Our group, in collaboration with Dr. M. Rosendale at the IINS Bordeaux, has been awarded an interdisciplinary research grant from the University of Bordeaux and France 2030 . Thank you for supporting our work!
Zoeisha has been awarded a young researcher (JCJC) grant from the national ANR funding program . Thank you for supporting our work! Well done Zoeisha!!
Our group has been awarded a collaborative PRC grant from the national ANR funding program . Thank you for supporting our work!
Our new lab member, Aïnhoa Lafourcade is in her second year of undergrad (L2) in biology from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months.
We are very excited to host Prof. Sabine Flitsch from Manchester University, UK. Sabine gave an amazing talk on "enzyme cascades for organic synthesis". [Photos]
Our new lab member, Lucile Jeanneret is in her second year of Masters (M2) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 5 months. Welcome back Lucile!!
Our new lab member, Audrey Baeyens is in her first year of Masters (M1) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months.
Our new lab member, Ludovic Hirsoux is in his first year of Masters (M1) from the University of Bordeaux and will stay with us for 2 months. Welcome back Ludovic!!
Congratulations to Frederic on becoming co-director of IECB.
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]
We have organized and hosted the 4th scientific days of the GDR ChemBio at IECB. Very excited to listen to all the talks. [Photos]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
Our group has been awarded a prematuration grant from the University of Bordeaux and France 2030 . Thank you for supporting our work!
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!!
Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects at the 21st European Carbohydrate Symposium (Eurocarb21), in Paris, France. [Photos]
Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects at the 1st Chemistry and Cancer Workshop of the Canceropole GSO in Toulouse, France.
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]
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]
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.
Zoeisha gave an excellent talk on the importance of glycans at the ISM, University of Bordeaux, France. Well done Zoeisha!
Well done Tarek for a great PhD Defense!! Tarek is not leaving us as he will start a short Postdoc within the group. [Photos]
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.
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 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
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...
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.
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.
Zoeisha obtained a permanent scientific researcher (CR) position with the CNRS. One of the most competitive position in France. Such an achievement, congratulations Zoeisha!!
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 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.
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]
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
Very excited to present our Chemical Glycobiology projects at the 34th day Chimie-Biologie-Santé (JCBS) in Toulouse, France. [Photos]
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.
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 last publication is a book chapter in the amazing Science of Synthesis in Click Chemsitry.
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
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, 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.
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.
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]
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 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.
The Friscourt Lab wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2021 :) [Photos]
Although still in lockdown here in France, we are excited to present our Glyco projects at the virtual SFG 2020 - Chemical Glycobiology session [Photos]
COVID-19: As most labs in France, our lab is now closed until further notice. Public and personal safety first!
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.
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
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]
We are presenting our exciting Glyco projects at the EuroCarb 2019 in Leiden, The Netherlands. [Photos]
Our group has been awarded a Consolidation grant from the LabEx TRAIL. Thank you for supporting our work!
Well done Camille for a great PhD Defense!! We will miss you. Good luck with your future projects.
Zoeisha gave an excellent talk on imaging glycans at the TRAIL conference, University of Bordeaux. Well done Zoeisha!
Our group has been awarded an Emergence grant from the Cancéropôle GSO. Thank you for supporting our work!
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 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.
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.
Exciting Chemical Biology projects are being presented at the ICBS 2018 in Vancouver, Canada. [Photos]
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 paper on Fluorogenic Sydnone-Modified Coumarins is out in Org. Lett. Congratulations to Camille.
Exciting talks on carbohydrates are being presented at the GFG 2018 in Nouan le Fuzelier, France. [Photos]
Our group has been awarded a Consolidator grant from the LabEx TRAIL. Thank you for supporting our work!
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 paper on Fluorogenic Reactions between Sydnones and the Cyclooctyne Fl-DIBO is out in J. Org. Chem. Congratulations to Camille, Lucie and Jerome.
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.
Zoeisha received the ChemBioChem prize for best poster during the European Chemical Biology Symposium 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. [Photos]
Exciting talks on Chemical Biology are being presented at the ECBS 2017 in Budapest, Hungary. [Photos]
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.
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.
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!