Institut Jacques Monod

PhD thesis defense - Ludovic Mousseron
2025-12-10 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Ludovic Mousseron (Veitia Lab) will defend his PhD thesis:
Interaction entre les voies de signalisation PKA et PKC et le facteur de transcription FOXL2 dans l’ovaire
The jury will be composed of:

Isabelle BEAU, Chargée de recherche, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Saclay, Rapportrice
Eric PAILHOUX, Directeur de recherche, INRAE-BREED-DGP, Université Paris-Saclay, Rapporteur
Gabriel LIVERA, Professeur, Institut François Jacob, Université Paris Cité, Examinateur
Francis POULAT, Chargé de recherche, Institut de Génétique Humaine, Université de Montpellier, Examinateur
Anne-Laure TODESCHINI, Professeur, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Cité, Directrice de thèse
Reiner VEITIA, Professeur, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Cité, Directeur de thèse

Authorization to supervise research (HDR) - Pierre Kerner
2025-12-11 14:30 - 17:00 | Institut Jacques Monod Salle François Jacob, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris, 75013, France
Pierre Kerner ( Gazave Lab) will defend his Authorization to supervise research (HDR):
Le paysage régulatoire de la régénération
Le jury sera composé de :

Mr Sébastien Bloyer, PU, UParis-Saclay
Mme Marie Manceau, DR, Collège de France
Mme Christine Rampon, MCU HDR, UPCité
Mme Mélanie Debiais-Thibaud, PU, UMontpellier
Mr Nicolas Dray, CR HDR, UPCité/Pasteur

Institut Jacques Monod Seminar - Mélanie Débiais-Thibaud
2025-12-12 11:45 - 13:00
Invited by the Gazave Lab, Mélanie Débiais-Thibaud (Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34090 Montpellier, France) will present an Institut Jacques Monod seminar on the theme:
The vertebrate skeleton through the eye of a cartilaginous fish
Abstract:
Bone together with other mineralized tissues evolved early in the vertebrate lineage (more than 415 Myr ago), even before the evolution of jaws. Endochondral bone though has evolved as a general rule in the bony fish lineage only, to which most model organisms for developmental biology belong (tetrapods or teleost fishes). In the cartilaginous fish lineage however, bone is considered secondarily lost despite conspicuous mineralisation of the skeleton in the form of tessellated cartilage. Recently, an integrative set of data has informed the developmental dynamics, the cellular characteristics and the genetic actors of skeletal mineralisation in sharks and rays, in particular through the study of a non-model organism, the small spotted catshark Scyliorhinus canicula. These data have highlighted several aspects of cartilaginous fish-specific evolutionary events, including gene duplication, diverged developmental processes and probably cell type identity. Despite prolonged independent evolution in the bony fish and cartilaginous fish lineages, the comparative analysis of these data also helps identify an ancestral genetic toolkit, still to be discussed regarding other mineralised tissues in extant jawed vertebrates.

Authorization to supervise research (HDR) defense - Gabriel Krasovec
2025-12-19 14:00 - 17:00 | Institut Jacques Monod Salle François Jacob, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris, 75013, France
Gabriel Krasovec ( Gazave Lab) will defense his Authorization to supervise research (HDR):
Fonctions et régulation de l’apoptose lors de la régénération postérieure de l’annélide Platynereis dumerilii
The jury will be composed a:

MORGANE LOCKER, Présidente du jury, Université Paris-Saclay
MICHAEL LANG, Rapporteur du jury, Université Paris-Saclay
ROMAIN LEVAYER, Rapporteur du jury, Institut Pasteur
CHRISTINE RAMPON, Membre du jury, Université Paris Cité
CHRISTINE VESQUE, Membre du jury, Sorbonne Université

Forces at Play: Emerging Themes in Mechanobiology – In Memoriam of Professor Michael P. Sheetz
2026-01-19 - 2026-01-21 | Institut Jacques Monod Amphithéâtre Buffon, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris, 75013, France
We are pleased to announce the upcoming international conference:
« Forces at Play : Emerging Themes in Mechanobiology – In Memoriam of Professor Michael P. Sheetz »
which will take place from January 19th to January 21st 2026 at the Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Cité, Paris France.
This special event honors the legacy of Prof. Michael P. Sheetz, a pioneer in the field of mechanobiology, and will gather leading researchers, students, and innovators from around the world to explore the latest advances in cellular mechanics, biophysics, and related disciplines.
Please find the speaker list and the registrations informations on the website: https://mikeinmemoriam.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en
Registrations are open until mid November.
Le comité d’organisation : Nicolas Biais, Nils Gauthier, Benoit Ladoux, Olivier Rossier

2nd meeting of France-BioImaging Mechanobiology Working Group
2026-03-26 - 2026-03-27 | Institut Jacques Monod Amphithéâtre Buffon, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris, 75013, France
The second meeting of the FBI Mechanobiology WG will take place on the 26 and 27 of March 2026 at the Institut de Biologie Paris Seine and the Institut Jacques Monod in Paris.
The programme will include a seminar by Kate Miroshnikova (NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda USA and Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany), presentations by participants and practical mechanobiology workshops (a choice of 4 workshops from a dozen: optical tweezers, micro/nano-fabrication, microfluidics, AFM, micropipette aspiration, mechanical confinement, force measurements, etc…).

Preliminary program:
Day 1 – 26/03/2026, Paris 5e (IBPS / Curie / IPGG)

Morning : scientific presentations, small group discussion
Afternoon : 2 sessions of practical workshops on real set-ups in participating labs (Paris 5e)

Day 2 – 27/03/2026, Paris 13e (IJM / MSC / LIED)

Morning : scientific presentations, poster session
Afternoon : 2 sessions of practical workshops on real set-ups in participating labs (Paris 13e)

Infos & registration:
Registration is free, but places are limited and priority will be given to contributors whose abstracts have been selected.
Restration link : here
