The Board
Audrey Esclatine - President (2023-2026), Treasurer (2018-2023), Member (2016-2018) - audrey.esclatine@universite-paris-saclay.fr
University Professor, Université Paris Saclay, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule, I2BC, Co-direction de l'équipe "Autophagie et immunité antivirale", Gif-sur-Yvette.
Autophagy and Herpes virus.
Iban Seiliez - Treasurer (2022-...) - iban.seiliez@inrae.fr
Research Director - UMR1419 INRAE/UPPA NuMeA, St Pée-sur-Nivelle
Autophagy and cellular metabolism in fish
Coralie Daussy - Secretary (2022-...) - coralie.daussy@irim.cnrs.fr
CNRS Researcher, Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM, UMR9004), 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5
Role of the autophagic machinery during the early steps of viral infection
Guillaume Beauclair - Member (2022-...) - guillaume.beauclair@u-pariscite.fr
Associate Professor - Institut Pasteur - ERI Unit - Université Paris Cité - Paris (France)
Autophagy, ATG8ylation and Virus
Aurore Claude-Taupin - Member (2023-...) - aurore.claude-taupin@inserm.fr
CRCN INSERM Institut Necker Enfants Malades, INSERM U1151, CNRS U8253, Université Paris Cité. Equipe Etienne Morel : «Autophagy, endomembranes & cellular dynamics in stress response”
Carole Kretz-Remy - Member (2023-...) - carole.kretz@univ-lyon1.fr
Professeur des Universités, Institut NeuroMyoGène (INMG), Laboratoire de Physiopathologie du Neurone et du Muscle (PGNM), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UMR5261 CNRS- U1315 INSERM, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69008 LYON
Autophagy and maintenance of muscle functionality and integrity
Flavie Strappazzon - Member (2022-...) - flavie.strappazzon@univ-lyon1.fr
CRCN CNRS, Université Lyon 1, Institut NeuroMyoGène (INMG), CNRS UMR5310, INSERM U1217, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69008 LYON
Selective autophagy in neurodegenerative diseases and myopathies
Elise Jacquin - Member (2026-...) - elise.jacquin@inserm.fr
Associate Professor - Inserm UMR1231 "Center for Translational and Molecular Medicine" - Equipe HSP-Pathies - UFR des Sciences de Santé, Université Bourgogne Europe, Dijon
Benoit Roussel - Member (2026-...) - broussel@cyceron.fr
INSERM Researcher - TRANSCEND Team leader, INSERM U1237 PhIND, Université de Caen Normandie, Institut BB@MC
Les anciens membres
Sophie Pattingre
President (...-2023)
sophie.pattingre@inserm.fr
Researcher INSERM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM, U1194), Campus Val d’Aurelle, 34298 Montpellier cedex 5 France.
Role of autophagy and mitophagy in tumor progression and treatment resistance: cell signaling and interactions.
Frédéric Gros
Secretary (...-2023)
f.gros@ibmc-cnrs.unistra.fr
Senior lecturer, Team: Homéostasie Lymphocytaire et Auto-immunité. Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire – UPR3572 CNRS – 15, rue Descartes. 67084 Strasbourg Cedex.
Role of lymphocyte autophagy in inflammatory conditions.
Lucile Espert
Member (...-2023)
lucile.espert@cpbs.cnrs.fr
Team : Autophagy and infections. IRIM – 1919 route de Mende 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5.
Role of autophagy during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
Pascale Bomont
Member
pascale.bomont@inserm.fr
Ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy in neurodegenerative diseases.
Etienne Morel
Member
etienne.morel@inserm.fr
Ubiquitin-proteasome system and autophagy in neurodegenerative diseases.
Elise Jacquin
Member
elise.jacquin@inserm.fr
Autophagy, immunity and cancer; Non-canonical autophagy.
Nadine Camougrand
Secretary
n.camougrand@ibgc.cnrs.fr
Research director CNRS Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires (IBGC), UMR5095 CNRS/University of Bordeaux.
Role and regulation of mitophagy in yeast
Mathias Faure
President of the CFATG 2016-2018
mathias.faure@inserm.fr
Professor, Université Lyon 1. Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI)
Autophagy and Infection, Autophagy and Immunity, Autophagy and Immunopathology.
Frank Lafont
President of the CFATG 2014-2015
frank.lafont@pasteur-lille.fr
Research Director CNRS- Institut Pasteur de Lille
Biophysical and signaling aspects related to autophagy during host-pathogen interactions.
Patrice Codogno
President of the CFATG 2010-2013
patrice.codogno@inserm.fr
Research director INSERM.
Membrane dynamics and autophagosome biogenesis, autophagy and stress adaptation, autophagy and cancer stem cells.
Pierre Lapaquette
Secretary
pierre.lapaquette@u-bourgogne.fr
Senior lecturer Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR A PAM – Equipe VALMIS, Rue Claude Ladrey, 21000 Dijon.
Autophagy and innate immunity. Bacteria/host cell interactions. Probiotics.
Mojgan Djavaheri-Mergny
Member
mojgan.mergny@inserm.fr
Researcher INSERM INSERM U1138 , Equipe Kroemer, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, PARIS
Autophagy, cell death and cancer.
Isabelle Vergne
Secretary
Isabelle.Vergne@ipbs.fr
Researcher CNRS Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), UMR 5089/Toulouse Université, Toulouse, France.
Autophagy and Mycobacteria.
Carine Joffre
Member
carine.joffre@inserm.fr
CR INSERM
Role of autophagy in the biology of acute myeloid leukemias.
Martine Biard-Piechaczyk
Member
martine.biard@irim.cnrs.fr
Research director CNRS, IRIM, Montpellier
Role of autophagy during human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
Guillaume Robert
Member
guillaume.robert@unice.fr
Researcher INSERM
Role of autophagy in immune cell differentiation
Valérie Pierrefite-Carle
Member
valerie.pierrefite@unice.fr
Researcher INSERM
Role of autophagy in bone pathophysiology.
Valérie Pierrefite-Carle
Member (...-2026)
Valerie.pierrefite@univ-cotedazur.fr
CRHC INSERM, TIRO-MATOs UMR E4320 CEA/Université Côte d’Azur Co-direction de l’équipe « Mécanismes biologiques des Altérations du Tissu Osseux » (MATOs), Nice
Autophagy and bone physiopathology