Symposium on cortical and spinal organoids - January 29th, 2024 The symposium on cerebral and spinal organoids is organised by the enSCORE platform of the Université Paris Cité (Labex "Who am I?", Institut Jacques Monod, Epigénétique et Destin Cellulaire) and the DIM C-BRAINS. It focuses on innovative 3D models of nervous system development in organoids derived from…

 The Institut Jacques Monod (IJM), a leading center for fundamental interdisciplinary research in biology, is seeking to appoint at least two new group leaders.   The Institute comprises 28 international research groups working in the fields of biophysics, cell and developmental biology, evolution and genome biology. The IJM is affiliated with the Centre National de la Recherche…

Invited by the Gazave, Anaïs Bardet (CNRS, IGBMC, Strasbourg), will present an IJM seminar on the theme: Transcription factor sensitivity to DNA methylation   Abstract: Multicellular organisms establish and maintain different transcriptional states in disparate cell types through complex and specific regulation of gene expression. This regulation is mediated by the cooperative binding of transcription factors to regulatory…

Invited by the Pintard, Arnaud Echard (Institut Pasteur) will present an IJM seminar on the theme: Cell division: the final cut   Abstract: We are interested in one of the most fundamental questions in biology: How a cell divides into two daughter cells. We particularly focus on cytokinesis, the last step of cell division leading to the physical…

Invited by the Palancade lab, Alexander Palazzo (Biochemistry Department, University of Toronto / Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Science Numérique, Université Paris-Saclay) will présent an IJM seminar on the theme: How mRNA nuclear export allows you to live with a genome filled with junk DNA   Abstract: In eukaryotes, the division of the cellular space into nucleoplasm and cytoplasm promotes…

Invited by the Palancade, Mounia Lagha (Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier) will present the IJm seminar: Lighting up the central dogma to dissect how sharp developmental patterns are established   "A fundamental question in biology is how cellular processes are so reproducible despite the inherent variations in the chemical reactions governing them. During development of a…

The dream of every cell is to become two cells (François Jacob, 1920-2013). This citation can be considered as the key phrase describing all previous 15 Jacques Monod conferences in the Cell cycle series that took place in Roscoff. Each meeting had a slightly shifted focus on topics of how cells achieve this dream, and which…

On January 19th 2024, the Monod-Diderot conference will welcome Matthieu Piel (Cell Biology and Cancer department, Institut Curie/CNRS, and Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gennes) who will present: Nuclear size and shape in proliferating and migrating cells   Abstract: I will present our recent work on the cell nucleus in cells that grow during the cell division cycle or deform…

The next meeting of the Cytoskeleton club will be on January 17th at 9.30 at the Institut Jacques Monod (15 rue Hélène Brion - salle François Jacob): Anumita Jawahar (PhD. student, O. du Roure/J. Heuvingh lab, PMMH, ESPCI)  will talk about: "Mechanical Polarity of the Cell Cortex" Jérémy Sallé (researcher, N. Minc lab, IJM) will…