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the IRCM research teams
the IRCM research teams

L'Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier :
«Together, let's push the boundaries»

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SEMINAIRE IRCM Mercredi 25 Novembre

Jelena GRAHOVACInstitute of Oncology and Radiology, Belgrade, Serbia"Repurposed drugs, unexpected biology: sex differences in cancer drug response."host: A. Turtoi (IRCM)
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SEMINAIRE IRCM 30 octobre 14h

Professeur Paul HOFMANIHU RespirERA, INSERM U10181, Faculty of Medecine, University Côte d'Azur "Lung Cancer in never smoker population : Where do we stand ?"host: A. Maraver (IRCM)
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June 29, 2026 - IRCM,Tribute day to Marie-Alix Poul, At the Heart of Innovation: Towards New Generation Monoclonal Antibodies

Tribute day to Marie-Alix PoulAt the Heart of Innovation: Towards New Generation Monoclonal AntibodiesJune 29, 2026 - IRCMMarie-Alix Poul was an outstanding immunologist whose career uniquely combined immunology and antibody engineering. After earning her PhD in Montpellier in 1994 and completing a postdoctoral stay at the University of California, San Francisco, she taught at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan before returning to Montpellier as Professor of Immunology. At the University of Montpellier and the IRCM, she advanced research on therapeutic antibodies and cancer biology, co-directed the Master’s track in Cancer Biology, and was deeply committed to training future researchers and teachers. She contributed to advances in cancer research in the field of monoclonal antibodies, guided and supported various Master and PhD students as a mentor, and was deeply involved in several Scientific Hubs. She also supported colleagues, offering expertise, encouragement, and kindness. Those who worked with her remember her openness, professionalism, attentive listening, and commitment to advancing education and research with a holistic vision. Within IRCM, the Labex MabImprove and the University of Montpellier, Marie-Alix’s energy and enthusiastic participation left a lasting mark. In recognition of her contributions, a tribute day will be organized on Monday June 29th in Cancer Research Institute of Montpellier. The program, which will be shared between science and testimonials from colleagues and students, is available at the following link. Registration for this event will be free but mandatory.  Here is the link to register for the event  &  Programme for the day 
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the word of the director

"Together, let's push the limits."

"In barely 20 years, the Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM U1194) has succeeded in raising its research to the highest international level in the field of fundamental and applied cancer research, carried out in close collaboration with the clinical departments of the Montpellier Cancer Center (ICM: l'Institut du Cancer de Montpellier), and industrial partners. Under the joint supervision of Inserm, the ICM and the University of Montpellier, the IRCM brings together more than 240 people, researchers, clinicians, technicians and students, organized in 16 research teams that rely on high-performance technical platforms and competent support services. In an extremely competitive and rapidly evolving field of research, our greatest challenge is to stay one step ahead. To do so, we will continue to structure cancer research in Montpellier, to seek excellence and to accelerate innovation and transfer to the patient in order to ultimately contribute to overcoming the countless different forms of cancer. Together, let's push the limits"

Nathalie Bonnefoy, Director of the IRCM

the word of the director

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

Tabet I, Candiello E, Fenou L, Velazquez C, Jacot W, Ribeyre C, Sardet C, Theillet C Replication poison treated BRCA1-deficient breast cancers are prone to MRE11 over-resection resulting in single strand DNA accumulation and mitotic catastrophe.. Cancer Research. 2025;in press.

Di Michele M, Attina A, Roux P-F, Laguesse S, Florido J, Houdeville M, Choquet A, Encislai B, Arena G, De Blasio C, Wendling O, Frenois F-X, Papon L, Stuani L, Fuentes M, Jahannault Talignani C, Rousseau M, Guégan J, Buscail Y, Dupré P, Michaud H-A, Rodier G, Bellvert F, Kulyk H, Ferraro Peyret C, Mathieu H, Close P, Rapino F, Chaveroux C, Pirot N, Rubio L, Torro A, Sorg T, Ango F, Hirtz C, Compan V, Lebigot E, Legati A, Ghezzi D, Nguyen L, David A, Sardet C, Lacroix M, Le Cam L E4F1 coordinates pyruvate metabolism and the activity of the elongator complex to ensure translation fidelity during brain development. Nat Commun. 2025;16(1):67. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-55444-y

Slaninová V, Heron-Milhavet L, Robin M, Jeanson L, Aissanou A, Kantar D, Tosi D, Bréhélin L, Gongora C, Djiane A The Hippo pathway terminal effector TAZ/WWTR1 mediates oxaliplatin sensitivity in p53 proficient colon cancer cells. BMC Cancer. 2024;24(1):587. doi:10.1186/s12885-024-12316-4

Bruciamacchie M, Garambois V, Vie N, Bessede T, Michaud H-A, Gros L, Bonnefoy N, Robin M, Brager D, Bigot K, Evrard A, Pourquier P, Colinge J, Mathonnet M, Belhabib I, Jean C, Bousquet C, Colombo P-E, Jarlier M, Gongora C, Larbouret C ATR inhibition potentiates FOLFIRINOX cytotoxic effect in models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma by remodelling the tumour microenvironment. Br J Cancer. 2024-11-29. doi:10.1038/s41416-024-02904-3

Desroys du Roure P, Lajoie L, Mallavialle A, Alcaraz L, Mansouri H, Fenou L, Garambois V, Rubio L, David T, Coenon L, Boissière-Michot F, Chateau M-C, Ngo G, Jarlier M, Villalba M, Martineau P, Laurent-Matha V, Roger P, Guiu S, Chardès T, Gros L, Liaudet-Coopman E A novel Fc-engineered cathepsin D-targeting antibody enhances ADCC, triggers tumor-infiltrating NK cell recruitment, and improves treatment with paclitaxel and enzalutamide in triple-negative breast cancer. J Immunother Cancer. 2024;12(1):e007135. doi:10.1136/jitc-2023-007135

Manteaux G, Amsel A, Riquier-Morcant B, Prieto Romero J, Gayte L, Fourneaux B, Larroque M, Gruel N, Quignot C, Jacq S, Pomiès P, Sengenes C, Chibon F, Heuillet M, Bellvert F, Watson S, Firmin N, Riscal R, Linares L A metabolic crosstalk between liposarcoma and muscle sustains tumor growth. Nat Commun. 2024;15(1):7940. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51827-3

Villemin J-P, Bassaganyas L, Pourquier D, Boissière F, Cabello-Aguilar S, Crapez E, Tanos R, Cornillot E, Turtoi A, Colinge J Inferring ligand-receptor cellular networks from bulk and spatial transcriptomic datasets with BulkSignalR. Nucleic Acids Res. 2023-05-05. doi:10.1093/nar/gkad352

Jacquier V, Gitenay D, Fritsch S, Bonnet S, Gy?rffy B, Jalaguier S, Linares L, Cavaillès V, Teyssier C RIP140 inhibits glycolysis-dependent proliferation of breast cancer cells by regulating GLUT3 expression through transcriptional crosstalk between hypoxia induced factor and p53. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2022;79(5):270. doi:10.1007/s00018-022-04277-3

Pisareva E, Mihalovi?ová L, Pastor B, Kudriavtsev A, Mirandola A, Mazard T, Maus U, Ostermann L, Weinmann-Menke J, Neuberger E, Simon P, Thierry A Neutrophil extracellular traps have auto-catabolic activity and produce mononucleosome-associated circulating DNA. Genome Med. 2022;14(1):135. doi:10.1186/s13073-022-01125-8

du Manoir S, Delpech H, Orsetti B, Jacot W, Pirot N, Noel J, Colombo P-E, Sardet C, Theillet C In high-grade ovarian carcinoma, platinum-sensitive tumor recurrence and acquired-resistance derive from quiescent residual cancer cells that overexpress CRYAB, CEACAM6, and SOX2. J Pathol. 2022;257(3):367-378. doi:10.1002/path.5896

Chiavarina B, Costanza B, Ronca R, Blomme A, Rezzola S, Chiodelli P, Giguelay A, Belthier G, Doumont G, Van Simaeys G, Lacroix S, Yokobori T, Erkhem-Ochir B, Balaguer P, Fabbrizio E, Di Valentin E, Detry O, Jerusalem G, Goldman S, Delvenne P, Bellahcène A, Pannequin J, Castronovo V, Turtoi A Metastatic colorectal cancer cells maintain the TGF? program and use TGFBI to fuel angiogenesis. Theranostics. 2021;11(4):1626-1640. doi:10.7150/thno.51507

Relier S, Ripoll J, Guillorit H, Amalric A, Achour C, Boissière F, Vialaret J, Attina A, Debart F, Choquet A, Macari F, Marchand V, Motorin Y, Samalin E, Vasseur J-J, Pannequin J, Aguilo F, Lopez-Crapez E, Hirtz C, Rivals E, Bastide A, David A FTO-mediated cytoplasmic m6Am demethylation adjusts stem-like properties in colorectal cancer cell. 2021-03-20 00:00:00. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21758-4

Alcaraz L, Mallavialle A, David T, Derocq D, Delolme F, Dieryckx C, Mollevi C, Boissière-Michot F, Huesgen P, Overall C, Tartare-Deckert S, Jacot W, Chardès T, Guiu S, Roger P, Reinheckel T, Moali C, Liaudet-Coopman E A 9-kDa matricellular SPARC fragment released by cathepsin D exhibits pro-tumor activity in the triple-negative breast cancer microenvironment. Theranostics. 2021;11(13):6173-6192. doi:10.7150/thno.58254

Pichard A, Marcatili S, Karam J, Constanzo J, Ladjohounlou R, Courteau A, Jarlier M, Bonnefoy N, Patzke S, Stenberg V, Coopman P, Cartron G, Navarro-Teulon I, Repetto-Llamazares A, Heyerdahl H, Dahle J, Bardiès M, Pouget J-P The therapeutic effectiveness of 177Lu-lilotomab in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma involves modulation of G2/M cell cycle arrest. Leukemia. 2020;34(5):1315-1328. doi:10.1038/s41375-019-0677-4

Alame M, Cornillot E, Cacheux V, Tosato G, Four M, Oliveira L, Gofflot S, Delvenne P, Turtoi E, Cabello-Aguilar S, Nishiyama M, Turtoi A, Martineau V, Colinge J The molecular landscape and microenvironment of salivary duct carcinoma reveal new therapeutic opportunities. Theranostics. 2020;10(10):4383-4394. doi:10.7150/thno.42986

Cissé M, Pyrdziak S, Firmin N, Gayte L, Heuillet M, Bellvert F, Fuentes M, Delpech H, Riscal R, Arena G, Chibon F, Le Gellec S, Maran-Gonzalez A, Chateau M-C, Theillet C, Portais J-C, Le Cam L, Linares L Targeting MDM2-dependent serine metabolism as a therapeutic strategy for liposarcoma. Sci Transl Med. 2020;12(547):eaay2163. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.aay2163

Ho-Pun-Cheung A, Bazin H, Boissière-Michot F, Mollevi C, Landas E, Bleuse J-P, Chardès T, Prost J-F, Pèlegrin A, Jacot W, Mathis G, Lopez-Crapez E Quantification of HER1, HER2 and HER3 by time-resolved Förster resonance energy transfer in FFPE triple-negative breast cancer samples. Br J Cancer. 2020;122(3):397-404. doi:10.1038/s41416-019-0670-8

Hamyeh M, Bernex F, Larive R, Naldi A, Urbach S, Simony-Lafontaine J, Puech C, Bakhache W, Coopman P, Hendriks W, Freiss G PTPN13 induces cell junction stabilization and inhibits mammary tumor invasiveness. Theranostics. 2020;10(3):1016-1032. doi:10.7150/thno.38537

Bousquet Mur E, Bernardo S, Papon L, Mancini M, Fabbrizio E, Goussard M, Ferrer I, Giry A, Quantin X, Pujol J-L, Calvayrac O, Moll H, Glasson Y, Pirot N, Turtoi A, Cañamero M, Wong K-K, Yarden Y, Casanova E, Soria J-C, Colinge J, Siebel C, Favre G, Paz-Ares L, Maraver A Notch inhibition overcomes resistance to tyrosine kinase inhibitors in EGFR-driven lung adenocarcinoma. J Clin Invest. 2020;130(2):612-624. doi:10.1172/JCI126896

Ashraf Y, Mansouri H, Laurent-Matha V, Alcaraz L, Roger P, Guiu S, Derocq D, Robin G, Michaud H-A, Jarlier M, Pugnière M, Robert B, Puel A, Martin L, Landomiel F, Bourquard T, Achour O, Fruitier-Arnaudin I, Pichard A, Deshayes E, Turtoi A, Poupon A, Boissière-Michot F, Pirot N, Bernex F, Jacot W, du Manoir S, Theillet C, Pouget J-P, Navarro-Teulon I, Bonnefoy N, Pèlegrin A, Chardès T, Martineau P, Liaudet-Coopman E Immunotherapy of triple-negative breast cancer with cathepsin D-targeting antibodies. J Immunother Cancer. 2019;7(1):29. doi:10.1186/s40425-019-0498-z


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