L'équipe Balavoine a récemment publié un nouvel article dans Plos One : Fast cycling culture of the annelid model Platynereis dumerilii   Résumé : Platynereis dumerilii, a marine annelid, is a model animal that has gained popularity in various fields such as developmental biology, biological rhythms, nervous system organization and physiology, behaviour, reproductive biology, and epigenetic regulation. The…

L'équipe Ribes a publié un nouvel article dans Emerging topics in life sciences : Stem cell-derived models of spinal neurulation   Résumé : This review is the fruit of an enriching collaboration with my thesis supervisors Vanessa Ribes and Stéphane Nedelec (Institut du Fer à Moulin), along with Martin Catala (Institut de Biologie Paris Seine) and Mikaëlle Bocel…

L'équipe Courtier a récemment publié un nouvel article dans Plos one : Recommended distances for physical distancing during COVID-19 pandemics reveal cultural connections between countries   Résumé : During COVID-19 pandemic several public health measures were implemented by diverse countries to reduce the risk of COVID-19, including social distancing. Here we collected the minimal distance recommended by each…

L'équipe Léon a contribué à la publication d'un article dans Molecular Cell : Ubiquiton - An inducible, linkage-specific polyubiquitylation tool   Résumé : The posttranslational modifier ubiquitin regulates most cellular processes. Its ability to form polymeric chains of distinct linkages is key to its diverse functionality. Yet, we still lack the experimental tools to induce linkage-specific polyubiquitylation of…

L'équipe Camadro a publié un nouvel article dans NAR Genomics & Bioinformatics : 3D models of fungal chromosomes to enhance visual integration of omics data   Résumé : The functions of eukaryotic chromosomes and their spatial architecture in the nucleus are reciprocally dependent. Hi-C experiments are routinely used to study chromosome 3D organization by probing chromatin interactions. Standard…

L'équipe Borghi a récemment contribué à la publication d'un article dans Experimental Hematology & Oncology : ProNGF promotes brain metastasis through TrkA/EphA2 induced Src activation in triple negative breast cancer cells   Résumé : Background Triple-Negative Breast Cancer is particularly aggressive, and its metastasis to the brain has a significant psychological impact on patients' quality of life, in…