Current GFB committee, 2023-25
| President | Arnaud Mourier |  | I am interested in the mitochondrial energy-producing system and its bioenergetic failures in mitochondrial and metabolic pathologies. | CNRS Senior researcher Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires UMR5095, Bordeaux |
| Vice-President | Anne Devin |  | I study the control and regulation of cellular energy metabolism, with particular attention to the molecular mechanisms of the Crabtree and Warburg effects and the role of the redox state of mitochondrial quinones in the regulation of this metabolism. | CNRS Research director Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaire UMR5095, Bordeaux |
| Secretary | Eric Pilet |  | I am interested in the functioning of prokaryotic respiratory chains, particularly by exploring their use of quinones. | Assistant Professor Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR7281/IMM-CNRS, Marseille |
| Assistant secretary | Marie-France Giraud |  | After twenty years of interest in the structure-function relationships of yeast mitochondrial ATP synthase, I am currently studying the dynamics of a bacterial efflux pump involved in antibiotic resistance. | CNRS Senior researcher Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et des Nanoobjets, UMR5248-CNRS-INP Bordeaux |
| Treasurer | Marianne Guiral |  | I am interested in the energy metabolism of sulfur and hydrogen as well as carbon fixation in microaerophilic and hyperthermophilic bacteria. | CNRS Senior researcher Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR7281/IMM-CNRS, Marseille |
| Assistant treasurer | Barbara Schoepp Cothenet |  | I am interested in the evolution of prokaryotic bioenergetic metabolisms from the origin of life to the present day, combining microbiology, bioinformatics, biochemistry and biophysics. | CNRS Research director Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR7281/IMM-CNRS, Marseille |
| Website manager | Sandrine Bujaldon |  | I am interested in all aspects of photosynthesis in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. | CNRS research engineer Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique UMR7141, CNRS-SU, Paris |
| Website manager | Benjamin Bailleul |  | I study the functional diversity of photosynthesis, with a particular interest in diatoms | CNRS Senior researcher UMR7141 (IBPC) & UMR7144 (SB Roscoff), CNRS-SU, Paris |
| Mickaël Cohen |  | I am interested in mitochondrial dynamics in the model organism S. cerevisiae, covering structural biology projects on factors involved in mitochondrial fusion to mitochondrial network analysis by super-resolution microscopy. | CNRS Research director Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique UMR8226, Paris | |
| Axel Magalon |  | I study the functioning and organization of electron transfer chain actors in several bacterial models, combining several approaches from the molecular to the cellular scale. | CNRS Research director Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne UMR 7283 IMM-CNRS, Marseille | |
| Frédéric Melin |  | I am interested in respiratory chain enzymes and their association in supercomplexes and I study them using coupled electrochemistry/spectroscopy methods. | Assistant Professor UniStra Laboratoire de bioélectrochimie et spectroscopie UMR7140 CNRS – Université de Strasbourg | |
| Fabien Pierrel |  | I am interested in the biosynthetic pathways of isoprenoid quinones, their evolution, and more generally in the diversity of electron transfer chains in the microbial world. | CNRS Research director Laboratoire TIMC-IMAG UMR5525, Grenoble | |
| Ludovic Pelosi |  | I work on the characterization of isoprenoid quinone biosynthesis pathways at the structural and functional level in bacteria (Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. | Assistant Professor Laboratoire TIMC-IMAG UMR5525, Grenoble | |
| Stefania Viola |  | I am interested in light capture and electron transport pathways in photosynthetic organisms, particularly cyanobacteria. | CEA Senior researcher Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies Aix-Marseille BIAM – UMR 7265 CEA Cadarache / Cité des Énergies |
GFB committee, 2021-23
| President | Eric Pilet | Assistant professor Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR7281/IMM-CNRS, Marseille |
| Vice-President | Pierre Cardol | Senior researcher FNRS Laboratoire de Génétique et Physiologie des Microalgues Université de Liège, Belgique |
| Secretary | Anne Devin | CNRS Research director Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaire UMR5095, Bordeaux |
| Assistant secretary | Marie-France Giraud | Senior researcher CNRS Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires UMR5095, Bordeaux |
| Treasurer | Marianne Guiral | Senior researcher CNRS Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR7281/IMM-CNRS, Marseille |
| Assistant treasurer | Barbara Schoepp Cothenet | CNRS Research director Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR7281/IMM-CNRS, Marseille |
| Laura Baciou | CNRS Research director Laboratoire de Chimie Physique UMR8000, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, Paris Saclay. | |
| Benjamin Bailleul | Senior researcher CNRS Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique UMR7141, CNRS-SU, Paris | |
| Lucie Bergdoll | Senior researcher CNRS Laboratoire de Dynamique et d’assemblage des Protéines Trans-membranaires UMR7281/IMM-CNRS, Marseille | |
| Mickaël Cohen | CNRS Research director Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique UMR8226, Paris | |
| Laurent Counillon | Professor Laboratoire de PhysioMédecine Moléculaire UMR 7370, Faculté de Médecine de Nice | |
| Giovanni Finazzi | CNRS Research director Laboratoire de physiologie végétale et cellulaire UMR 5168 CNRS/CEA/UJF, Grenoble | |
| Petra Hellwig | Professor Laboratoire de bioélectrochimie et spectroscopie UMR7140 CNRS – Université de Strasbourg | |
| Axel Magalon | CNRS Research director Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne UPR9043/IMM-CNRS, Marseille | |
| Fabien Pierrel | CNRS Research director Laboratoire TIMC-IMAG UMR5525, Grenoble | |
| Ludovic Pelosi | Assistant professor Laboratoire TIMC-IMAG UMR5525, Grenoble |
Former committees :
2019 – 2021 : President: Mickaël Cohen CNRS, IBPC Paris; Vice-President – Laura Baciou CNRS, LCP Orsay, Secretary : Anne Devin : CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux. Assistant secretary : Marie-France Giraud CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux. Treasurer : Marianne Guiral CNRS-BIP Marseille. Assistant treasurer : Eric Pilet AMU- BIP Marseille. Philippe Diolez CNRS, Bordeaux. Lucie Bergdoll CNRS, Marseille. Pierre Cardol FNRS, Liège, Belgique. Laurent Counillon Faculté de Médecine de Nice. Giovanni Finazzi CNRS-CEA Grenoble. Petra Hellwig : LBS Université de Strasbourg. Jean-Jacques Lacapère CNRS Paris. Axel Magalon CNRS LCB, Marseille. Fabien Pierrel CNRS, TIMC-IMAG Grenoble. Eric Rosenfeld, LIENSs Université de la Rochelle.e
2017 – 2019 : President : Fabien Pierrel, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble. Vice-President : Giovanni Finazzi, CNRS, LPVC, Grenoble. Treasurer : Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet, CNRS, BIP Marseille. Assistant treasurer : Marianne Guiral, CNRS, BIP Marseille. Secretary : Laura Baciou, CNRS LCP Orsay. Assistant secretary : Anne Devin, CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux. Pierre Cardol, FNRS, Liège, Belgique. Belgique. Mickaël Cohen, CNRS, IBPC Paris, Laurent Counillon, Faculté de Médecine de Nice. Philippe Diolez, CNRS, Pessac. Marie-France Giraud, CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux, Petra Hellwig, LBS Université de Strasbourg, Jean-Jacques Lacapère, LBM CNRS, Paris, Axel Magalon, LCB CNRS Marseille, Eric Rosenfeld, LIENSs – Université de la Rochelle.
2015-2017: President: Marie-France Giraud, CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux, Vice-President: Eric Rosenfeld, LIENSs – Université de la Rochelle. Treasurer : Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet, CNRS, BIP Marseille. Secretary : Philippe Diolez CNRS, CRCT Bordeaux. Assistant secretary : Anne Devin, CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux. Laura Baciou, CNRS, LCP Orsay. Laurent Counillon, LPMM Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Giovanni Finazzi, CNRS, LPVC Grenoble. Marianne Guiral, CNRS, BIP Marseille. Petra Hellwig, LBS Université de Strasbourg. Jean-Jacques Lacapère, CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Bichat, Paris. Claire Lemaire, CNRS, LPM iBiTec-S, Saclay. Axel Magalon, CNRS, LCB Marseille. Fabien Pierrel, LAPM Grenoble, James Sturgis, AMU-LISM, Marseille.
2013-2015 : President: Petra Hellwig, Professeur, Institut de Chimie Université de Strasbourg. Vice-President: Axel Magalon, CNRS, LCB Marseille, Secretary: Philippe Diolez, CNRS, CRCT Bordeaux. Assistant secretary : Claire Lemaire, CNRS, LPM iBiTec-S, Saclay. Treasurer : Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet, CNRS, BIP Marseille. Assistant treasurer : Marie-France Giraud, CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux. Laura Baciou, CNRS, LCP Orsay. Frédéric Bouillaud, INSERM, Institut Cochin, Paris. Laurent Counillon, LPMM Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis Giovanni Finazzi, CNRS, LPVC Grenoble Marianne Guiral, CNRS, BIP Marseille. Jean-Jacques Lacapère, CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Bichat, Paris. Fabrice Rappaport, CNRS, IBPC, Paris. Eric Rosenfeld, Université de la Rochelle, UMR CNRS 7266 LIENSs. Pierre Rustin, CNRS, INSERM U676, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris. James Sturgis, AMU- LISM Marseille.
2011-2013 : President : Axel Magalon, CNRS LCB Marseille. Vice-President: Laurent Counillon, Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Treasurer: Barbara Schoepp-Cothenet, CNRS BIP Marseille. Secretary : Philippe Diolez, CNRS, CRCT Bordeaux. Assistant secretary : Marie-France Giraud, CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux. Fabrice Rappaport, CNRS, IBPC, Paris. Laura Baciou, CNRS, LCP Orsay. Frédéric Bouillaud, INSERM, Institut Cochin, Paris. Jean-Jacques Lacapère, CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Bichat, Paris. Giovanni Finazzi, CNRS, LPVC Grenoble. Eric Rosenfeld, Université de la Rochelle, UMR CNRS 7266 LIENSs. Pierre Rustin, CNRS, INSERM U676, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris. Petra Hellwig, Institut de Chimie Université de Strasbourg. Claire Lemaire, CNRS, LPM iBiTec-S, Saclay.
2009-2011 : President : Jean-Jacques Lacapère, CNRS, Faculté de Médecine Bichat, Paris. Vice-President : Claire Lemaire, CNRS, LPM iBiTec-S, Saclay. Treasurer : Véronique Trézéguet, CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux. Secretary : Philippe Diolez, CNRS, CRCT Bordeaux. Michel Rigoulet, Professeur, CNRS, IBGC Bordeaux. Serge Alziari, Professeur, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand. Cécile Breyton CNRS, IBS Grenoble. Laurent Counillon, Professeur Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis Giovanni Finazzi, CNRS, LPVC Grenoble. Francis Haraux, CNRS, LPM iBiTec-S, Saclay. Axel Magalon, CNRS LCB Marseille