Christine Comera
National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRA), France
Biography
Christine Comera has obtained her PhD in biochemistry in 1989 and was employed as researcher in the INRA (National Institute of Agronomic Research) in Toulouse since 1992. She has her expertise in the pathophysiological study of mammalian intestinal absorption, lipid metabolism, inflammatory processes or intestinal permeability. She studies mainly the intestinal epithelium by approaches combining physiology with cellular and molecular characterizations including imagery and biochemical methods.