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…

The Monod-Diderot Lectures receive Claude Desplan (Silver Professor of Biology and Neuroscience, NYU Department of Biology, New York University) on 19 April 2022 at 11:45 am in the Buffon amphitheatre. He will speak on the theme : Spatial and temporal cues for the generation of neuronal diversity     Claude Desplan is a Silver Professor of Biology and Neuro-science…

The Ladoux/Mege Lab ("Cell adhesion and Mechanics" Team) is hiring post-docs: "Dead or Alive" (ERC grant) on the biomechanics of cell extrusion. The DearOrAlive project is interested in the mechanical constraints and collective behavior of cells focusing on the evolution of the eliminated cells. It will seek to evaluate the impact of mechanical…

Engineer to deploy image databases in several institutes (Jacques Monod / Cochin) within the scope of France BioImagingParis Centre and/or work on tools for their interoperability. Missions   The engineer will deploy image databases in several institutes within the scope of France BioImaging (FBI) Paris Centre and/or work on tools for their interoperability.   Activities The engineer will…

Invited by Nicolas Minc, Antoine Coulon, Institut Curie - CNRS, Nuclear dynamics unit (UMR3664) & Physical Chemistry unit (UMR168), will give a seminar on the theme : Spatiotemporal organization and expression of the genome     Antoine Coulon is in charge of the team "SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF GENOMIC FUNCTIONS" which aims to understand the links between the…