INEM UMR7355

The INEM, stemming from the IEM (Immunology and Molecular Embryology, UMR6218), was created in 2012 and renewed in 2018, with a new constellation of young or already well-established teams. Joint research unit labeled by the CNRS and the University of Orléans (UMR7355), INEM is located on the CNRS campus in Orléans. There are around forty people, including 27 permanent staff (10 HDRs, researchers, teacher-researchers, hospital practitioners, administrative and technical staff), contract workers (post-docs, engineers) and 8-10 doctoral students. The INEM is committed to developing and studying mouse models of human diseases in the field of immunology and neurogenetics in order to understand the molecular mechanisms involved. The pathologies studied include lung infection and inflammation, asthma and pulmonary fibrosis, but also neurodevelopmental diseases linked to genetic disorders or exposure to toxins or pesticides.