About the Authors

Robin Mesnage

Contributed equally to this work with: Robin Mesnage, Nicolas Defarge

Current address: Gene Expression and Therapy Group, King’s College London, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, 8th Floor, Tower Wing, Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom

Affiliations University of Caen, Institute of Biology, EA2608 and Network on Risks, Quality and Sustainable Environment MRSH, Esplanade de la Paix, 14032 Caen Cedex, France, CRIIGEN, 40 rue Monceau, 75008, Paris, France

Nicolas Defarge

Contributed equally to this work with: Robin Mesnage, Nicolas Defarge

Affiliations University of Caen, Institute of Biology, EA2608 and Network on Risks, Quality and Sustainable Environment MRSH, Esplanade de la Paix, 14032 Caen Cedex, France, CRIIGEN, 40 rue Monceau, 75008, Paris, France

Louis-Marie Rocque

Affiliation CRIIGEN, 40 rue Monceau, 75008, Paris, France

Joël Spiroux de Vendômois

Affiliation CRIIGEN, 40 rue Monceau, 75008, Paris, France

Gilles-Eric Séralini

gilles-eric.seralini@unicaen.fr

Affiliations University of Caen, Institute of Biology, EA2608 and Network on Risks, Quality and Sustainable Environment MRSH, Esplanade de la Paix, 14032 Caen Cedex, France, CRIIGEN, 40 rue Monceau, 75008, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have received funding for this and earlier research from CRIIGEN, the Foundation Lea Nature and Malongo, the JMG Foundation and Foundations Charles Léopold Mayer for the Progress of Humankind, Nature Vivante, Denis Guichard, Institute Bio Forschung Austria, and the Sustainable Food Alliance. The laboratory received funding from Sevene Pharma in the last five years to study the detoxifying capacity of plant extracts on Roundup residues, bisphenol A and atrazin. Prof Seralini participated and received payment for a lecture organized by Sevene Pharma.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RM ND JSdV GES. Performed the experiments: LMR. Analyzed the data: RM ND LMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMR. Wrote the paper: RM ND JSdV GES.