On December 8, 2023, the Conférence Monod-Diderot will welcome Erin Schuman (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 within dendrites and…

Invited by the Palancade Lab, Alain Nicolas (Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging, Nice, France) will present an IJM seminar on the theme: Mutators and mutational landscapes: from yeast to cancers   Abstract: Genome sequencing in model organisms and tumors allowed the extraction of mutational landscapes. Our study of numerous S. cerevisiae mutator strains revealed the diversity,…

Symphosium on Fungal Genetics Ile de France 2023  Registration : here   The symposium seeks to - Promote the exchange of ideas and results on fungal genetics topics pursued in the Paris region; - Encourage the participation of young researchers (PhD students and post-docs); - Address technical and scientific challenges faced by our fungal research community.   All the topics related to…

On November 17, 2023, the Conférence Monod-Diderot will welcome Julian E. Sale (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge) who will speak on the theme: Genomic determinants of mutation and epimutation   Abstract: "The ability of certain DNA sequences to form secondary structures means that DNA itself can pose one of the most potent barriers to…

We are pleased to announce the next DINGO (Dynamique-Instabilité Génétique et Oncogenèse) meeting on the 14-15 November 2023 at Institut Jacques Monod, Paris.   The meeting will cover: Genetic Mechanisms shaping Immunotherapy Response Aging, senescence and inflammation RNA metabolism and genetic instability Nuclear compartments and genome organization   Program : flyer

The next meeting of the Cytoskeleton club will be on  Wednesday 15th of November at 9.30 am on the Institute Jacques Monod's campus, but in the Pierre-Gilles de Genne amphitheatre in the Condorcet building (4rue Elsa Morante) Aurélie Bertin (researcher in the Daniel Levy team, Institut Curie) will tell us about :   "Cell-free study of curvature sensitive septins at the membrane:…

Invited by the Collignon Lab, Josh Brickman (reNEW, Université de Copenhague) will present an IJM seminar on the theme:   The way we were - transcriptional foundations of plasticity in regulative development and differentiation   Résumé : Plasticity in differentiation is the basis for the remarkable regulative properties of the early mammalian embryo and could underlie regeneration more broadly.…

The French Physical Society is organizing its first "Physics and Life" day! It will be held on the 23rd of October 2023 at the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris (amphithéâtre Buffon). Participation is free of charge. The conference will cover a broad spectrum of the physics of life, from the molecular and cellular scale to that of…

Foad Ghasemi (Romet/Lemonne Lab) will defend his thesis defense: "Mechanical and Biochemical Regulation of Branched Actin Filament Disassembly"   The defence will be held on Monday, October 23rd at 2pm in François Jacob's room (Institut Jacques Monod) and will be in English   The jury will be composed of: Julien Husson, Professor, École Polytechnique – Examiner Antoine Jégou, DR, Institut Jacques…