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IJM Seminar – Antonio Scialdone – 19/12/2023

News10 December 2023
Invited by the Collignon, Antonio Scialdone (Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells, Helmholtz Munich), will present an IJM seminar on the theme: Making heads or tails of mouse embryonic development using single-cell transcriptomics and physical modeling   "Before the body plan can be laid down, a “coordinate system" must be established to distinguish the anterior from the…

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Thesis defense – Jeanne Mattei – 20/12/2023

News7 December 2023
Jeanne Mattei (Grange/Geigl Lab) will defend her thesis entitled: Paleogenomic study of the domestication process of cats   The defense will be held in French on Wednesday 20th December, at 2 pm in the room 05 (ground floor) of the Condorcet building, (4 Rue Elsa Morante, 75013 Paris) The jury is composed of Catherine ANDRE, Head of Research…

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Cytoskeleton Club – 13/12/2023

News7 December 2023
The next meeting of the Cytoskeleton club will be on Wednesday 13th of December at 9.30 am at the Institut Pasteur For this meeting: Maite Freire Delgado ( PhD student, Thibaut Brunet lab, Institut Pasteur) will tell us about:  "Through the Understanding of Phenotype Transition in Choanoflagellates  Aude Nommick (post-doc, Nicola Minc lab, Institut Jacques Monod)…

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Conférence Monod-Diderot – Erin Schuman – 08/12/2023

News5 December 2023
On December 8th 2023, the Conférences Monod-Diderot will welcome Erin Schuman (co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research) who will speak on the theme: Local Neuronal Transcriptomes and Proteomes   Abstract: The complex morphology of neurons, with synapses located 100’s of microns from the cell body, necessitates the localization of important cell biological machines and processes…

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IJM Seminar – Julie Welburn – 20/12/2023

News1 December 2023
Invited by the Wassmann lab, Julie Welburn (Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh) will present an IJM seminar, on December 20th at 11 am, on the theme: Mitotic motor multitasking from chromosome alignment to central spindle stability   Julie's group studies the molecular transport mechanisms underlying cell division and organisation.  She is studying how…

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Thesis defense – Antoine Langeoire – 20/12/2023

News30 November 2023
Antoine Langeoire (Wassmann Lab) will defend his thesis: Étude de la correction des erreurs d’attachement durant la deuxième division de méiose dans l’ovocyte de souris   The defense will take place on Wednesday, December 20th at 2pm in the Salle François Jacob (Institut Jacques Monod, 15 rue Hélène Brion 75013 Paris) and will be in French. The jury…

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Photo prize 2023 SBCF – Aude Nommick et Sandra Carvalho

News27 November 2023
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…

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HDR Defense – Simon De Beco – 15/12/2023

News24 November 2023
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…

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Collignon Lab – LADON, a Natural Antisense Transcript of NODAL, Promotes Tumour Progression and Metastasis in Melanoma

Home publis, News23 November 2023
The Collignon Lab recently published a new article in Non-coding RNA : LADON , a Natural Antisense Transcript of NODAL , Promotes Tumour Progression and Metastasis in Melanoma   Abstract: The TGFβ family member NODAL, repeatedly required during embryonic development, has also been associated with tumour progression. Our aim was to clarify the controversy surrounding its involvement in melanoma…

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Minc Lab – Cytoplasm mechanics and cellular organization

Home publis, News23 November 2023
The Minc Lab recently published a new article in Cell Dynamics: Cytoplasm mechanics and cellular organization   Abstract: As cells organize spatially or divide, they translocate many micron-scale organelles in their cytoplasm. These include endomembrane vesicles, nuclei, microtubule asters, mitotic spindles, or chromosomes. Organelle motion is powered by cytoskeleton forces but is opposed by viscoelastic forces imparted by the surrounding…

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