Centre de recherches sur les macromolécules végétales
CERMAV, a CNRS research unit (UPR 5301), will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2026. For more than half a century, the laboratory has kept pace with societal changes by renewing and enriching its scientific themes. With historical fundamental research focused on cellulose and lignin, then on economically important plant polysaccharides, CERMAV’s themes now address various fields of glycoscience, including the synthesis or bioproduction of biologically active oligosaccharides, studies devoted to proteins involved in the processes of synthesis, degradation, modification, or recognition of sugars, the use of biomass as a source of renewable materials, neo-glycopolymers, materials for energy or health, bio-inspired materials, and more.
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News from Cermav
Batoul Moubarak’s thesis defense on November 20th, 2025.
Batoul Moubarak completed her doctoral thesis, entitled “Understanding the Biochemical Function and Evolutionary Diversification of Galactolipid Synthases” under the joint supervision of Christelle Breton (Professor,
The new edition of the CERMAV presentation booklet is now online.
Discover the new version of CERMAV’s presentation for the period 2019-2024. View and download the booklet:
Two awards for Yoshiharu Nishiyama and Yu Ogawa, from the Cellulose Society of Japan
Two Cermav scientists have just been awarded by the Cellulose Society of Japan. Yoshiharu Nishiyama, CNRS Research Director at Cermav, received the 2024 prize for
Presentation of Olga Makshakova’s Habilitation to Supervise Research (“HDR”), on May 21th, 2025
Olga Makshakova, originally from the Kazan Academy of Sciences and currently working at the University of Freiburg, has collaborated with the GBMS team at CERMAV
Portrait of Théodore ARNAUD, PhD Student at Cermav and the Laue-Langevin Institute (ILL)
Théodore ARNAUD is completing his PhD both at Cermav and the Laue-Langevin Institute (ILL), under the co-supervision of Anne Imberty, CNRS Research Director, and Matthew
Oussama HAMZAH’s thesis defense on May 22th, 2025
Oussama HAMZAH completed his thesis at Cermav under the co-supervision of Dr. Laurent HEUX (CNRS Research Director) and Dr. Bruno JEAN (CNRS Research Director). It