General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRF-25-0822
Direction
DRF
Thesis topic details
Category
Condensed Matter Physics, chemistry, nanosciences
Thesis topics
Hemoglobin S polymerization and diffusion in different hemoglobin mixtures HbYxHbS(1-x) with Y=At, A0, F…
Contract
Thèse
Job description
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disorder of the blood, causing anemia. It results from the polymerization of a mutated hemoglobin HbS, the oxygen-carrying protein found in red blood cells (RBCs), which causes the soft cells to deform into a rigid sickle shape under certain circumstances. Because the deformed cells induced by the polymerization will clog the blood capillaries, it induces an increase in blood pressure and ultimately degeneration of the various organs. Pharmacological treatments for sickle cell anemia include hydroxyurea, a molecule that promotes the synthesis of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) which leads to a mixture of hemoglobin HbFxHbS(1-x) in the blood, with HbF partially inhibiting polymerization of HbS. Gene therapy is also used for the treatment of this disease by stimulating the production of therapeutic hemoglobin (HbAt), or normal hemoglobin (HbA0). In collaboration with the Department of Genetic Diseases of the Red Blood Cell at Henri-Mondor hospital, we propose to study the effect of the addition of different types of hemoglobin on the polymerization process as well as the kinetics of oxygen capture at RBC level. This model study is directly linked to the treatments developed to cure this disease and aim to try to better understand them from a molecular point of view.
University / doctoral school
Sciences Chimiques: Molécules, Matériaux, Instrumentation et Biosystèmes (2MIB)
Paris-Saclay
Thesis topic location
Site
Saclay
Requester
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Longeville Stéphane
slongeville@cea.fr
CEA
DRF
Laboratoire Léon Brillouin
UMR CEA-CNRS
Université de Paris-Saclay
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
01 69 08 75 30
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
Longeville Stéphane
slongeville@cea.fr
CEA
DRF
Laboratoire Léon Brillouin
UMR CEA-CNRS
Université de Paris-Saclay
91191 Gif-sur-Yvette
01 69 08 75 30
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