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Can chemistry be environmentally friendly? - March 24, 2026
Women Still Largely Underrepresented in Scientific Patents - March 12, 2026
Inaugural lecture: Ecological transition: the hope of sustainability sciences - March 9, 2026
International Women's Day 2026 – EPO - March 8, 2026
Still too few female scientists are creating start-ups with patents in Europe - March 4, 2026
Pharmaceutical chemistry: "Plants can free Europe from its dependence on critical metals" - February 16, 2026
Girls' interest in science: the urgent need to combat stereotypes - January 13, 2026
When invasive species recycle valuable molecules - January 8, 2026
Chemist Claude Grison, originally from Meuse, joins the Collège de France - November 15, 2025
What if invasive plants saved the planet? - October 14, 2025
women in science - September 17, 2025
When nature regenerates - September 17, 2025
Scientists fear an upcoming pandemic carried by the tiger mosquito - August 1, 2025
Behind the scenes – ChimEco - June 26, 2025
Claude Grison, Annual Chair at the Collège de France: A Sustainable Common Future - June 25, 2025
Reception for new members elected in 2024 – Academy of Sciences – June 3, 2025
The New Faces of the Academy of Sciences Episode 3 – Claude Grison - April 15, 2025
Taro: a plant with many uses - March 29, 2025
Nature does things right, with Claude Grison - March 6, 2025
These 10 amazing women join the Academy of Sciences - February 11, 2025
Happy New Year 2025 to all CNRS staff – Greetings from Antoine Petit - January 13, 2025
Ecocatalysis – A Unique Combination of Global Ecology and Green and Sustainable Chemistry - January 7, 2025
RI2 EcoPalladium National Program - December 20, 2024
25 years of the Allègre Law: is the "fear of failure" still holding back innovation? - December 19, 2024
25 years of the Allègre Law: a springboard for innovation or an unfinished reform? - December 17, 2024
Crusoé mosquito repellents on M6 news📺 - October 3, 2024
Water, fertile ground for innovation - September 24, 2024
What is the power of water mint? - August 21, 2024
Metallic waters: the power of invasive plants against industrial pollution [2/2] - August 19, 2024
Metallic waters: in the Cévennes, a "poisoned paradise" [1/2] - August 19, 2024
Mosquitoes: does blue LED light really protect against bites? - July 20, 2024
Innovation Afterwork: "A sector with a future and the future of all sectors" - July 17, 2024
Crusoé: mimicking nature's language to repel mosquitoes - July 4, 2024
From the Algarve to Lapland - June 22, 2024
Discover the incredible properties of water mint! - June 14, 2024
Biomim’expo, the biomimicry event - June 13, 2024
Harnessing invasive plants for use in industry - June 13, 2024
Meeting with four ambassadors of innovation - May 25, 2024
WOMEN IN SCIENCE: BETWEEN CONVICTIONS AND HUMANITY - May 9, 2024
Extensive interview with Claude Grison - March 7, 2024
Women in the spotlight – Portraits of inspiring women through the eyes of a poet - March 6, 2024
Claude Grison and his "bio-inspired" start-up - March 2, 2024
Towards effective and economically viable nature-based solutions - March 1, 2024
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: biochemistry, medicine, nuclear science... portraits of six scientists from Occitanie - February 11, 2024
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: biochemistry, medicine, nuclear science... profiles of six female scientists from Occitanie - February 10, 2024
Biodiversity decline: "Nature offers solutions" - February 8, 2024
Bioremediation and Bioeconomy - January 1, 2024
Live broadcast of the 2023 Woman of Influence Awards Ceremony - December 5, 2023
Innovating to clean up pollution - October 1, 2023
Humility: What if the solutions were already in nature? - September 21, 2023
Innovating for sustainable development - September 15, 2023
Phytoremediation, an emerging technique for decontaminating soil - September 10, 2023
Claude Grison, creator of natural solutions against pollution - August 13, 2023
Inventors' Hall of Fame: they bring magic back to life - June 22, 2023
With Bioinspir, Claude Grison fights pollution and invasive species - June 14, 2023
Cleaning up soil and water with plants - June 2, 2023
Claude Grison, the eco-friendly chemist - May 4, 2023
Claude Grison: the genius of green chemistry – Heroine of the planet - May 4, 2023
Claude Grison, betting on plants - May 1, 2023
Show off your knowledge#21 – Claude Grison, Bio-inspired eco-chemist at the CNRS - April 19, 2023
Phytoextraction: plants that clean polluted soil - April 19, 2023
Patents in Europe: record for France, still far behind Germany - March 28, 2023
Montpellier chemist Claude Grison named European Inventor of the Year - January 25, 2023
CEA Diversity Symposium – Interview with Claude Grison – January 17, 2023
Claude Grison, researcher: "Nature provides the means to repair the damage we have..." - January 13, 2023
Prof. Claude Grison "Society needs eco-friendly green chemistry" - January 1, 2023
Claude Grison: Pollution-reducing plants - December 15, 2022
Water lettuce, from invasive plant to miracle plant - December 12, 2022
Researcher Claude Grison named European Inventor of the Year for her work on using plants to clean up industrial sites - December 2, 2022
Claude Grison, when green chemistry helps the environment - November 29, 2022
The slow poison of the Cévennes' mining past - November 29, 2022
Only one in six inventors in our country is a woman - November 8, 2022
ONLY ONE IN SIX PATENTS IS FILED BY A WOMAN IN FRANCE - November 8, 2022
In France, only one in six inventors is a woman - November 8, 2022
Patent filings: women still underrepresented - November 8, 2022
Why does Europe have so few female inventors? - November 8, 2022
In Europe, only one in seven inventors is a woman - November 8, 2022
In France, one in six patent inventors is a woman - November 8, 2022
Phytoremediation: restoring polluted soil using plants (Phytoremediation) - November 4, 2022
Rethinking chemistry by taking a fresh look at nature - November 1, 2022
Biomimicry: when plants help clean up soil and river water, but that's not all... - October 22, 2022
Claude Grison, a bio-inspired chemist conquering the green industry - October 15, 2022
Ecocatalysis uses plants to recycle palladium - October 10, 2022
Patent, secrecy, or other protection: a difficult choice - October 1, 2022
Claude Grison, the good genius of green chemistry - October 1, 2022
Claude Grison, European Inventor Award 2022: "Plants can be used to clean up soil and water pollution" - September 22, 2022
Claude Grison (CNRS): "Our new concept of ecocatalysis very quickly showed enormous potential in chemistry for creating new molecules" - September 21, 2022
This invasive water lettuce that cleans up polluted water - September 17, 2022
The Epic: Meet BioInspir: or how to make clean chemistry the new norm - September 6, 2022
Claude Grison: "What do I tell young female researchers? Believe in your ideas and respect your values." - September 6, 2022
"There is real industrial demand for pollution control and the production of bio-based molecules." Claude Grison, European Inventor Award 2022 - September 2, 2022
Green chemistry and sustainable solutions - September 1, 2022
Is green chemistry possible? - August 29, 2022
Deeptech: portrait of Claude Grison, the eco-chemist who cleans up soil using plants - August 25, 2022
Deeptech: portrait of Claude Grison, the eco-chemist who cleans up soil using plants - August 23, 2022
She uses invasive plants to clean up water and soil - August 22, 2022
When researchers attempt to mimic plants capable of purifying water - August 7, 2022
Provence cane: what is this plant now used in chemistry? - August 2, 2022
It cleans up soil and water using... plants! - July 19, 2022
Claude Grison: plants to save polluted soil - July 10, 2022
Claude Grison: "Developing more than 50 plants for the recovery of degraded soils" - July 5, 2022
BioInspir: recovering and recycling heavy metals from polluted soil using plants - June 27, 2022
French researcher honored for her work in the field of metal extraction by plants - June 27, 2022
Award: Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year Award - June 27, 2022
Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year award - June 27, 2022
Recognizing the value of a patent on the same level as a scientific publication - June 27, 2022
Exotic plants: an invasion with benefits - June 26, 2022
They revolutionized the world of vaccines: these exceptional inventors, winners of the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 24, 2022
Two French scientists receive awards - June 23, 2022
Harvesting metal catalysts from plants used for cleaning contaminated soils - June 23, 2022
A chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier receives the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 23, 2022
A chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier receives the 2022 European Inventor Award for her work with organic plants - June 23, 2022
The best of the press: sci-tech news roundup #13 - June 23, 2022
BioInspir: recovering and recycling heavy metals from polluted soil using plants - June 22, 2022
These plants, which are invading all of Europe, are being given a second life in Montpellier - June 22, 2022
These plants, which are invading all of Europe, are being given a second life in Montpellier - June 22, 2022
Founder of start-up BioInspir wins European Inventor of the Year award - June 22, 2022
These plants, which are invading all of Europe, are being given a second life in Montpellier - June 22, 2022
[Tech moment] How startup BioInspir recovers and recycles heavy metals from industrial soil - June 22, 2022
French researchers Claude Grison and Élodie Belnoue win the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 22, 2022
A researcher from Montpellier gives invasive plants a second life - June 22, 2022
Two French women and one Swiss woman receive the 2022 Best Inventor Award from the European Patent Office - June 21, 2022
European Inventor Award winner turns invasive plants into medicine: interview with Claude Grison - June 21, 2022
Claude Grison, creator of a method for decontaminating polluted soil using plants, wins the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 21, 2022
Future inventors rewarded - June 21, 2022
Two French women and one Swiss woman win the European Inventor Award for 2022 - June 21, 2022
Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year award! - June 21, 2022
Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year award! - June 21, 2022
BioInspir produces green chemistry based on invasive exotic plants - June 17, 2022
Professor Claude Grison, finalist for the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 17, 2022
ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE SPECIES: THE EUROMEDICINE BIOPOLE, PILOT SITE - June 16, 2022
Claude Grison, the chemist revolutionizing soil decontamination - June 14, 2022
Claude Grison, the chemist revolutionizing soil decontamination - June 14, 2022
European Inventor Award 2022: Three French inventors among the finalists – June 8, 2022
CLAUDE GRISON: THE FORMULA FOR CLEAN CHEMISTRY - June 7, 2022
European Inventor Award 2022: France's Claude Grison named finalist! - June 6, 2022
French tech innovation of the month: A natural mosquito repellent that really works - June 1, 2022
European Inventor Award 2022: French innovation excellence honored with three finalists - May 18, 2022
A researcher from Montpellier industrializes the manufacture of ecocatalysts from metal-eating plants - May 18, 2022
Three French nationals honored by the European Patent Office - May 18, 2022
Claude Grison: Breaking ground on soil toxins - May 17, 2022
Claude Grison: Decontaminating polluted soils with metal-eating plants - May 17, 2022
Bio-inspired chemistry and ecological innovations - May 13, 2022
Ecological transition in research: greener chemistry for a sustainable world? - March 28, 2022
MINUTES OF THE EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH/INNOVATION MEETING - March 23, 2022
The Magicians' Promise - February 23, 2022
What solutions are there to the looming metal shortage? - February 22, 2022
[KEYNOTE]: Life: a source of inspiration and progress? - January 27, 2022
Arsenic pollution: presentation of the "As2" project - November 6, 2021
Technofounders presents BIOINSPIR - November 5, 2021
A new eco-friendly process for synthesizing hedione - November 3, 2021
We know how to cultivate metal! - October 1, 2021
Montpellier University of Excellence Innovation Afterwork Event - September 23, 2021
A word from our customers / Claude Grison – CNRS - July 26, 2021
Ecocatalysis: transforming plants into pollution-reducing filters - July 1, 2021
Photovoltaics, Agriculture, and Ecology: From Agrivoltaics to Ecovoltaics - July 1, 2021
Photovoltaics, agriculture, and ecology: From agrivoltaics to ecovoltaics - July 1, 2021
Green chemistry that happens in the grass 🎵 | ZPP#03 - May 20, 2021
STIMULI #7 – A 100% NATURAL MOSQUITO REPELLENT! - May 20, 2021
Claude Grison: Cleaning up soil and water with plants? It's possible! - May 3, 2021
Ecology and chemistry committed to a symbiotic future. by Claude Grison - April 23, 2021
Bouquets of scents to repel mosquitoes - April 19, 2021
Amazing Chemistry, Discoveries and Promises of the 21st Century - April 15, 2021
Researcher/Entrepreneur: the winning ticket | #DeepTech - April 6, 2021
Bioinspir purifies water using plants - December 14, 2020
Cleaning up the environment with invasive exotic plants - November 25, 2020
The Cité des Sciences exhibits biomimicry to inspire us - September 19, 2020
All models are in nature - September 18, 2020
Bioinspir invents a plant-based filter to clean up contaminated water - September 16, 2020
#PollutionAlert: In the Loire Gorges, hunters' clay pigeon shooting is destroying a Natura 2000 forest - September 6, 2020
How to clean up the planet – Claude Grison – July 7, 2020
#SustainableScience – Restoring and recycling with plants - July 1, 2020
The Incredible Nature: Episode 2 – Cleaning up pollution with plants - May 12, 2020
"Le fil vert" column: It is possible to decontaminate soil using plants without creating waste! - February 21, 2020
Science at the service of the environment - February 13, 2020
An effective and eco-friendly solution for cleaning up soil and water pollution: plants - November 25, 2019
Hyperaccumulator plants: a solution for the future to clean up contaminated soil? - November 12, 2019
These molecules that poison us: Scientists' solutions - March 7, 2019
Biomim’ book 2019 - January 1, 2019
Can chemistry be environmentally friendly? - December 1, 2018
Protecting soil with plants - October 25, 2018
Ecology and chemistry: a winning combination (2/2) - May 25, 2018
Ecology and chemistry: a winning combination (1/2) - May 17, 2018
Tomorrow, 100% green chemistry? - November 19, 2017
Bioremediation and Bioeconomy 1st edition - October 3, 2017
ChimEco: chemistry by and for nature - July 1, 2017
CAN MAN ACCEPT HIS LIMITS? - June 1, 2017
Montpellier: pollution-reducing plants, the ChimEco lab innovates for the planet - May 29, 2017
They are inventing the world of tomorrow - May 16, 2017
Contaminated soil: have we poisoned the Earth? - April 4, 2017
Chemical Ecology - January 1, 2017
Interview. Claude Grison: "Our idea is to bring almost dead soil back to life" - January 1, 2017
Chemical ecology - January 1, 2017
OLD LANDFILLS, AN IGNORED SOURCE OF POLLUTION - December 16, 2016
ChimEco laboratory is moving - December 1, 2016
Soils: overlooked today, yet essential to life on Earth - October 17, 2016
Ecocatalysis: Claude Grison receives award - October 1, 2016
Claude Grison, winner of the François Sommer Prize - October 1, 2016
"These plants are considered natural reservoirs of metals" - October 1, 2016
Radio interview on NC1ère la Radio - September 29, 2016
Claude Grison: "Bio-inspired approaches will enable us to meet the challenges of sustainable development" - September 22, 2016
Plants to clean up soil and water and reuse metals - September 21, 2016
Chemist Claude Grison receives the François Sommer Prize - September 21, 2016
Your plants are eating poison - July 1, 2016
Claude Grison cleans up the earth with plants - June 5, 2016
When chemistry rhymes with ecology - May 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
The green chemistry revolution will happen in mines - February 1, 2016
The Square Heads Club: explorers, abysses, and green chemistry - January 8, 2016
What solutions are there to climate change? - November 26, 2015
When ecological catalysis finances soil decontamination using plants - October 27, 2015
Ecocatalysis: A New Integrated Approach to Scientific Ecology - August 19, 2015
Ecocatalysis: A New Integrated Approach to Scientific Ecology - June 1, 2015
Green chemistry in the field - February 16, 2015
Green chemistry has its patents - October 1, 2014
The superpowers of pollution-fighting plants - August 1, 2014
Around the Question (1): What is the link between research and innovation? - July 3, 2014
Round table: restoring life through life - June 27, 2014
This week's highlight, Fitness - June 19, 2014
4 medals, 3 women, 1 man - June 5, 2014
Around the Question (2) What is the link between research and innovation? - February 1, 2014
Around the Issue (1) When nature cleans up nature - February 1, 2014
Sustainable development uncovered - September 12, 2013
The plant army against pollution - May 1, 2013
Plants help dispose of toxic threat - February 5, 2013
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier (Gard): miracle plants that recycle poison - January 19, 2013
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier (Gard): miracle plants that recycle poison - January 19, 2013
In a former mining basin in the Gard region, plants that devour toxic metals - January 15, 2013
Plants to clean up polluted soil - April 23, 2012
Cévennes: miraculous plants that cleanse the Earth - April 12, 2012
Heavy metals for green chemistry - April 1, 2012
Phytotechnologies Applied to Contaminated Sites and Soils - January 1, 2012
Cleaning up pollution with plants, an economically viable process - November 1, 2011
Plant strategies: small adjustments and big maneuvers - January 1, 2011

Press articles

Still too few female scientists are creating start-ups with patents in Europe - March 4, 2026
Pharmaceutical chemistry: "Plants can free Europe from its dependence on critical metals" - February 16, 2026
Girls' interest in science: the urgent need to combat stereotypes - January 13, 2026
When invasive species recycle valuable molecules - January 8, 2026
Chemist Claude Grison, originally from Meuse, joins the Collège de France - November 15, 2025
women in science - September 17, 2025
When nature regenerates - September 17, 2025
Scientists fear an upcoming pandemic carried by the tiger mosquito - August 1, 2025
These 10 amazing women join the Academy of Sciences - February 11, 2025
RI2 EcoPalladium National Program - December 20, 2024
25 years of the Allègre Law: is the "fear of failure" still holding back innovation? - December 19, 2024
25 years of the Allègre Law: a springboard for innovation or an unfinished reform? - December 17, 2024
Water, fertile ground for innovation - September 24, 2024
Metallic waters: the power of invasive plants against industrial pollution [2/2] - August 19, 2024
Metallic waters: in the Cévennes, a "poisoned paradise" [1/2] - August 19, 2024
Mosquitoes: does blue LED light really protect against bites? - July 20, 2024
Innovation Afterwork: "A sector with a future and the future of all sectors" - July 17, 2024
Crusoé: mimicking nature's language to repel mosquitoes - July 4, 2024
WOMEN IN SCIENCE: BETWEEN CONVICTIONS AND HUMANITY - May 9, 2024
Extensive interview with Claude Grison - March 7, 2024
Claude Grison and his "bio-inspired" start-up - March 2, 2024
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: biochemistry, medicine, nuclear science... portraits of six scientists from Occitanie - February 11, 2024
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: biochemistry, medicine, nuclear science... profiles of six female scientists from Occitanie - February 10, 2024
Biodiversity decline: "Nature offers solutions" - February 8, 2024
Innovating to clean up pollution - October 1, 2023
Phytoremediation, an emerging technique for decontaminating soil - September 10, 2023
Claude Grison, creator of natural solutions against pollution - August 13, 2023
Inventors' Hall of Fame: they bring magic back to life - June 22, 2023
With Bioinspir, Claude Grison fights pollution and invasive species - June 14, 2023
Cleaning up soil and water with plants - June 2, 2023
Claude Grison, the eco-friendly chemist - May 4, 2023
Claude Grison, betting on plants - May 1, 2023
Phytoextraction: plants that clean polluted soil - April 19, 2023
Patents in Europe: record for France, still far behind Germany - March 28, 2023
Prof. Claude Grison "Society needs eco-friendly green chemistry" - January 1, 2023
Claude Grison: Pollution-reducing plants - December 15, 2022
Water lettuce, from invasive plant to miracle plant - December 12, 2022
Claude Grison, when green chemistry helps the environment - November 29, 2022
The slow poison of the Cévennes' mining past - November 29, 2022
ONLY ONE IN SIX PATENTS IS FILED BY A WOMAN IN FRANCE - November 8, 2022
In France, only one in six inventors is a woman - November 8, 2022
Patent filings: women still underrepresented - November 8, 2022
Why does Europe have so few female inventors? - November 8, 2022
In Europe, only one in seven inventors is a woman - November 8, 2022
In France, one in six patent inventors is a woman - November 8, 2022
Rethinking chemistry by taking a fresh look at nature - November 1, 2022
Claude Grison, a bio-inspired chemist conquering the green industry - October 15, 2022
Ecocatalysis uses plants to recycle palladium - October 10, 2022
Patent, secrecy, or other protection: a difficult choice - October 1, 2022
Claude Grison, the good genius of green chemistry - October 1, 2022
Claude Grison, European Inventor Award 2022: "Plants can be used to clean up soil and water pollution" - September 22, 2022
Claude Grison (CNRS): "Our new concept of ecocatalysis very quickly showed enormous potential in chemistry for creating new molecules" - September 21, 2022
This invasive water lettuce that cleans up polluted water - September 17, 2022
Claude Grison: "What do I tell young female researchers? Believe in your ideas and respect your values." - September 6, 2022
"There is real industrial demand for pollution control and the production of bio-based molecules." Claude Grison, European Inventor Award 2022 - September 2, 2022
Green chemistry and sustainable solutions - September 1, 2022
Deeptech: portrait of Claude Grison, the eco-chemist who cleans up soil using plants - August 25, 2022
Deeptech: portrait of Claude Grison, the eco-chemist who cleans up soil using plants - August 23, 2022
She uses invasive plants to clean up water and soil - August 22, 2022
It cleans up soil and water using... plants! - July 19, 2022
Claude Grison: "Developing more than 50 plants for the recovery of degraded soils" - July 5, 2022
BioInspir: recovering and recycling heavy metals from polluted soil using plants - June 27, 2022
French researcher honored for her work in the field of metal extraction by plants - June 27, 2022
Award: Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year Award - June 27, 2022
Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year award - June 27, 2022
Recognizing the value of a patent on the same level as a scientific publication - June 27, 2022
They revolutionized the world of vaccines: these exceptional inventors, winners of the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 24, 2022
Two French scientists receive awards - June 23, 2022
Harvesting metal catalysts from plants used for cleaning contaminated soils - June 23, 2022
A chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier receives the 2022 European Inventor Award for her work with organic plants - June 23, 2022
The best of the press: sci-tech news roundup #13 - June 23, 2022
These plants, which are invading all of Europe, are being given a second life in Montpellier - June 22, 2022
Founder of start-up BioInspir wins European Inventor of the Year award - June 22, 2022
These plants, which are invading all of Europe, are being given a second life in Montpellier - June 22, 2022
[Tech moment] How startup BioInspir recovers and recycles heavy metals from industrial soil - June 22, 2022
French researchers Claude Grison and Élodie Belnoue win the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 22, 2022
A researcher from Montpellier gives invasive plants a second life - June 22, 2022
Two French women and one Swiss woman receive the 2022 Best Inventor Award from the European Patent Office - June 21, 2022
Claude Grison, creator of a method for decontaminating polluted soil using plants, wins the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 21, 2022
Future inventors rewarded - June 21, 2022
Two French women and one Swiss woman win the European Inventor Award for 2022 - June 21, 2022
Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year award! - June 21, 2022
Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year award! - June 21, 2022
BioInspir produces green chemistry based on invasive exotic plants - June 17, 2022
Professor Claude Grison, finalist for the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 17, 2022
ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE SPECIES: THE EUROMEDICINE BIOPOLE, PILOT SITE - June 16, 2022
Claude Grison, the chemist revolutionizing soil decontamination - June 14, 2022
CLAUDE GRISON: THE FORMULA FOR CLEAN CHEMISTRY - June 7, 2022
French tech innovation of the month: A natural mosquito repellent that really works - June 1, 2022
European Inventor Award 2022: French innovation excellence honored with three finalists - May 18, 2022
A researcher from Montpellier industrializes the manufacture of ecocatalysts from metal-eating plants - May 18, 2022
Three French nationals honored by the European Patent Office - May 18, 2022
Ecological transition in research: greener chemistry for a sustainable world? - March 28, 2022
MINUTES OF THE EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH/INNOVATION MEETING - March 23, 2022
What solutions are there to the looming metal shortage? - February 22, 2022
Arsenic pollution: presentation of the "As2" project - November 6, 2021
A new eco-friendly process for synthesizing hedione - November 3, 2021
We know how to cultivate metal! - October 1, 2021
Claude Grison: Cleaning up soil and water with plants? It's possible! - May 3, 2021
Bouquets of scents to repel mosquitoes - April 19, 2021
Bioinspir purifies water using plants - December 14, 2020
Cleaning up the environment with invasive exotic plants - November 25, 2020
All models are in nature - September 18, 2020
Bioinspir invents a plant-based filter to clean up contaminated water - September 16, 2020
#PollutionAlert: In the Loire Gorges, hunters' clay pigeon shooting is destroying a Natura 2000 forest - September 6, 2020
#SustainableScience – Restoring and recycling with plants - July 1, 2020
"Le fil vert" column: It is possible to decontaminate soil using plants without creating waste! - February 21, 2020
Science at the service of the environment - February 13, 2020
An effective and eco-friendly solution for cleaning up soil and water pollution: plants - November 25, 2019
Hyperaccumulator plants: a solution for the future to clean up contaminated soil? - November 12, 2019
These molecules that poison us: Scientists' solutions - March 7, 2019
Can chemistry be environmentally friendly? - December 1, 2018
Protecting soil with plants - October 25, 2018
Tomorrow, 100% green chemistry? - November 19, 2017
ChimEco: chemistry by and for nature - July 1, 2017
Montpellier: pollution-reducing plants, the ChimEco lab innovates for the planet - May 29, 2017
They are inventing the world of tomorrow - May 16, 2017
Interview. Claude Grison: "Our idea is to bring almost dead soil back to life" - January 1, 2017
OLD LANDFILLS, AN IGNORED SOURCE OF POLLUTION - December 16, 2016
ChimEco laboratory is moving - December 1, 2016
Ecocatalysis: Claude Grison receives award - October 1, 2016
Claude Grison, winner of the François Sommer Prize - October 1, 2016
"These plants are considered natural reservoirs of metals" - October 1, 2016
Claude Grison: "Bio-inspired approaches will enable us to meet the challenges of sustainable development" - September 22, 2016
Plants to clean up soil and water and reuse metals - September 21, 2016
Chemist Claude Grison receives the François Sommer Prize - September 21, 2016
Your plants are eating poison - July 1, 2016
When chemistry rhymes with ecology - May 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
In New Caledonia, nickel mines are fertile ground for green chemistry - March 1, 2016
The green chemistry revolution will happen in mines - February 1, 2016
When ecological catalysis finances soil decontamination using plants - October 27, 2015
Green chemistry in the field - February 16, 2015
Green chemistry has its patents - October 1, 2014
The superpowers of pollution-fighting plants - August 1, 2014
This week's highlight, Fitness - June 19, 2014
4 medals, 3 women, 1 man - June 5, 2014
The plant army against pollution - May 1, 2013
Plants help dispose of toxic threat - February 5, 2013
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier (Gard): miracle plants that recycle poison - January 19, 2013
Saint-Laurent-le-Minier (Gard): miracle plants that recycle poison - January 19, 2013
In a former mining basin in the Gard region, plants that devour toxic metals - January 15, 2013
Plants to clean up polluted soil - April 23, 2012
Cévennes: miraculous plants that cleanse the Earth - April 12, 2012
Heavy metals for green chemistry - April 1, 2012
Cleaning up pollution with plants, an economically viable process - November 1, 2011

Blogs, online texts

Claude Grison, Annual Chair at the Collège de France: A Sustainable Common Future - June 25, 2025
RI2 EcoPalladium National Program - December 20, 2024
25 years of the Allègre Law: is the "fear of failure" still holding back innovation? - December 19, 2024
25 years of the Allègre Law: a springboard for innovation or an unfinished reform? - December 17, 2024
Water, fertile ground for innovation - September 24, 2024
Innovation Afterwork: "A sector with a future and the future of all sectors" - July 17, 2024
Crusoé: mimicking nature's language to repel mosquitoes - July 4, 2024
WOMEN IN SCIENCE: BETWEEN CONVICTIONS AND HUMANITY - May 9, 2024
Innovating to clean up pollution - October 1, 2023
Phytoextraction: plants that clean polluted soil - April 19, 2023
In France, one in six patent inventors is a woman - November 8, 2022
Rethinking chemistry by taking a fresh look at nature - November 1, 2022
Claude Grison, the good genius of green chemistry - October 1, 2022
Claude Grison (CNRS): "Our new concept of ecocatalysis very quickly showed enormous potential in chemistry for creating new molecules" - September 21, 2022
Green chemistry and sustainable solutions - September 1, 2022
Deeptech: portrait of Claude Grison, the eco-chemist who cleans up soil using plants - August 23, 2022
It cleans up soil and water using... plants! - July 19, 2022
French researcher honored for her work in the field of metal extraction by plants - June 27, 2022
Award: Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year Award - June 27, 2022
Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year award - June 27, 2022
The best of the press: sci-tech news roundup #13 - June 23, 2022
Founder of start-up BioInspir wins European Inventor of the Year award - June 22, 2022
[Tech moment] How startup BioInspir recovers and recycles heavy metals from industrial soil - June 22, 2022
Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year award! - June 21, 2022
Claude Grison wins European Inventor of the Year award! - June 21, 2022
ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE SPECIES: THE EUROMEDICINE BIOPOLE, PILOT SITE - June 16, 2022
Claude Grison, the chemist revolutionizing soil decontamination - June 14, 2022
CLAUDE GRISON: THE FORMULA FOR CLEAN CHEMISTRY - June 7, 2022
French tech innovation of the month: A natural mosquito repellent that really works - June 1, 2022
Cleaning up the environment with invasive exotic plants - November 25, 2020
All models are in nature - September 18, 2020
#SustainableScience – Restoring and recycling with plants - July 1, 2020
Science at the service of the environment - February 13, 2020
An effective and eco-friendly solution for cleaning up soil and water pollution: plants - November 25, 2019
Hyperaccumulator plants: a solution for the future to clean up contaminated soil? - November 12, 2019
ChimEco laboratory is moving - December 1, 2016

Patents

International Women's Day 2026 – EPO - March 8, 2026

Lectures at colleges

Towards effective and economically viable nature-based solutions - March 1, 2024

Documentaries

From the Algarve to Lapland - June 22, 2024
Harnessing invasive plants for use in industry - June 13, 2024

Radio broadcasts

Can chemistry be environmentally friendly? - March 24, 2026
Women Still Largely Underrepresented in Scientific Patents - March 12, 2026
What if invasive plants saved the planet? - October 14, 2025
Nature does things right, with Claude Grison - March 6, 2025
Metallic waters: the power of invasive plants against industrial pollution [2/2] - August 19, 2024
Metallic waters: in the Cévennes, a "poisoned paradise" [1/2] - August 19, 2024
Biomim’expo, the biomimicry event - June 13, 2024
Show off your knowledge#21 – Claude Grison, Bio-inspired eco-chemist at the CNRS - April 19, 2023
Montpellier chemist Claude Grison named European Inventor of the Year - January 25, 2023
Researcher Claude Grison named European Inventor of the Year for her work on using plants to clean up industrial sites - December 2, 2022
Only one in six inventors in our country is a woman - November 8, 2022
Biomimicry: when plants help clean up soil and river water, but that's not all... - October 22, 2022
The Epic: Meet BioInspir: or how to make clean chemistry the new norm - September 6, 2022
Is green chemistry possible? - August 29, 2022
When researchers attempt to mimic plants capable of purifying water - August 7, 2022
Provence cane: what is this plant now used in chemistry? - August 2, 2022
BioInspir: recovering and recycling heavy metals from polluted soil using plants - June 22, 2022
Claude Grison, the chemist revolutionizing soil decontamination - June 14, 2022
European Inventor Award 2022: France's Claude Grison named finalist! - June 6, 2022
STIMULI #7 – A 100% NATURAL MOSQUITO REPELLENT! - May 20, 2021
The Cité des Sciences exhibits biomimicry to inspire us - September 19, 2020
How to clean up the planet – Claude Grison – July 7, 2020
The Incredible Nature: Episode 2 – Cleaning up pollution with plants - May 12, 2020
Contaminated soil: have we poisoned the Earth? - April 4, 2017
Soils: overlooked today, yet essential to life on Earth - October 17, 2016
Radio interview on NC1ère la Radio - September 29, 2016
Claude Grison cleans up the earth with plants - June 5, 2016
The Square Heads Club: explorers, abysses, and green chemistry - January 8, 2016
Around the Question (1): What is the link between research and innovation? - July 3, 2014
Round table: restoring life through life - June 27, 2014
Around the Question (2) What is the link between research and innovation? - February 1, 2014
Around the Issue (1) When nature cleans up nature - February 1, 2014

Scientific publications

Ecocatalysis – A Unique Combination of Global Ecology and Green and Sustainable Chemistry - January 7, 2025
Women in the spotlight – Portraits of inspiring women through the eyes of a poet - March 6, 2024
Bioremediation and Bioeconomy - January 1, 2024
Phytoremediation: restoring polluted soil using plants (Phytoremediation) - November 4, 2022
The Magicians' Promise - February 23, 2022
Photovoltaics, Agriculture, and Ecology: From Agrivoltaics to Ecovoltaics - July 1, 2021
Photovoltaics, agriculture, and ecology: From agrivoltaics to ecovoltaics - July 1, 2021
Amazing Chemistry, Discoveries and Promises of the 21st Century - April 15, 2021
Biomim’ book 2019 - January 1, 2019
Ecology and chemistry: a winning combination (2/2) - May 25, 2018
Ecology and chemistry: a winning combination (1/2) - May 17, 2018
Bioremediation and Bioeconomy 1st edition - October 3, 2017
CAN MAN ACCEPT HIS LIMITS? - June 1, 2017
Chemical Ecology - January 1, 2017
Chemical ecology - January 1, 2017
What solutions are there to climate change? - November 26, 2015
Ecocatalysis: A New Integrated Approach to Scientific Ecology - August 19, 2015
Ecocatalysis: A New Integrated Approach to Scientific Ecology - June 1, 2015
Sustainable development uncovered - September 12, 2013
Phytotechnologies Applied to Contaminated Sites and Soils - January 1, 2012
Plant strategies: small adjustments and big maneuvers - January 1, 2011

Print media

Still too few female scientists are creating start-ups with patents in Europe - March 4, 2026
Pharmaceutical chemistry: "Plants can free Europe from its dependence on critical metals" - February 16, 2026
Girls' interest in science: the urgent need to combat stereotypes - January 13, 2026
When invasive species recycle valuable molecules - January 8, 2026
Chemist Claude Grison, originally from Meuse, joins the Collège de France - November 15, 2025
Scientists fear an upcoming pandemic carried by the tiger mosquito - August 1, 2025
These 10 amazing women join the Academy of Sciences - February 11, 2025
Metallic waters: the power of invasive plants against industrial pollution [2/2] - August 19, 2024
Metallic waters: in the Cévennes, a "poisoned paradise" [1/2] - August 19, 2024
Mosquitoes: does blue LED light really protect against bites? - July 20, 2024
Extensive interview with Claude Grison - March 7, 2024
Claude Grison and his "bio-inspired" start-up - March 2, 2024
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: biochemistry, medicine, nuclear science... portraits of six scientists from Occitanie - February 11, 2024
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: biochemistry, medicine, nuclear science... profiles of six female scientists from Occitanie - February 10, 2024
Biodiversity decline: "Nature offers solutions" - February 8, 2024
Phytoremediation, an emerging technique for decontaminating soil - September 10, 2023
Claude Grison, creator of natural solutions against pollution - August 13, 2023
Inventors' Hall of Fame: they bring magic back to life - June 22, 2023
With Bioinspir, Claude Grison fights pollution and invasive species - June 14, 2023
Cleaning up soil and water with plants - June 2, 2023
Claude Grison, the eco-friendly chemist - May 4, 2023
Claude Grison, betting on plants - May 1, 2023
Patents in Europe: record for France, still far behind Germany - March 28, 2023
Prof. Claude Grison "Society needs eco-friendly green chemistry" - January 1, 2023
Claude Grison: Pollution-reducing plants - December 15, 2022
Water lettuce, from invasive plant to miracle plant - December 12, 2022
Claude Grison, when green chemistry helps the environment - November 29, 2022
The slow poison of the Cévennes' mining past - November 29, 2022
ONLY ONE IN SIX PATENTS IS FILED BY A WOMAN IN FRANCE - November 8, 2022
In France, only one in six inventors is a woman - November 8, 2022
Patent filings: women still underrepresented - November 8, 2022
Why does Europe have so few female inventors? - November 8, 2022
In Europe, only one in seven inventors is a woman - November 8, 2022
Claude Grison, a bio-inspired chemist conquering the green industry - October 15, 2022
Ecocatalysis uses plants to recycle palladium - October 10, 2022
Patent, secrecy, or other protection: a difficult choice - October 1, 2022
Claude Grison, European Inventor Award 2022: "Plants can be used to clean up soil and water pollution" - September 22, 2022
This invasive water lettuce that cleans up polluted water - September 17, 2022
Claude Grison: "What do I tell young female researchers? Believe in your ideas and respect your values." - September 6, 2022
"There is real industrial demand for pollution control and the production of bio-based molecules." Claude Grison, European Inventor Award 2022 - September 2, 2022
Deeptech: portrait of Claude Grison, the eco-chemist who cleans up soil using plants - August 25, 2022
She uses invasive plants to clean up water and soil - August 22, 2022
Claude Grison: "Developing more than 50 plants for the recovery of degraded soils" - July 5, 2022
BioInspir: recovering and recycling heavy metals from polluted soil using plants - June 27, 2022
Recognizing the value of a patent on the same level as a scientific publication - June 27, 2022
They revolutionized the world of vaccines: these exceptional inventors, winners of the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 24, 2022
Two French scientists receive awards - June 23, 2022
A chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier receives the 2022 European Inventor Award for her work with organic plants - June 23, 2022
These plants, which are invading all of Europe, are being given a second life in Montpellier - June 22, 2022
These plants, which are invading all of Europe, are being given a second life in Montpellier - June 22, 2022
French researchers Claude Grison and Élodie Belnoue win the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 22, 2022
A researcher from Montpellier gives invasive plants a second life - June 22, 2022
Two French women and one Swiss woman receive the 2022 Best Inventor Award from the European Patent Office - June 21, 2022
Claude Grison, creator of a method for decontaminating polluted soil using plants, wins the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 21, 2022
Future inventors rewarded - June 21, 2022
Two French women and one Swiss woman win the European Inventor Award for 2022 - June 21, 2022
BioInspir produces green chemistry based on invasive exotic plants - June 17, 2022
Professor Claude Grison, finalist for the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 17, 2022
European Inventor Award 2022: French innovation excellence honored with three finalists - May 18, 2022
A researcher from Montpellier industrializes the manufacture of ecocatalysts from metal-eating plants - May 18, 2022
Three French nationals honored by the European Patent Office - May 18, 2022
Ecological transition in research: greener chemistry for a sustainable world? - March 28, 2022
MINUTES OF THE EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH/INNOVATION MEETING - March 23, 2022
What solutions are there to the looming metal shortage? - February 22, 2022
Arsenic pollution: presentation of the "As2" project - November 6, 2021
A new eco-friendly process for synthesizing hedione - November 3, 2021
We know how to cultivate metal! - October 1, 2021
Claude Grison: Cleaning up soil and water with plants? It's possible! - May 3, 2021
Bouquets of scents to repel mosquitoes - April 19, 2021
Bioinspir purifies water using plants - December 14, 2020
Bioinspir invents a plant-based filter to clean up contaminated water - September 16, 2020
#PollutionAlert: In the Loire Gorges, hunters' clay pigeon shooting is destroying a Natura 2000 forest - September 6, 2020
"Le fil vert" column: It is possible to decontaminate soil using plants without creating waste! - February 21, 2020
These molecules that poison us: Scientists' solutions - March 7, 2019
Can chemistry be environmentally friendly? - December 1, 2018
Protecting soil with plants - October 25, 2018
Tomorrow, 100% green chemistry? - November 19, 2017
ChimEco: chemistry by and for nature - July 1, 2017
Montpellier: pollution-reducing plants, the ChimEco lab innovates for the planet - May 29, 2017
They are inventing the world of tomorrow - May 16, 2017
Interview. Claude Grison: "Our idea is to bring almost dead soil back to life" - January 1, 2017
OLD LANDFILLS, AN IGNORED SOURCE OF POLLUTION - December 16, 2016

Production of audiovisual works

Humility: What if the solutions were already in nature? - September 21, 2023

Research

International Women's Day 2026 – EPO - March 8, 2026

Television

Taro: a plant with many uses - March 29, 2025
Crusoé mosquito repellents on M6 news📺 - October 3, 2024
What is the power of water mint? - August 21, 2024
Claude Grison, researcher: "Nature provides the means to repair the damage we have..." - January 13, 2023
Claude Grison: plants to save polluted soil - July 10, 2022
Exotic plants: an invasion with benefits - June 26, 2022
A chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier receives the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 23, 2022
European Inventor Award winner turns invasive plants into medicine: interview with Claude Grison - June 21, 2022
European Inventor Award 2022: Three French inventors among the finalists – June 8, 2022
Ecocatalysis: transforming plants into pollution-reducing filters - July 1, 2021

Videos

women in science - September 17, 2025
Reception for new members elected in 2024 – Academy of Sciences – June 3, 2025
The New Faces of the Academy of Sciences Episode 3 – Claude Grison - April 15, 2025
Taro: a plant with many uses - March 29, 2025
Happy New Year 2025 to all CNRS staff – Greetings from Antoine Petit - January 13, 2025
What is the power of water mint? - August 21, 2024
From the Algarve to Lapland - June 22, 2024
Discover the incredible properties of water mint! - June 14, 2024
Harnessing invasive plants for use in industry - June 13, 2024
Meeting with four ambassadors of innovation - May 25, 2024
Towards effective and economically viable nature-based solutions - March 1, 2024
Live broadcast of the 2023 Woman of Influence Awards Ceremony - December 5, 2023
Humility: What if the solutions were already in nature? - September 21, 2023
Innovating for sustainable development - September 15, 2023
Claude Grison: the genius of green chemistry – Heroine of the planet - May 4, 2023
CEA Diversity Symposium – Interview with Claude Grison – January 17, 2023
Claude Grison, researcher: "Nature provides the means to repair the damage we have..." - January 13, 2023
Claude Grison: plants to save polluted soil - July 10, 2022
Exotic plants: an invasion with benefits - June 26, 2022
A chemist and researcher at the CNRS in Montpellier receives the 2022 European Inventor Award - June 23, 2022
These plants, which are invading all of Europe, are being given a second life in Montpellier - June 22, 2022
European Inventor Award winner turns invasive plants into medicine: interview with Claude Grison - June 21, 2022
European Inventor Award 2022: Three French inventors among the finalists – June 8, 2022
Claude Grison: Breaking ground on soil toxins - May 17, 2022
Claude Grison: Decontaminating polluted soils with metal-eating plants - May 17, 2022
Bio-inspired chemistry and ecological innovations - May 13, 2022
[KEYNOTE]: Life: a source of inspiration and progress? - January 27, 2022
Technofounders presents BIOINSPIR - November 5, 2021
Montpellier University of Excellence Innovation Afterwork Event - September 23, 2021
A word from our customers / Claude Grison – CNRS - July 26, 2021
Ecocatalysis: transforming plants into pollution-reducing filters - July 1, 2021
Green chemistry that happens in the grass 🎵 | ZPP#03 - May 20, 2021
Ecology and chemistry committed to a symbiotic future. by Claude Grison - April 23, 2021
Researcher/Entrepreneur: the winning ticket | #DeepTech - April 6, 2021

Online videos

Behind the scenes – ChimEco - June 26, 2025
Happy New Year 2025 to all CNRS staff – Greetings from Antoine Petit - January 13, 2025
Discover the incredible properties of water mint! - June 14, 2024
Meeting with four ambassadors of innovation - May 25, 2024
Live broadcast of the 2023 Woman of Influence Awards Ceremony - December 5, 2023
Innovating for sustainable development - September 15, 2023
Claude Grison: the genius of green chemistry – Heroine of the planet - May 4, 2023
CEA Diversity Symposium – Interview with Claude Grison – January 17, 2023
These plants, which are invading all of Europe, are being given a second life in Montpellier - June 22, 2022
Claude Grison: Breaking ground on soil toxins - May 17, 2022
Claude Grison: Decontaminating polluted soils with metal-eating plants - May 17, 2022
Bio-inspired chemistry and ecological innovations - May 13, 2022
[KEYNOTE]: Life: a source of inspiration and progress? - January 27, 2022
Technofounders presents BIOINSPIR - November 5, 2021
Montpellier University of Excellence Innovation Afterwork Event - September 23, 2021
A word from our customers / Claude Grison – CNRS - July 26, 2021
Green chemistry that happens in the grass 🎵 | ZPP#03 - May 20, 2021
Ecology and chemistry committed to a symbiotic future. by Claude Grison - April 23, 2021
Researcher/Entrepreneur: the winning ticket | #DeepTech - April 6, 2021

Schedule

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Eco-catalysis, a green and sustainable revolution in chemistry - July 25, 2025
Wetlands and invasive alien species: towards economically viable natural solutions? - July 25, 2025
Ecological restoration of polluted and degraded soils: the inspiring adaptive capacities of plants - July 25, 2025
Prevention of vector-borne diseases and public health: what sustainable solutions are available? - July 25, 2025
Can chemistry be environmentally friendly? Challenges and opportunities - July 25, 2025
Strategic metal shortages and pharmaceutical chemistry: from problems to solutions - July 25, 2025
Conserving aquatic ecosystems: the secrets of plant species revealed - July 25, 2025
Exploring life through different scientific disciplines: a story of scale - July 25, 2025
Ecological transition: the hope of sustainability sciences - July 25, 2025
Sharing the results of the ERDF "Vegetable Waters" project with the public - November 19, 2021
Sharing the results of the As² "Aquatic systems restoration rich in As" pre-maturation project - November 6, 2021
Launch of the "Aquatic systems restoration rich in As" As² premature aging project - February 21, 2020
Sharing the objectives of the ERDF "Vegetable Waters" project with the public - March 31, 2019