Invited by the Greenberg Lab, Yoichi Shinkai (Chief Scientist at the Cellular Memory Laboratory, Riken, Japan) will give an IJM seminar on the theme: Biology of Histidine Methylation Abstract: We have been using a synthetic cofactor analog of SAM, ProSeAM to analyze novel substrates of lysine methyltransferases and their biological functions. Recently, we have been using the…

Invited by the Palancade Lab, Ben Montpetit (University of Californie, Davis, USA) will present an IJM seminar on the theme: RNA-binding protein (RBP) recruitment, occupancy, and stoichiometry in nuclear mRNA-protein complexes. Abstract: RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) interact with mRNA and associated factors to form supramolecular complexes called messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) particles. These dynamic assemblies change to direct and…

Manon Monier (Courtier Lab) will defend her thesis defense: "Evolution and characterization of Drosophila glue, a model for biomimicry" The defense will be held on Tuesday 10th October at 2 pm in Pierre Gilles de Gennes amphitheatre (Bâtiment Condorcet, 4 rue Elsa Morante, 75013 Paris) and will be in English. The jury is composed of: Patricia GIBERT, directrice…

The first cytoskeleton club meeting will take place on Wednesday October 18 of October at 9.30 am at  the Pasteur Institute (salle Bordet Metchnikoff - 25 rue du Dr Roux 75015 Paris.   For this first meeting: - Guillaume MONTAGNAC, (Group leader of the « Endocytosis, cytoskeleton and cell migration » lab, Institute Gustave Roussy) will talk about :…

Invited by the Wassmann Lab, Joao Matos (Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna) will present an IJM seminar on the theme: Building, maintaining and discarding large macromolecular assemblies during gametogenesis The life cycle of sexually reproducing eukaryotes depends on two specialized chromosome segregation programs: mitosis and meiosis. Whereas mitosis drives cellular proliferation and the stable propagation…

Dunja Čelebić (Wassmann Lab) will defend her thesis: "Exploring the phosphoproteome landscape at the transition from the first to the second meiotic division"  The thesis defense will be held in English on October, 9 at 2pm in the François Jacob room at the Institut Jacques Monod The jury will be composed of: Dr Jean-Paul Javerzat, Directeur…

Invited by the Prioleau Lab, Ana Rita Gomes (LPHI - Laboratory of Pathogens and Host Immunity, Université de Montpellier) will present an IJM seminar on the theme: The genetic landscape of origins of replication in P. falciparum   A variety of origin mapping approaches have enabled genome-wide identification of origins of replication (ORI) in model organisms, but…

Invited by the Ladoux/Mège team, Daniel J. Cohen (Princeton University) will present an IJM seminar on the theme: ‘Chiens de berger’ cellulaires: understanding and controlling collective cell behaviors Collective cell behaviors are fundamental to the coordinated migration, proliferation, and decision-making of cells in a multicellular organism. Imagine if we could program these behaviors, effectively ‘herding’ cells…

Valérie Doye becomes the new Director of the Institut Jacques Monod as of September 1, 2023, succeeding Michel Werner, who has held this position since 2018. She is assisted by new deputy director Nicolas Minc. Valérie Doye is Director of Research at the Institut Jacques Monod, and head of the "Non -conventional functions of nuclear pores"…