Communication
Invasive Alien Species: From Problems to Solutions.
Published on: June 17 , 2026
From Polluted Plants to Medicines: The Regenerative Chemistry of Claude Grison
Published on: June 10 , 2026
2026 Ecology, Environment, and Biodiversity Week – Science in Action: Restoring Nature, Transforming Regions
Published on: June 5 , 2026
In Europe, only one in seven inventors is a woman
Updated on: November 8 , 2022
Wi-Fi, invented by Hedy Lamarr; windshield wipers, invented by Mary Anderson; and Kevlar, invented by…
Claude Grison, a bio-inspired chemist setting out to conquer the green industry
Last updated: October 15 , 2022
The CNRS researcher received the European Inventor of the Year Award for her work on…
Ecocatalysis uses plants to recycle palladium
Updated on: October 10 , 2022
Although palladium has become an indispensable catalyst, it remains very difficult to recycle.…
Patent, trade secret, or other form of protection: a difficult choice
Updated on: October 1 , 2022
The patent was created during the French Revolution to protect inventions, known as…
Claude Grison, winner of the 2022 European Inventor Award: “We can clean up soil and water using plants”
Last updated: September 22 , 2022
At a time when the planet is burning, drying up, and revealing a little more of its…
This invasive water lettuce that cleans up water
Last updated: September 17 , 2022
This exotic species, which was previously treated as waste, is now…
Claude Grison: “What do I tell young female researchers? To believe in their ideas and respect their values.”
Updated on: September 6 , 2022
Claude Grison is a researcher at the CNRS and the University of Montpellier. She is the founder of…
“There is a real industrial demand for pollution control and the production of bio-based molecules,” said Claude Grison, winner of the 2022 European Inventor Award
Updated on: September 2 , 2022
In her laboratory at the University of Montpellier, researcher Claude Grison is studying…
Deeptech: A Profile of Claude Grison, the Eco-Chemist Who Remediates Soil Using Plants
Updated on: August 25 , 2022
A pioneer in ecocatalysis, a new scientific approach that combines ecology and chemistry,…
She uses invasive plants to clean up water and soil
Last updated: August 22 , 2022
What if we could clean up our soil and water using invasive plants? That’s certainly…
Claude Grison: “I have developed more than 50 plants for the restoration of degraded soils”
Last updated: July 5 , 2022
She is the inventor of ecocatalysis, a process that uses plants to restore soil affected by…
BioInspir: Recovering and recycling heavy metals from contaminated soil using plants
Updated on: June 27 , 2022
A researcher at the CNRS and an entrepreneur, Claude Grison has just won the Inventor’s Award…
Recognizing the value of a patent on the same level as a scientific publication
Updated on: June 27 , 2022
“The lack of recognition for innovation” and “the functioning of…”
They have revolutionized the world of vaccines: these exceptional female inventors are the winners of the 2022 European Inventor Award
Updated on: June 24 , 2022
The European Patent Office announces the winners of the European Inventor Award…
Two award-winning French scientists
Updated on: June 23 , 2022
Three scientists—two French women and one Swiss woman—won the Inventor’s Award…
A chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier has been awarded the 2022 European Inventor Award for her work with organic plants
Updated on: June 23 , 2022
Claude Grison, a renowned chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier, is among the…