Post-doc positions: Cytoplasm Mechanics and Embryo Development
Area: Cell Biology; Physics of the Cell; Developmental Biology
Starting date: Fall 2025
Job description: Our lab has several opened positions for motivated post-docs to work on cytoplasm mechanics in the context of early embryo development. Our team is generally interested in understanding basic physical and biological mechanisms regulating cellular…
Charlotte Brancaz
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of our colleague Jean-Luc Ferat on January 3, at the age of 59, after a 10-year battle with cancer. During these years, Jean-Luc showed extraordinary courage in continuing his teaching and research work.
Jean-Luc Ferat was recruited in 1997 by the Université de Versailles…
The Dumont Lab, Pintard Lab, Jackson/Verbavatz ainsi que la plateforme ImagoSeine ont publié un nouvel article dans Journal of Cell Biology:
An interkinetic envelope surrounds chromosomes between meiosis I and II in C. elegans oocytes
Abstract:
At the end of cell division, the nuclear envelope reassembles around the decondensing chromosomes. Female meiosis culminates in two consecutive cell divisions of…
The Dumont Lab published a book chapter in Methods in Molecular Biology:
4D Microscopy and Tracking of Chromosomes and the Spindle in C. elegans Early Embryos
Abstract:
Maintaining genomic integrity throughout successive cell divisions is essential for the proper development and functioning of organisms. Chromosome alignment and segregation occur on a microtubule-based spindle originating from centrosomes. The molecular…
The Minc Lab published a new book chapter in Methods in Molecular Biology:
Manipulation of Spindle Position Using Magnetic Tweezers in Sea Urchin Embryos
Abstract:
The regulation of mitotic spindle position and orientation, and consequent division plane specification, is critical for early embryo development, tissue architecture and stem cells. Accordingly, defects in spindle positioning have been…
The ProtéoSeine platform and the Léon Lab published a new publication in BMC Microbiology:
Candida albicans cells exhibit media specific proteomic profiles during induction of filamentation
Abstract:
Candida albicans is an opportunist pathogen responsible for a broad spectrum of infections, from superficial mycosis to the systemic disease candidiasis. C. albicans has various morphological forms, including unicellular budding yeasts, filamentous pseudohyphae…
The Grange / Geigl Lab published a new article in Molecular biology and evolution :
The Population History of Domestic Sheep Revealed by Paleogenomes
Sheep were one of the first animals to be domesticated. The analysis of genomes retrieved from archaeological sheep bones preserved in Neolithic sites allowed Kaptan and colleagues to demonstrate that present-day sheep descend from Anatolian wild…
The Minc Lab contributed to the publication of a new article in Biophysical Journal :
A physical model for M1-mediated influenza A virus assembly
Abstract:
Influenza A virus particles assemble at the plasma membrane of infected cells. During assembly all components of the virus come together in a coordinated manner to deform the membrane into a…
The Duharcourt Lab published a new article in Nucleic Acids Research:
The PIWI-interacting protein Gtsf1 controls the selective degradation of small RNAs in Paramecium
Abstract:
Ciliates undergo developmentally programmed genome elimination, in which small RNAs direct the removal of transposable elements (TEs) during the development of the somatic nucleus. Twenty-five nucleotide scanRNAs (scnRNAs) are produced from the entire…