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SUMMARY:Institut Jacques Monod Seminar - Jennifer Young
DESCRIPTION:Invited by the Ladoux/Mege Lab\, Jennifer Young (Assistant Professor\, Biomedical Engineering Department\, Principal Investigator\, Mechanobiology Institute National University of Singapore) will present an Institut Jacques Monod seminar on the theme: \nBiomaterial design for extracellular matrix mechanobiology \n  \nAbstract: \nExtracellular cues stemming from the matrix dictate a multitude of cellular functions\, from motility to stem cell differentiation. Yet\, the extracellular environment is inherently complex and thus hinders our understanding of specific matrix-based contributions to cellular behavior. Our work focuses specifically on the context of age-related matrix remodeling and engineering materials capable of recapitulating matrix properties in vitro at both the micro and nano length scales. This talk will highlight some of our material approaches to control cell-matrix interactions in the context of aging and mechanobiology. Our strategies ultimately aim to interrogate the cell-matrix interface using highly defined biomaterial systems that can inform future matrix-based treatment strategies. \nJennifer Young was trained as a biomedical engineer at the University of California\, San Diego (La Jolla\, CA\, USA). During her Ph.D. with Prof. Adam Engler\, she studied the role of mechanics in cardiac development and created a hydrogel system capable of mimicking dynamic tissue properties in vitro. Inspired by the role of extracellular matrix (ECM) in dictating cell behavior and fate\, she joined the Cellular Biophysics group of Prof. Joachim Spatz at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (Heidelberg\, Germany) to study how nanoscale ECM cues regulate cancer cell function. She established the Soft Nano-Biomaterials Lab in 2021 at the Mechanobiology Institute and Biomedical Engineering Department\, National University of Singapore where her work focuses on identifying and mimicking nano-to-microscale matrix properties and unraveling their contributions to cellular behavior.
URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/institut-jacques-monod-seminar-jennifer-young/?lang=en
LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod Salle François Jacob\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France
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SUMMARY:Paris Postdoc Seminar - Maria Laura Rojas
DESCRIPTION:Maria Laura Rojas (Université Paris Cité\, INSERM U1151\, CNRS UMR8253\, Institut Necker Enfants Malades\, Paris\, France) will give the next Paris postdoc seminar on the theme : \nOrganelle Crosstalk and Mitochondrial Renewal in Metabolic Adaptation to Shear Stress \nAbstract: \nKidney epithelial cells play a central role in maintaining body water and electrolytes balance\, a function that critically depends on continuous urinary flow to maintain metabolic homeostasis and support kidney differentiation. \nData from our lab have shown that urinary flow activates the autophagic machinery in kidney epithelial cells\, promoting lipid droplets (LDs) catabolism and the transfer of free fatty acids to mitochondria. This process\, in turn\, promotes mitochondrial biogenesis and ATP production through oxidative phosphorylation. \nDespite these insights\, how mitochondrial remodeling and inter-organelle communication are coordinated during this metabolic transition remains poorly understood. Here\, we found that physiological fluid flow triggers mitochondrial membrane remodeling and turnover during shear stress adaptation\, suggesting that mitochondrial renewal is essential during metabolic shift.  During mitochondrial specialization\, inter-organelle crosstalk occurs\, particularly with LDs and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)\, where tethering and lipid transfer proteins regulate mitochondrial structure and function. \nIn this context\, we identify a transient stabilization of ER–LD-mitochondria contact sites at early stages of fluid flow\, required to mediate fatty acid transfer from LDs to mitochondria during shear stress\, highlighting the importance of early organelle membrane mobilization in enabling cellular metabolic adaptation to mechanical cues.
URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/paris-postdoc-seminar-maria-laura-rojas/?lang=en
LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod Salle François Jacob\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France
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SUMMARY:Cytoskeleton club
DESCRIPTION:The next cytoskeleton club meeting will take place on February 18th: \n\nWouter Kools ( PhD student\, Romet-Lemonne/ Jegou’s team\, IJM) will present ” Deciphering actin bundle formation induced by Myosin-X “\nLéa Mammri ( Ph D student/ Assistant Ingénieur\, Conduit’s team\, IJM ) will present ” Actin’s love for Microtubules: The Cryo-EM structure of the fly γ-TuRC “
URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/cytoskeleton-club-12/?lang=en
LOCATION:Amphithéâtre de l’Institut Pierre-Gilles de Gene\, 6 rue Jean Clavin\, Paris
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SUMMARY:Seminar - SangYoun Park
DESCRIPTION:Invited by the  Courtier Lab\, SangYoun Park\, Soongsil University in Seoul\, will present a seminar on the theme: \nThe Insect Egg Glue Proteins of Human Lice\, Bed Bugs\, and Giant Toe-biters \nAbstract: \nSangYoun Park’s main tool of research is using X-ray to determine protein structures\, and he has also been working on identification and characterization of various insect egg glue proteins. So far\, he has worked on the egg glue protein of the human head/body louse (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36913-z)\, which have been extended to the analogs of the pubic louse\, chimpanzee louse\, and gorilla louse (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-24011-w). He has also looked into the egg glue proteins of the bed bug (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126004) and very recently of the aquatic water bugs (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2025.12.052).  \nThe seminar will take place in room 430B of the Institut Jacques Monod. \n 
URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/seminar-sangyoun-park/?lang=en
LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France
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SUMMARY:Institut Jacques Monod Seminar - Vicki Metzis
DESCRIPTION:Invited by the  Ribes / Nedelec\, Dr Vicki Metzis\, head of the Development and Transcriptional Control Group\, MRC LMS\, Imperial\, will present the Institut Jacques Monod seminar on the theme: \nFine-tuning gene expression to build the body plan \nAbstract: \nVicki Metzis is a developmental biologist investigating how cells establish and maintain their identity during development. Her lab studies how gene expression dynamics are regulated by cis-regulatory elements and their impact on the variety of cell types that emerge in the developing body plan. A central focus of this work is the transcription factor CDX2\, whose transient expression is essential for caudal body formation and Hox gene patterning. In this seminar\, Vicki will present the latest findings from the group revealing regulatory strategies constraining Cdx2\, and the broader impact of CDX factors on the developing body plan.
URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/institut-jacques-monod-seminar-vicki-metzis/?lang=en
LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod Salle François Jacob\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France
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SUMMARY:Institut Jacques Monod Seminar - Erdem Karatekin
DESCRIPTION:Invited by the Institut Jacques Monod\, Erdem Karatekin (Nanobiology Institute\, Yale University\, West Haven) will present an Institut Jacques Monod on the theme: \nHow cell membrane tension dynamics impact cellular processes from bacteria to B-cells \nAbstract: \nThe plasma membrane receives and responds to mechanical signals\, arising from cytoskeleton activity\, membrane trafficking\, and external forces such as shear flow in endothelia\, or mechanical stretch in tissues. Such pushing and pulling cause changes in plasma membrane tension\, which is important for development\, signaling\, immune response\, and axon branching\, among others. Mechanosensitive channels respond to local changes in membrane tension and transmit this mechanical information across the PM. But mechanical information is also transmitted within the plane of the cell membrane in the form of membrane tension and flow. This transmission can be long range\, and dynamically regulated. I will present examples we have studies across domains of life in which membrane tension and flow dynamics play a critical role: (1) membrane fission in bacteria\, (2) exo-endocytosis coupling in neurons and endocrine cells\, and (3) B-cell responses to antigen encounter. \nNIH Biosketch – pdf file
URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/institut-jacques-monod-seminar-erdem-karatekin/?lang=en
LOCATION:Institut Jacques Monod Salle François Jacob\, 15 rue Hélène Brion\, Paris\, 75013\, France
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SUMMARY:Institut Jacques Monod seminar - Dr. Gautam Dey
DESCRIPTION:Invited by the Raote lab\, Dr. Gautam Dey (Cell Biology and Biophysics\, European Molecular Biology Laboratory) will present a Institut Jacques Monod seminar on theme: \nEvolution and diversity of mitosis \nAbstract: \nDespite the fundamental role of cell division in the propagation of cellular life\, eukaryotes have evolved a diverse range of strategies to remodel and partition organelles and cellular contents in mitosis. What drives the evolution of mitotic mechanisms? Bridging lab and field expeditions\, we use a range of microbial model systems\, comparative genomics\, imaging and experimental evolution to probe mitotic diversity on short and long evolutionary timescales. I will present our recent work on the evolution of nuclear remodelling\, the centromere-kinetochore interface\, and spindle nucleation\, as well as our initial efforts towards generating a pan-eukaryotic mitotic atlas. \nBio : \nGautam is an evolutionary cell biologist and Group Leader at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). His research group investigates the evolution and diversity of mitosis and nuclear remodelling across eukaryotes using a combination of comparative cell biology\, experimental evolution and genomics in multiple microbial models. Gautam started his group at EMBL in early 2021\, after a postdoc at UCL with Buzz Baum. Gautam holds a PhD from Stanford University and a research MSc. from NCBS in Bangalore. Gautam is an ERC Investigator (2023-2028)\, an EMBO Young Investigator (2025-2028)\, a FEBS Excellence Fellow (2024-2026); a previous holder of a Marie-Sklodowska Curie postdoctoral fellowship (2017-2018) and a Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering (2009-2012).
URL:https://www.ijm.fr/event/institut-jacques-monod-seminar-dr-gautam-dey/?lang=en
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