The unit “Centre de Génétique Moléculaire” is directed by Frédéric Boccard, Directeur de Recherche in CNRS.
The CGM is a leading French Biological Science unit from CNRS interested in studying the nature, the structure, the expression and the implementation of genetic information (www.cgm.cnrs-gif.fr). Current projects involve various model systems : prokaryotic cells, unicellular eukaryotes, invertebrate and vertebrate metazoans, ex vivo eukaryotic cells. The scientific strategies of CGM teams involve approaches as diverse as genetics, genomics and post-genomics, molecular biology, cellular biology, biochemistry and bioinformatics.
Around the central theme of Molecular Genetics, our research unit is organized in about 20 teams arranged in 4 departments :
The CGM staff is composed of about 150 personals including about 60 scientists and professors (from CNRS, Inserm, University Paris-Sud, University Pierre et Marie Curie, University Denis Diderot, University Versailles St-Quentin), about 50 doctoral students and post-docs and about 40 engineers and technicians (CNRS). About one hundred students receive training in the unit every year.