International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry (RICT2024) in Bordeaux, France

July 3, 2024

We have organized the 58th International conference on medicinal chemistry - RICT 2024. This year's program was under the theme of interfacing chemical biology and drug discovery. Very excited to listen to all the talks. [Photos]

National Conference in Chemical Biology (GDR ChemBio) @ IECB, University of Bordeaux, France

June 6, 2024

We have organized and hosted the 4th scientific days of the GDR ChemBio at IECB. Very excited to listen to all the talks. [Photos]

Welcome to Ludovic

April 15, 2024

 Our new lab member, Ludovic Hirsoux is a 3rd year undergrad (L3) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months.

Welcome to Kerstin

April 12, 2024

 Our new lab member, Kerstin Müller is a visiting PhD student from the group of Prof. Wagenknecht at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany and will stay with us for 3 months.

@ Société Chimique de France GSO - Bordeaux, France

February 02, 2024

Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects at the "Journées Scientifiques de la Société Chimique de France du Grand Sud-Ouest" (SCF-GSO 2024) in Bordeaux, France.

Welcome to Mathilde

January 24, 2024

 Our new lab member, Mathilde Willigens is in her second year of Masters (M2) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 6 months. Welcome back Mathilde.

Welcome to Lucile

January 09, 2024

 Our new lab member, Lucile Jeanneret is in her first year of Masters (M1) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months.

Welcome to Guilhem

January 01, 2024

 Our new lab member, Guilhem Ribera has obtained his lab technical degree (BTS Anabiotec) from the Lycée Blanquefort, France. He then did several lab technical stays in both academia and industry. Welcome Guilhem!

Seminar @ SMR-SIN department event - University of Bordeaux, France

November 17, 2023

Zoeisha gave an impressive talk on the development of functional glycomics (tools to study the biological roles of glycans) at the SMR-SIN joint department event, University of Bordeaux, France. Well done Zoeisha!

Welcome to Ameyric

November 01, 2023

 Our new lab member, Ameyric Lavalade is a 2nd year student in Chemistry at the technical school Saint Louis in Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months.

New Grant - Prematuration program of the University of Bordeaux

September 7, 2023

Our group has been awarded a prematuration grant from the University of Bordeaux and France 2030 . Thank you for supporting our work!

Welcome back to Luka

September 1, 2023

 Congratulations to Luka, who got a highly competitive national PhD scholarship (MESRI) and is starting his PhD in Chemical Biology within the group. Luka got his Bachelor and Master of science in Chemistry from the University of Bordeaux, France. Welcome back Luka and once again well done!!

@ Eurocarb21, Paris, France

July 9-13, 2023

Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects at the 21st European Carbohydrate Symposium (Eurocarb21), in Paris, France. [Photos]

@ Canceropole GSO - Chemistry and Cancer, Toulouse, France

June 19, 2023

Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects at the 1st Chemistry and Cancer Workshop of the Canceropole GSO in Toulouse, France.

@ EuChemS, Life Science division, YIW, Helsinki, Finland

May 12-13, 2023

Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects at the 3rd Young Investigator Workshop of the European Chemical Society, Life Science division, in Helsinki, Finland. Thank you to the French Chenical Society, Chemical Biology division (SCF-Chemobiologie) for the nomination. [Photos]

Seminar in Chemical Biology in honor of L. Kiessling @ IECB, University of Bordeaux, France

April 26, 2023

We have organized at IECB a special Chemical Biology symposium in honor of Laura Kiessling venue in Bordeaux. Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects front of Laura. [Photos]

Welcome to Lea

April 11, 2023

 Our new lab member, Lea Jarlet is a 3rd year undergrad (L3) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months.

Seminar @ ISM - University of Bordeaux, France

April 04, 2023

Zoeisha gave an excellent talk on the importance of glycans at the ISM, University of Bordeaux, France. Well done Zoeisha!

PhD Defense - Congratulations to Tarek

March 30, 2023

Well done Tarek for a great PhD Defense!! Tarek is not leaving us as he will start a short Postdoc within the group. [Photos]

Welcome to Luka

January 16, 2023

 Our new lab member, Luka Perrin is in his second year of Masters (M2) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 6 months. Welcome back Luka.

Welcome to Mathilde

January 09, 2023

 Our new lab member, Mathilde Willigens is in her first year of Masters (M1) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months.

Our New Publication

December 14, 2022

Our latest publication is a review in Israel Journal of Chemistry in a special issue to celebrate Carolyn Bertozzi's selection for the 2022 Wolf Prize in Chemistry. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1002/ijch.202200055 

Our Paper on Neuraminidases Activity is Featured in ACS Chem. Biol. Special Issue on the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

December 01, 2022

Check out the special issue on Click & Bioorthogonal Chemistry in ACS Chem. Biol. celebrating the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, whcih features our paper on the impact of bioorthogonal reporters on neuraminidases activity...

Seminar @ Sorbonne University, Paris

November 07, 2022

Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects at Sorbonne Univesrity, Paris. Had a wonderful time talking to the scientists of the Laboratory of Biomolecules. Thank you so much for the invitation.

Welcome to Flora

November 01, 2022

 Our new lab member, Flora Robin is a 2nd year student in Chemistry and Biology at the technical school Saint Louis in Bordeaux  and will stay with us for 2 months.

Well done Zoeisha!

October 23, 2022

Zoeisha obtained a permanent scientific researcher (CR) position with the CNRS. One of the most competitive position in France. Such an achievement, congratulations Zoeisha!!

Symposium in Glycoscience @ IECB, Bordeaux

October 07, 2022

The Friscourt lab has hosted an excited symposium in glycoscience in Bordeaux and Frederic defended successfully is HDR (Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches). A perfect day within a perfect week!! [Photos]

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 05, 2022

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry". This is a special moment for our research gorup since our work is focussed on employing click and bioorthogonal chemistries for the study of complex glycans in living systems.

@ ACS Chemical Biology Young Investigators Webinar

September 13, 2022

Very excited to be part of this amazing event featuring young investigators, who are doing cutting edge research at the interface of chemistry and biology. For more details, go to: https://connect.acspubs.org/YoungInvestigators2022 - [Photos]

Cover Feature of Eur. J. Org. Chem.

July 11, 2022

Our last work on generating glycan-array by strain-promoted sydnone-alkyne cycloaddition, published in Eur J Org Chem earlier this year, is depicted as a cover feature. To see it, go to: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202200786

@ 34th Journée Chimie-Biologie-Santé - Toulouse, France

June 10, 2022

Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects at the 34th day Chimie-Biologie-Santé (JCBS) in Toulouse, France. [Photos]

Our new publication

May 13, 2022

Our latest publication on utilizing sydnones for the preparation of glycan-array via strain-promoted sydnone-alkyne cycloaddition is out in European Journal of Organic Chemistry. Congratulations to Zoeisha and our collaborator KW Moremen from the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, GA, USA.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202200271

Welcome to Luka

January 03, 2022

 Our new lab member, Luka Perrin is in his first year of Masters (M1) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months.

Our new publication

December 10, 2021

Our last publication is a book chapter in the amazing Science of Synthesis in Click Chemsitry.

https://doi.org/10.1055/sos-SD-235-00329

Front cover of Chem. Eur. J.

November 12, 2021

Our last work with the Wagenknecht group, published in Chem Eur J, is depicted as front cover. To see it, go to: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103947

Welcome to Emma

November 01, 2021

Our new lab member, Emma Urrère, is a 2nd year student in Chemistry and Biology at the technical school Saint Louis in Bordeaux  and will stay with us for 2 months.

Our new publication

October 21, 2021

Our new publication, in Chemistry European Journal, is a collaborative work with Prof Hans-Achim Wagenknecht from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, on the utilization of our sydnone reporters for the labeling of DNA. Congratulations to Zoeisha, Camille and our collaborators from the KIT.

https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202103026

Our new publication

October 1, 2021

Our new paper on controlling the activity of bacterial sialidases using bioorthogonal chemical reporters is out in ACS Chemical Biology. Congratulations to Zoeisha and our collaborators at IECB, E Montembault and A Royou, as well as KW Moremen from the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, GA, USA.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.1c00469

Outreach Activities

June 23, 2021

Zoeisha will soon be giving an online class to Masters students of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, on how to perform NMR analysis of carbohydrates - [Read more]

Welcome to Léna

May 10, 2021

Our new lab member, Léna Atlan, is in her 2nd year of chemical engineering (I2) from the National Chemical Engineering School in Rennes (ENSCR) and will stay with us for 3 months.

Our new publication

March 1, 2021

Our new publication is a chapter in the 2nd Edition of Comprehensive Glycoscience where we review the advantages and shortcomings of bioorthogonal chemical ligation for neoglycoproteins synthesis. Congratulation Zoeisha.

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819475-1.00080-8

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

December 22, 2020

The Friscourt Lab wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021 :) [Photos]

@ Society For Glycobiology Annual Meeting - Virtual Meeting

November 09, 2020

Although still in lockdown here in France, we are excited to present our Glyco projects at the virtual SFG 2020 - Chemical Glycobiology session [Photos]

Lab closure - COVID-19

March 16, 2020

COVID-19: As most labs in France, our lab is now closed  until further notice. Public and personal safety first!

Welcome to Václav

January 06, 2020

Our new lab member, Václav Němec is a visiting PhD student in the group of Dr. Kamil Paruch from Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. Václav will be with us for a 1-month traineeship. 

CNRS ATIP-Avenir Laureates website 

November 05, 2019

The CNRS has just put up a website highlighting the research of all the laureates of the prestigious ATIP-Avenir Program. You can find our team's profile here: https://insb.cnrs.fr/fr/personne/frederic-friscourt

@ Prof Černy's 90th Birthday Symposium - Prague, Czech Republic

September 26, 2019

Excited to present our Glyco projects in honor of the great carbohydrate chemist Prof. Černy 90th Birthday at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. [Photos]

@ EuroCarb2019 - Leiden, The Netherlands

July 01, 2019

We are presenting our exciting Glyco projects at the EuroCarb 2019 in Leiden, The Netherlands. [Photos]

New Grant - LabEx TRAIL

June 28, 2019

Our group has been awarded a Consolidation grant from the LabEx TRAIL. Thank you for supporting our work!

PhD Defense - Congratulations to Camille

June 14, 2019

Well done Camille for a great PhD Defense!! We will miss you. Good luck with your future projects.

@ TRAIL conference - University of Bordeaux

June 14, 2019

Zoeisha gave an excellent talk on imaging glycans at the TRAIL conference, University of Bordeaux. Well done Zoeisha!

New grant - Canceropole GSO

April 10, 2019

Our group has been awarded an Emergence grant from the Cancéropôle GSO. Thank you for supporting our work!

Highlight of our talk at ICBS2018 in ACS Chemical Biology

March 18, 2019

Meeting Proceedings from ICBS 2018 are out in ACS Chemical Biology and with it a highlight of our talk on the use of sydnone reporters for imaging glycans in living cells. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschembio.9b00169

Our new publication

February 1, 2019

Our new paper on the selective metabolic oligosachharide engineering of sialoconjugates in living cells is out in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations to Zoeisha and Camille and our collaborators C. Bodineau and RV Duran from the Cabimer, Sevilla, Spain as well as KW. Moremen from the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, GA, USA.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201814266 

Welcome back to Tarek

December 15, 2018

Our new lab member, Tarek Khalaf is starting his PhD in Chemical Biology within the group. Tarek got his Bachelor of science in chemistry from the University of Balamand in Lebanon and his Master degree from the University of Bordeaux, France.

@ ICBS 2018 - Vancouver, Canada

September 25, 2018

Exciting Chemical Biology projects are being presented at the ICBS 2018 in Vancouver, Canada. [Photos]

Welcome to Danielle

July 15, 2018

Our new lab member, A/P Danielle Skropeta is a visiting scientist from the University of Wollongong, Australia. Danielle will be with us for a 3-month sabbatical. Thank you to the IdEx Bordeaux program for sponsoring her stay!

Our new publication

July 11, 2018

Our new paper on Fluorogenic Sydnone-Modified Coumarins is out in Org. Lett. Congratulations to Camille.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01587

@ GFG 2018 - Nouan le Fuzelier, France

May 23, 2018

Exciting talks on carbohydrates are being presented at the GFG 2018 in Nouan le Fuzelier, France. [Photos]

Best presentation prize

May 17, 2018

Frederic received the Ruffec Rotary Club prize for best presentation during the Bordeaux Neurocampus Day for his talk on "Imaging Glycans in the Brain from Chemistry to Living Systems". [Link] [Photos]

New grant - LabEx TRAIL

May 14, 2018

Our group has been awarded a Consolidator grant from the LabEx TRAIL. Thank you for supporting our work!

Welcome to Magaly

April 29, 2018

 Our new lab member, Magaly Harignordoquy is a 3rd year undergrad (L3) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months.

Our new publication

February 1, 2018

Our new paper on Fluorogenic Reactions between Sydnones and the Cyclooctyne Fl-DIBO is out in J. Org. Chem. Congratulations to Camille, Lucie and Jerome.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01587

Welcome to Tarek

January 29, 2018

 Our new lab member, Tarek Khalaf is a 2nd year Master student (M2) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 5 months.

Best poster prize - Congrats to Zoeisha

July 4, 2017

Zoeisha received the ChemBioChem prize for best poster during the European Chemical Biology Symposium 2017 in Budapest, Hungary.  [Photos]

@ ECBS 2017 - Budapest, Hungary

July 2, 2017

Exciting talks on Chemical Biology are being presented at the ECBS 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. [Photos]

Welcome to Bertille

May 22, 2017

 Our new lab member, Bertille Alauze is a 2nd year undergrad from the IUT Orsay, Paris, France. She will stay with us for the next 3 months.

The Friscourt Lab was highlighted in the University of Bordeaux Press

May, 2017

 [Photos]

Welcome to Megan

March 1, 2017

 Our new lab member, Megan Tirard is a 1st year Master student from the University of Nantes, France. She will stay with us for the next 5 months.

Welcome to Zoeisha

January 1, 2017

 Our new lab member, Zoeisha Chinoy obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, GA, USA under the supervision of Prof. Geert-Jan Boons on the chemical and enzymatic preparation of complex glycans. She then did  a 2-year postdoctoral study in polymer chemistry at the University of Bordeaux (LCPO), France. Welcome Zoeisha!