Fabrice Caudron (IGM - Montpellier) will give on April 5th a seminar entiltled:   “Plasma membrane tension regulates the condensation of Whi3 into super assemblies”.   Fabrice is currently leading the team “Asymmetric inheritance of cell fate and memory”. Over the past years, he has made interesting discoveries on a new type of epigenetic memory in S. cerevisiae. https://www.igmm.cnrs.fr/en/team/asymmetric-inheritance-of-cell-fate-and-memory/   Contact :…

The Monod-Diderot Conference will host on April 8th (11:45am - amphi Buffon) Edouard Bertrand (IGH, Montpellier) who will talk about : Single molecule imaging reveals new insights into RNA localization and local translation   Contact : thierry.grange (at) ijm.fr

The Monod-Diderot conferences will host Anne Ferguson-Smith (FRS, FMedSci, University of Cambridge) who will talk about: Epigenetic inheritance – models and mechanisms Avril 1st 2022 - 11:45am - amphi Turing Contact : maxim.greenberg (at) ijm.fr

We're hiring !   Research Fellow Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS & Université de Paris Team Cell Adhesion and Mechanics, LADOUX/MEGE Location of position:  Paris 75013 Full Time Description:  This position is at the interface between cell biology and biophysics. It will include collaboration with theoretical physicists. The aim of the project is to understand interplay between mechanical forces, during the self-organization…

The next IJM seminar will take place on 8 March 2022 at 11:45 in the François Jacob room. Invited by the Vervoort team, Lucie Laplane, CNRS, University of Paris I (IHPST) & Gustave Roussy, will speak on the theme :  Understanding Stem Cells Requires Interdisciplinarity   Contact : eve.gazave (at) ijm.fr   Lucie Laplane is CNRS permanent researcher (CRCN) at…

An Assistant Professor position is open at the University of Paris and the Institut Jacques Monod (Duharcourt team) on the mechanisms and regulation of genome dynamics in paramecium.   The candidate should hold a PhD degree and a recognized expertise in molecular biology. He/She will be involved in teaching in French at University of Paris (BSc level) and in…

14TH FRENCH 3R MEETING REPLICATION - RECOMBINATION - REPAIR: FROM MOLECULAR MECHANISMS TO CLINICAL APPLICATIONS   MAY 10-13, 2022, PRESQU’ÎLE DE GIENS, FRANCE   Mechanisms of genome surveillance monitor and  guarantee the integrity of genomic material and the accurate duplication of DNA before cell division. Any failure or misregulation of these mechanisms often leads to deleterious genetic disorders. Activation of these mechanisms…