The AMU Faculty of Chemistry invites you to a lecture by Prof. Colin Bonduelle entitled Polypeptides: from proteins to new approaches in polymer synthesis.
The lecture is scheduled for 22 January 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at the AMU Centre for Advanced Technologies (D-111.3, 1st floor).
Prof. Colin Bonduelle is a biochemist and completed his doctoral studies in polymer chemistry, specialising in ring-opening polymerisation, studied both experimentally and theoretically (DFT). To expand this expertise to biomaterials, he completed postdoctoral fellowships at Western University (Canada), developing elastomeric materials with anti-adhesive properties and dendritic analogues of cell-penetrating peptides, which resulted in patents and publications in renowned journals. Subsequently, he joined the CNRS (LCPO), and as part of a second postdoctoral fellowship, conducted research on polypeptide-based nanomaterials and glycoprotein-type architectures obtained through self-organisation.
In 2014, he joined the CNRS (LCC), developing novel methods for the synthesis of N-carboxyanhydride monomers and their polymerisation, allowing for the production of bio-inspired polymers that mimic metallo- and nucleoproteins. These materials have been used, among other things, in bio-inspired piezoelectric nanocomposites and DNA-responsive systems. After obtaining his habilitation in 2018, Prof. Bonduelle moved to Bordeaux (LCPO), where his research is currently focused on innovative strategies for polymerisation reactions in aqueous solutions and ring expansion leading to materials that mimic antimicrobial proteins and peptides.
Prof. Bonduelle's scientific achievements: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BLAI3ooAAAAJ&hl=en
Attached is a summary of the lecture.