Dr. Eric Biron, PhD, is a Regular Researcher at the CHU de Québec Research Center and Full Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of Laval University. Recognized for his contributions in peptide chemistry, combinatorial chemistry and antimicrobial peptides, Dr. Biron is particularly interested in the use of peptidomimetic macrocycles and heterocycles in medicinal chemistry. His research focuses on the discovery and development of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of infectious diseases and cancers.

Discovery and development of new antibacterial agents

The alarming spread of antibiotic resistance has become a major problem in the treatment of bacterial infections. In this context, Dr. Biron is particularly interested in bacteriocins, a family of low molecular weight proteins produced by several bacteria, with strong antimicrobial activity. As they exhibit inhibitory activities against a large number of clinically important pathogenic bacteria, bacteriocins are increasingly considered as a promising substitute to antibiotics.

Based on their enormous potential in the pharmaceutical and medical areas, Dr. Biron’s laboratory is developing novel synthetic approaches to produce bacteriocins, and uses peptidomimetic strategies to optimize their pharmacological properties, improve their pharmacokinetic profile, and modify their spectrum of activity.

Development of new anti-cancer agents

Despite the progress made in various therapeutic approaches, the effectiveness of main anti-cancer therapies has reached a critical plateau in the treatment of several cancers. As a result, the demand for innovative and effective compounds with new modes of action is growing rapidly. In this context, Dr. Biron’s laboratory uses combinatorial chemistry to prepare libraries with high molecular diversity and perform target-based or phenotypic screenings to discover promising anti-cancer molecules.

In another approach, Dr. Biron is interested in the addiction of cancer cells to some multifunctional proteins that also play an important role in the resistance to treatment. In this case, Dr. Biron’s laboratory aims to develop functional inhibitors of these proteins through rational design, and peptidomimetic approaches.

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Rahman MRT, Fliss I, Biron E

Insights in the Development and Uses of Alternatives to Antibiotic Growth Promoters in Poultry and Swine Production

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Antibiotics (Basel), 11 (6), 2022.

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Soltani S, Boutin Y, Couture F, Biron E, Subirade M, Fliss I

In vitro assessment of skin sensitization, irritability and toxicity of bacteriocins and reuterin for possible topical applications

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Sci Rep, 12 (1), 2022.

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Soltani S, Biron E, Ben Said L, Subirade M, Fliss I

Bacteriocin-Based Synergetic Consortia: a Promising Strategy to Enhance Antimicrobial Activity and Broaden the Spectrum of Inhibition

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Microbiol Spectr, 10 (1), 2022.

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Soltani S, Zirah S, Rebuffat S, Couture F, Boutin Y, Biron E, Subirade M, Fliss I

Gastrointestinal Stability and Cytotoxicity of Bacteriocins From Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria: A Comparative in vitro Study

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Front Microbiol, 12 , 2021.

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Vézina-Dawod S, Perreault M, Guay LD, Gerber N, Gobeil S, Biron E

Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 1,4-benzodiazepin-3-one derivatives as potential antitumor agents against prostate cancer

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Bioorg Med Chem, 45 , 2021.

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Soltani S, Couture F, Boutin Y, Ben Said L, Cashman-Kadri S, Subirade M, Biron E, Fliss I

In vitro investigation of gastrointestinal stability and toxicity of 3-hyrdoxypropionaldehyde (reuterin) produced by Lactobacillus reuteri

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Toxicol Rep, 8 , 2021.

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Soltani S, Hammami R, Cotter PD, Rebuffat S, Said LB, Gaudreau H, Bédard F, Biron E, Drider D, Fliss I

Bacteriocins as a new generation of antimicrobials: toxicity aspects and regulations

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FEMS Microbiol Rev, 45 (1), 2021.

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Jobin S, Beaumont C, Biron E

Development of a solid-phase traceless-Ugi multicomponent reaction for backbone anchoring and cyclic peptide synthesis

Journal Article

Pept Sci (Hoboken), 111 (1 (Special issue)), 2019.

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Bedard F, Fliss I, Biron E

Structure-Activity Relationships of the Bacteriocin Bactofencin A and Its Interaction with the Bacterial Membrane

Journal Article

ACS Infect Dis, 5 (2), 2019.

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Picard M, Robitaille G, Karam F, Daigle JM, Bedard F, Biron E, Tardif MR, Lacombe-Barrios J, Begin P

Cross-Reactivity to Cephalosporins and Carbapenems in Penicillin-Allergic Patients: Two Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

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J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract, 7 (8), 2019.

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Active projects

  • Dérivatisation de triterpènes naturels par réactions multicomposantes pour le développement de nouveaux composés bioactifs biosourcés, from 2023-08-15 to 2027-08-14
  • Exploiter l'addiction des bactéries au fer: Conception de nouvelles molécules hybrides bactériocine-sidérophore et évaluation de leur potentiel comme alternative aux antibiotiques, from 2021-04-01 to 2024-03-31
  • Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels (INAF), from 2017-04-01 to 2024-03-31
  • New approaches for the design and synthesis of heterocyclic and macrocyclic bioactive peptidomimetics, from 2020-04-01 to 2025-03-31

Recently finished projects

  • Design et synthèse d'acides aminés biosourcés pour la préparation de nouveaux triterpènes fonctionnalisés et de peptides conjugés, from 2020-01-13 to 2022-03-12
  • Développement de nouvelles molécules bioactives et d’acides aminés biosourcés par dérivatisation de triterpènes naturels, from 2022-05-01 to 2023-06-30
  • La conception de nouveaux agents thérapeutiques et la résonance magnétique nucléaire, from 2022-01-01 to 2023-05-31
  • Laboratoire de pointe en chimie peptidique et biomoléculaire pour la découverte et la conception de molécules bioactives, from 2022-04-01 to 2023-09-28
  • Valorisation de triterpènes naturels par dérivatisation pour le développement de nouvelles molécules bioactives biosourcées, from 2021-11-15 to 2022-11-14
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