here!

For this new edition of the Science Souk, organized by AMU, the ICR presented fun and colorful chemistry experiments to the walkers of the Old Port of Marseille!

In collaboration with the Faculty of Pharmacy of Marseille and the association L’Arbre des Connaissances, the Institute of Radical Chemistry opened its doors to young Apprentice Researchers who were able to explore the methods of synthesizing molecules.

Thanks to Romain Paoli-Lombardo and Inès Jacquet, members of the Radical Pharmaco-Chemistry team, for their remarkable commitment to this project. Together, we inspire and train the next generation of scientists!👩‍🔬⚗️

For the first edition of this free festival open to all, organized by Aix-Marseille University, more than 80 scientists including the ICR came to meet the Marseillais.es! @univamu @CNRSchemie @Centrale_Med @Inserm

Prof. Eric Besson, CMO team, shared his work on increasing the lifetime (several days) of transient radicals by stabilization in mesoporous silicas and their use as a polarization agent in DNP NMR.

Dr Jean Louis Clément, CROPS team, spoke to them about the profession of teacher-researcher and photo-polymerization!

The CROPS team was delighted to welcome the 1st S class from Lycée Lacordaire. On the program: presentation of the university and ICR research themes, then manipulation in the laboratory to perform the photopolymerization of a hydrogel.

For this new edition of the Science Souk, organized by AMU, the ICR presented fun and colorful chemistry experiments to the visitors of the Avant Cap shopping center! We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy end of the year!

ICR was delighted to participate to the Science Fair to bring smiles to all these budding chemists! Thanks to Béatrice Tuccio for the organization and the pictures ! #ScienceFair

This year again our researchers mobilized to present the research projects developed at the ICR during the European Researchers’ Night.

Thanks to Giulia Mollica, Samuel Cousin, David Bardelang and Anthony Kermagoret

The science fair is coming to the ICR ! The CROPS team welcomed 3rd grade students from the Jacques Prévert College to talk to them about polymer chemistry and biomimicry!

This year again our researchers mobilized to present the research projects developed at the ICR during the European Researchers’ Night. Thanks to them !

Dr. Kamel Mabrouk and his team (CROPS) helped journalists from TV5 Monde in their investigation “For a skin color”. In particular, they identified whitening molecules dangerous for the skin of babies contained in cosmetic products marketed for skin depigmentation. A decried but widespread practice.

https://information.tv5monde.com/video/pour-une-couleur-de-peau-les-enfants-victimes-de-la-depigmentation-collection-reportages

The ICR’s Sustainable Development working group organized a DIY workshop for making household products with the aim of raising awareness of the environmental impact of these industrial products. For this first edition, they prepared solid dish cakes and laundry detergent!

Within the framework of the CIVIS program, Prof. Sylvain Marque, a researcher from the CRAB team, promoted radical chemistry by giving lectures to students of the University of Bucharest in Romania.

 

Our colleague from ICR, Didier Siri (Prof. AMU), plays with his group Jazz Daniel’s in EPHADs in the region of Marseille to give residents a bit of pleasure. This voluntary initiative started during the confinement of March 2020 and continues today.

The 2021 edition of the European Researchers’ Night was held Friday, September 24, face-to-face in Aix-en-Provence and online.

Congratulations to Maxence Holzritter who well defended the ICR colors at the regional final of the “My Thesis in 180 seconds” contest
A real Prince Charming!

Click here to see him again (from 1h50sec) https://youtube.com/watch?v=1kbzS_TG_mo

Congratulations to the students of the Lycée #Hamaskaïne #Marseille that finished in 3rd position at the final of the National Chemistry Olympics #OlympiadesChimie. Their project “Nanobots in the fight against cancer” was one of the 8 national projects selected by the jury of the #ParlonsChimie competition !!

https://www.olympiades-chimie.fr/selection-des-projets-parlons-chimie-2021

The ICR helped the students of Terminal class of the Hamaskaïne high school, Marseille, for the 2021 National Chemistry Olympics. A great pleasure to share our experience in chemistry!

More info about the competition: The 37th Chemistry Olympics are open!

During the COVID19 epidemic, the ICR mobilized with the Marseille Fire Brigade_13 battalion (BMPM), the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (SDIS13), the CNRS, the National Federation of Resources and Support for the coordination of health care paths (FACS) and the Institute of Molecular Sciences of Marseille (iSm2).

More than 3000 Liters of hydro-alcoholic solutions (SHA) have been prepared by chemists and pharmacists from Aix-Marseille University