SFEL 2022 Thesis Prize – Call for entries
The Société Française pour l'Etude des Lipides (SFEL) is pleased to announce the opening of the call for applications for its 2022 thesis prize. This prize rewards research work carried out in France for a university thesis in a field related to oilseeds, fats and/or lipids: oilseed production, analysis, biochemical or physico-chemical characterization of lipids, fat processing, non-food uses, lipid nutrition, lipids and health… The SFEL [...]
Next SFEL Webinar on Friday, March 25, 2022 on “Impact d’interventions nutritionnelles sur le métabolisme énergétique et les fonctions cognitives et comportementales chez un primate non-humain, le Microcèbe” by Fabien PIFFERRI, CNRS/MNHN, Brunoy
Next SFEL Webinar on Friday, March 25, 2022 from 1 to 2 p.m. Fabien PIFFERI, CNRS Research Director, UMR CNRS/MNHN 7179, Brunoy, France “Impact of nutritional interventions on energy metabolism and cognitive and behavioral functions in a non-human primate, the Microcebe”
Next SFEL Webinar on February 25, 2022 on “Plasmalogens of marine origin: composition, function, diversity, and valorization” by Philippe SOUDANT (CNRS, Plouzané)
Next SFEL Webinar on Friday, February 25, 2022 from 1 to 2 p.m. Philippe SOUDANT, CNRS Research Director, LEMAR, Plouzané “Plasmalogens of marine origin: composition, function, diversity, and valorization”. Free but compulsory registration
Next SFEL webinar on January 28, 2022 on “From cashew nutshell liquid to sustainable polymers: A platform approach”, by Sylvain CAILLOL (CNRS, Montpellier)
Next SFEL Webinar on Friday, January 28, 2022 from 1 pm to 2 pm Sylvain CAILLOL (CNRS Research Director, Charles Gerhardt Institute, Montpellier) “From cashew nutshell liquid to sustainable polymers: A platform approach”
Fluxolipidomics of lipid mediators and oxylipins in blood compartments, November 2021 seminar by Michel Lagarde (INSA Lyon) given on LIPID MAPS.
Michel Lagarde is Professor Emeritus at INSA-Lyon (University of Lyon). In Lyon, he was INSERM Unit Director (1988-2006), and founder of the Institut de Biochimie Multidisciplinaire des Lipides (IMBL) and Chairman of the Board (2002-2012) and Honorary Chairman of IMBL since 2013. He was also Scientific Director of the LISA Carnot Institute (2007-2012) and President of several scientific societies: GERLI (1994-2001), ICBL (2006-2009), and ISSFAL (2006-2009). [...]
Next SFEL webinar on January 7, 2022 on fatty acid esters, everyday molecules and ingredients of the future, by Philippe Maréchal (Stéarinerie Dubois)
The SFEL webinar of November 26, 2021 is postponed to Friday, January 7, 2022 Philippe Maréchal (Stéarinerie Dubois) “Fatty esters, molecules of our daily lives and ingredients of the future”
Next SFEL webinar on December 16, 2021 on phystosterols in infant milks by Jean-Charles MARTIN (INRAE, Marseille).
Next SFEL Webinar on Friday, December 16, 2021 Jean-Charles MARTIN (INRAE, C2VN, BioMeT, Marseille) “Should we be concerned about the presence of phytosterols in infant milks for children's health
SFEL session “Dairy lipids and their effects on health”, ISSFAL Virtual Congress, May 11, 2021
In May 2021, the SFEL organized a scientific session on dairy lipids and their effects on human health during the ISSFAL virtual congress. This session was made possible with the help of the ISSFAL Board and our two sponsors, CNIEL (Centre National Interprofessionnel de l'Economie Laitière) and the French dairy cooperative group SODIAAL. It was organized and hosted by three members of the SFEL board, Bernadette [...]
Death of Franck GUNSTONE, author of “Lipid Handbook” and CHEVREUL Medal 1990
One of the leading analytical lipid chemists of our time, Frank Gunstone , passed away last week, 3 days after his 98th birthday. Professor of Chemistry at the University of St. Andrews (UK), he was notably the author of the “Lipid Handbook”, which is still on many bookshelves and remains an essential reference. Franck Gunstone was awarded the CHEVREUL Medal by the SFEL in 1990. His [...]
