Invitée par l'équipe Ladoux/Mège, Olivia Du Roure (Laboratoire PMMH ESPCI Paris PSL) présentera un séminaire de l'Institut Jacques Monod sur le thème : Dynamics and mechanics of the cortex of living cells Résumé : The cell cortex is a contractile actin meshwork located below the plasma membrane, which determines cell shape and is instrumental for cell mechanics,…

Invité par l'équipe Duharcourt, Nick Irwin (Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna BioCenter) présentera un séminaire de l'Institut Jacques Monod sur le thème : Self-assembling viral histones unravel early nucleosome evolution   Résumé : The nucleosome is a defining feature of eukarytoes that plays a central role in the coordination and regulation of the genome. Accordingly, understanding the origin of…

Microphysio24: From organoids to organs-on-chips The 2nd edition of the MicroPhysio conference on "Micro-physiological models: From organoids to organs-on-chip"  will take place at the CNRS center in Cargèse (www.iesc.univ-corse.fr) from September 23rd to September 27th, 2024. It is becoming increasingly clear that even the best in vivo models such as genetically-modified mouse models or orthotopic patient-derived xenografts cannot recapitulate the full complexity of human…