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PhD defense – Mélanie Aubry – 23/11/2023

News16 November 2023
Mélanie Aubry (Dumont Lab) will defend ther PhD defense: Mechanisms of chromosome orientation, congression and segregation in the Caenorhabditis elegans oocyte   The PhD defense which will be held on Thursday, November 23th at 1:30 pm, in Pierre-Gilles de Gennes amphitheater (bâtiment Condorcet, 4 rue Elsa Morante, 75013 Paris) and will be in French.   The jury is composed…

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Post-doc in genetics/genomics/evolution-M/W

Uncategorized10 November 2023
Contract Period : 24 months Expected date of employment : 1 April 2024 Apply before 1st of December 2023 on: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7592-JEAFER-002/Default.aspx?lang=EN Missions Managing a research project Objective: creating a Vibrio cholerae strain adapted to DnaC, tracing the modifications and their succession during adaptation to DnaC to understand the mechanism underlying bidirectional replication initiation. Activities - Setting up the evolutionary screen…

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Veitia Lab – The forkhead DNA-binding domain binds specific G2-rich RNA sequences

Home publis, News9 November 2023
The Veitia Lab recently published a new article in Nucleic Acids Research : The forkhead DNA-binding domain binds specific G2-rich RNA sequences   Abstract: Transcription factors contain a DNA-binding domain ensuring specific recognition of DNA target sequences. The family of forkhead (FOX) transcription factors is composed of dozens of paralogs in mammals. The forkhead domain (FHD) is a…

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Ladoux / Mège Lab – A mechanosensitive caveolae-invadosome interplay drives matrix remodelling for cancer cell invasion

Home publis, News9 November 2023
Le  Ladoux / Mège recently contributed to the publication of a new article in Nature Cell biology : A mechanosensitive caveolae–invadosome interplay drives matrix remodelling for cancer cell invasion Abstract: Invadosomes and caveolae are mechanosensitive structures that are implicated in metastasis. Here, we describe a unique juxtaposition of caveola clusters and matrix degradative invadosomes at contact…

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Camadro Lab – The five pillars of computational reproducibility: bioinformatics and beyond

Home publis, News9 November 2023
The Camadro Lab recently contributed to the publication of a new article in Briefing in Bioinformatics : The five pillars of computational reproducibility: bioinformatics and beyond   Abstract: Computational reproducibility is a simple premise in theory, but is difficult to achieve in practice. Building upon past efforts and proposals to maximize reproducibility and rigor in bioinformatics, we present…

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Courtier Lab – The loci of insect phenotypic evolution

Home publis, News9 November 2023
The Courtier Lab recently published a new article in Current Opinion in Insect Science : The loci of insect phenotypic evolution   Abstract: Insects are important elements of terrestrial ecosystems because they pollinate plants, destroy crops, transmit diseases to livestock and humans, and are important components of food chains. Here, I used Gephebase, a manually curated database of…

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Conférence Monod-Diderot – Erin Schuman – 8/12/2023

News8 November 2023
On December 8, 2023, the Conférence Monod-Diderot will welcome Erin Schuman (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research) who will speak on the theme: Local Neuronal Transcriptomes and Proteomes   Abstract "The complex morphology of neurons, with synapses located 100’s of microns from the cell body, necessitates the localization of important cell biological machines and processes within dendrites and…

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IJM Seminar – Alain Nicolas – 21/11/2023

News26 October 2023
Invited by the Palancade Lab, Alain Nicolas (Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging, Nice, France) will present an IJM seminar on the theme: Mutators and mutational landscapes: from yeast to cancers   Abstract: Genome sequencing in model organisms and tumors allowed the extraction of mutational landscapes. Our study of numerous S. cerevisiae mutator strains revealed the diversity,…

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4th Symposium on Fungal Genetics Ile de France 2023 21/11/2023

News26 October 2023
Symphosium on Fungal Genetics Ile de France 2023  Registration : here   The symposium seeks to - Promote the exchange of ideas and results on fungal genetics topics pursued in the Paris region; - Encourage the participation of young researchers (PhD students and post-docs); - Address technical and scientific challenges faced by our fungal research community.   All the topics related to…

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Conférence Monod-Diderot – Julian Sale – 17/11/2023

News26 October 2023
On November 17, 2023, the Conférence Monod-Diderot will welcome Julian E. Sale (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge) who will speak on the theme: Genomic determinants of mutation and epimutation   Abstract: "The ability of certain DNA sequences to form secondary structures means that DNA itself can pose one of the most potent barriers to…

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