Laboratory
Architecture et Fonction
des Macromolécules
Biologiques

The Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques (AFMB) laboratory, overseen by the CNRS and AMU, is a center of structural biology localized on the Luminy campus in the South of Marseilles, France, and in partnership with INRAE under contract.

Congratulations to Harshita on winning the first prize for the best oral presentation at the Journée Infectiopôle Sud !

August 26, 2026

The work of Ashleigh Shannon and coll. is highlighted by CNRS biologie and the newspaper “La Marseillaise”!

August 26, 2026

Congratulations to Juan Reguera, recipient of the prestigious 2025 ERC Advanced Grant.

July 16, 2026

Congrats to Pascale Marchot, who received the CNRS Medal of Honnor

June 23, 2026

Upcoming events

9 November 2026

Seminar

PhD students: Gaoxin Chen and Médéric Dégardin

11h00

AFMB

13 November 2026

Thesis defense

PhD defense: Anh-Phu Nguyen – “Structural and functional characterization of GacS, the membrane-bound histidine kinase controlling infection modes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and development of novel inhibitory nanobodies”

09h00

Amphi Derrien, Polytech Luminy

#ResultatScientifique🔎| Une avancée majeure montre comment concevoir des antiviraux capables d'échapper aux mécanismes de défense des virus à ARN 🦠 ▶️ buff.ly/kYkoHcK ✍️ Bruno Canard 📕 @pnas.org 🤝 @cnrs.fr @cnrs-dr12.bsky.social @univ-amu.fr @afmblab.bsky.social

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— CNRS Biologie (@cnrsbiologie.bsky.social) 16 July 2026 at 18:03

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AFMB - UMR7257 CNRS - Aix-Marseille Univ. - Case 932
163 Avenue de Luminy 13288 Marseille CEDEX 09 FRANCE

+33 (0)4 13 94 95 00

afmb-secretariat@univ-amu.fr

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