Aude Nommick and Sandra Carvalho received a 2023 photo award from the Société de Biologie Cellulaire de France!   © Aude Nommick The image selected by SBCF members was taken by Aude Nommick, a post-doctoral researcher in Nicolas Minc’s team. This confocal microscopy image shows a Parancentrotus lividus sea urchin embryo at blastula stage. Most cells are in…

Simon De Beco (Ladoux/Mège Lab) will defend his HDR ("Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches"): Quantitative optobiology as a way to study cell mechanics and migration during epithelial homeostasis   The defense will take place on December 15th at 2:00 PM in the François Jacob room at the Institut Jacques Monod. The jury will be composed of: Dr. Kristine…

Loïc Bideau (Gazave Lab) will defend his thesis: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying posterior regeneration in the annelid Platynereis dumerilii   The thesis defense will take place on Wednesday December 6th at 2pm in François Jacob room and will be in French. The jury will be composed of: Hector ESCRIVA, DR, Sorbonne Université, Rapporteur Stefano TIOZZO, DR, Sorbonne Université,…

Aurélien Perrier (Dumont) will defend his thesis: Centrosomal oocyte meiosis in the parthenogenetic nematode Rhabditophanes diutinus   The defense will take place on on Friday December 1st at 2pm in François Jacob room (IJM) and will be in French. The jury will be composed of: Jean-René HUYNH, DR, Collège de France, Rapporteur Julie PLASTINO, DR, Laboratoire de Physique de l'ENS, Rapportrice Marie DELATTRE, DR,…

Paul Conduit, CNRS Research Fellow and head of the "Regulation of microtubules in multicellular animals" team, was awarded the Impulscience 2023 prize by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation last night. Paul Conduit's laboratory seeks to gain a fundamental understanding of how microtubule nucleation is spatio-temporally regulated in the context of multicellular animals. Paul Conduit - Fondation Bettencourt Schueller…

Magid Badaoui (Minc Lab) will defend his PhD: Multiscale analysis of the mechanics of branched actin material   The defense will take place on Friday, November 24th at 2pm in François Jacob's room and will be in English. The jury will be composed of: Verena RUPRECHT - Group Leader, CRG Barcelona - Reviewer Ulrich SCHWARZ - Full…

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…