Immunology and New Concepts in Immunotherapy
About us
Created in 2022, the INCIT(Immunology and New Concepts in Immunotherapy) research unit, directed by Frédéric Altare, is based on the desire to focus thescientific expertise of the immunology and immunotherapy teams on different pathological contexts: inflammation, cancer and infectious diseases.
Workforce
Publications since 2016
Doctoral students and post-docs
Locations - Nantes and Angers
Teams of specialists
INCIT brings together a wide range of immunology skills among its 4 teams, with a common objective:
To decipher the cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with immune responses to develop immunotherapeutic strategies.
Our news
"2 prizes for Incit at the Go Immuno congress - December 11 & 12, 2023".
INCIT was honored at the "Go Immuno" conference organized by Labex IGO in December. Margaux Verdon (team 1) was awarded the prize for best poster, while Gwenann Cadiou (team 3) won the prize for best oral communication!
"Deciphering the immune escape mechanism of the Epstein-Barr oncovirus and exploiting it as a therapeutic target for cancers linked to this virus".
Dr Marc Blondel (Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé de l'UBO (Brest), invited by Team 2, will give a seminar entitled: Decrypting the immune escape mechanism of the Epstein-Barr oncovirus and exploiting it as a therapeutic target for cancers linked to this virus, on May 14 at 11.00 - Rooms 1, 2, 3 - IRS2, Nantes.
"Regulatory T cells control inflammatory and non-inflammatory pain through endogenous opioids".
Dr Gilles Marodon (Inserm U1135 | CIMI-PARIS | SiRiC Curamus), invited by Team 3, will give a seminar entitled: Regulatory T cells control inflammatory and non-inflammatory pain through endogenous opioids , on March 14 at 11.00 - Rooms 1, 2, 3 - IRS2, Nantes
"2 prizes for Incit at the Go Immuno congress - December 11 & 12, 2023".
INCIT was honored at the "Go Immuno" conference organized by Labex IGO in December. Margaux Verdon (team 1) was awarded the prize for best poster, while Gwenann Cadiou (team 3) won the prize for best oral communication!