Invitée par l'équipe Greenberg, Daphne S. Cabianca (Institute of Functional Epigenetics, Helmholtz Munich) présentera un séminaire IJM sur le thème : 3D genome under stress: How an animal´s nutritional status shapes chromatin architecture   Résumé : Outside of the lab, all organisms are constantly exposed to a changing environment, such as temperature shifts, a variable availability of nutrients…

Invitée par l'équipe Prioleau, Anne-Laure Valton (GenPhySE - INRAE Toulouse) présentera un séminaire IJM sur le thème : Chromosome folding and gene expression   Résumé : Chromosomes are the physical templates for many crucial molecular functions in the nucleus: gene expression, DNA repair and DNA replication. During interphase, chromosomes are folded by two main mechanisms which are phase…

Invitée par l'équipe Courtier, Olga Nagy (University of Szeged, Albert Szent-gyorgyi Medical School, Department of Forensic Medicine, Hungary), présentera un séminaire IJM sur le thème : Challenges in forensic genetic investigation of archived biological traces   Résumé : The discovery of microsatellite DNA loci suitable for personal identification were quickly introduce to routine forensic investigations in the late…

Symposium on cortical and spinal organoids - January 29th, 2024 The symposium on cerebral and spinal organoids is organised by the enSCORE platform of the Université Paris Cité (Labex "Who am I?", Institut Jacques Monod, Epigénétique et Destin Cellulaire) and the DIM C-BRAINS. It focuses on innovative 3D models of nervous system development in organoids derived from…

 The Institut Jacques Monod (IJM), a leading center for fundamental interdisciplinary research in biology, is seeking to appoint at least two new group leaders.   The Institute comprises 28 international research groups working in the fields of biophysics, cell and developmental biology, evolution and genome biology. The IJM is affiliated with the Centre National de la Recherche…

Invité par l'équipe Gazave, Anaïs Bardet (CNRS, IGBMC, Strasbourg), présentera un séminaire IJM sur le thème : Transcription factor sensitivity to DNA methylation   Résumé : Multicellular organisms establish and maintain different transcriptional states in disparate cell types through complex and specific regulation of gene expression. This regulation is mediated by the cooperative binding of transcription factors to…