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01/30/2020

Scientific news

RNA Modification: a new way to regulate gene expression

As part of an international collaboration on RNA modifications the team of Clément Carré and Laure Teysset - in collaboration with the ARTbio platform - have just brought to light two Drosophila genes whose products are capable of modifying tRNAs. [...]

01/20/2020

Scientific news

Cryptochrome, a protein involved in brain repair

A team of researchers from the Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS - Sorbonne University/CNRS) led by Rachel Sherrard, professor at Sorbonne Université has studied the capacity of low-intensity magnetic stimulation to induce brain repair. Published in Science Advances, their work demonstrates, for the first time, a mechanism underlying this repair: function of the protein cryptochrome. [...]

01/07/2020

Scientific news

A transient wave of perinatal hematopoiesis in vertebrates

Researchers from the Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine are demonstrating the existence of a new hematopoietic wave from resident hemogenic endothelial cells in the bone marrow of the late fetus and young adult. [...]

09/30/2019

Prizes and distinctions

An ERC grant for Anne-Florence Bitbol from the LJP

In September 2019, Anne-Florence Bitbol from the LJP obtained a "Starting Grant" from the ERC. This grant, intended for young researchers, is allocated for 5 years. It will enable her to set up the project entitled "Optimization and historical contingency in living systems: a biophysical approach" (OptimHist). [...]

09/12/2019

Scientific news

A new gene involved in intellectual disability

A collaboration between the Developmental Biology Unit, the IGBMC and the Tgen has identified a new gene involved in intellectual disability. These results were published in September 2019 in The American Journal of Human Genetics. [...]

08/29/2019

Scientific news

A cellular nano-machine to make a morphogenetic process irreversible

Researchers at the Developmental Biology Laboratory have characterized the molecular process that makes the elongation of the C. elegans embryo irreversible. These results were published in August 2019 in the journal Nature. [...]

07/24/2019

Scientific news

A method for better understanding the formation of membraneless organelles

Researchers from the Developmental Biology Laboratory have recently developed a method to control the appearance of membraneless organelles in cells. This study was published in the journal Nature Communication. [...]

07/09/2019

Scientific news

Towards a new therapeutic approach for Huntington's disease

Cholesterol is fundamental to the proper functioning of the various cell types in the brain, — including learning and memory — and its metabolism is deregulated in several neurodegenerative diseases. [...]

03/24/2019

Scientific news

ANR funding for an interdisciplinary European project in neural mechanics

Marie Breau and Alain Trembleau have obtained MRSEI funding from the ANR. This funding will further support them to assemble an interdisciplinary consortium. The final objective will be to create a joint research program on the mechanical forces involved in neural development and repair. [...]

03/18/2019

Scientific news

Cilia, ciliopathies and forebrain development

Researchers in the Developmental Biology Unit have recently deciphered the role of the cellular primary cilia in the formation of the forebrain. [...]

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