A full episode of France Culture on autophagy!

Autophagy was recently featured for almost an hour on the program La Science, CQFD, broadcast on France Culture on March 3. You can listen to this episode, entitled “Autophagy: I eat myself, therefore I live,” on the Radiofrance app or by clicking on the image below.

In this fascinating and instructive episode, Natacha Triou, science journalist and producer, interviews several researchers from our community:

• Audrey Esclatine, current president of the Club Francophone de l’Autophagie (CFATG), professor at Paris Saclay University, and researcher at I2BC.

• Flavie Strappazzon, also a member of the CFATG board and researcher at the Institut NeuroMyogène in Lyon.

• Pierre-Emmanuel Joubert, member of the organizing committee of the CFATGXIII congress in Paris and lecturer at Sorbonne University

Throughout the discussion, they revisit the fundamental mechanisms of autophagy and its role in physiology, particularly in development and aging. Together, they discuss the links between autophagy and numerous pathologies, such as cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, and finally they talk about the research prospects that are currently shaping this rapidly expanding scientific field.

Our three researchers were welcomed to the Maison de la Radio studios to record this live broadcast. A big thank you to the entire “La Science, CQFD” team, and in particular to Eve Etienne, program manager, and Louise Ormansay-Gy, the intern who was responsible for programming the show for the first time.