To you who are interested in LIPIDS,

The GERLI has the vocation of animating scientific life in the domain of lipids, i.e., of perpetuating specialist expertise and promoting high quality science in this field, in other words of fostering LIPIDOMICS.

LIPIDOMICS may be defined as the "characterization of the different lipids of living organisms and the study of their interactions and biological roles, in relation to the functions of the genes and their proteins".

In this context, the GERLI is organising in Rennes in 2009 a large scientific meeting, the 6th Symposium of LIPIDOMICS, "BIOACTIVE LIPIDS, NUTRITION AND HEALTH", for which you will find all the necessary information on the site.

In 2008, the annual conference of the GERLI was successfully organised in Compiègnes around the theme "LIPIDS FOR THE FUTURE : FROM AGRORESOURCES TO HUMAN HEALTH".

On this occasion, the Thesis Prize was awarded to Mr Bruno Mesmin : Comment ArfGAP1 reconnait la courbure membranaire; Mr Ahmed Aloulou : Etude biochimique de la lipase LIP2 de Yarrowia lipolytica, un candidat pour le traitement de l'insuffisance pancréatique exocrine; Mr Benoit Colsch : Les sulfogalactosylcéramides dans la leucodystrophie métachromatique motrice et psychocognitive chez l'adulte: relations entre les analyses cliniques et biochimiques et les aspects moléculaires.

This thesis prize (1500 euros) is awarded every year.
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Our site "www.gerli.com" is intended to be a place where anyone can find information on "the art of handling lipids". It already features a great deal of practical information. Help us to enrich it.

The GERLI is an association with statutes laid down by the French Law of 1901 and for this reason has need of your subscriptions. Many thanks to the loyal members who have contributed over the years to the development of the GERLI.