Professor Simon Galas’s Work in the Spotlight

In 2020, Simon Galas, a professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy and a researcher at the Max Mousseron Institute of Biomolecules, and his team reported that a species of tardigrade was capable of synthesizing a unique extracellular structure that protects it from desiccation. The article, published in *Scientific Reports* in March 2020, ranks among the journal’s most-read articles (45th). Read the article:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-61165-1

In 2021, Simon Galas was interviewed by The Guardian, which introduced us to the fascinating world of tardigrades:“Tardigrades: Nature’s Great Survivors” | Science | The Guardian.