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IJM Seminar – Ivana Gasic – 11/07/2023

Invited by Paul Conduit, Ivana Gasic will present and IJM seminar on the theme: Autoregulated control of tubulin mRNA stability Abstract :  Microtubule cytoskeleton plays crucial roles in cellular architecture, intracellular transport, and mitosis. The availability of free tubulin subunits impacts polymerization dynamics and microtubule function. When cells sense excess free tubulin, they stop further tubulin biosynthesis…

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EMBO member election – Dr. Sandra Duharcourt and Dr. Katja Wassmann

Dr. Sandra Duharcourt and Dr. Katja Wassmann The Institut Jacques Monod is very proud to announce the election of Dr.Sandra Duharcourt and Dr.Katja Wassmann as members of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) community. Congratulations! EMBO is an international organization of life science researchers with over 1900 members elected by their peers. EMBO's main objectives are…

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LSC 2023 – Pierre-Yves Oudeyer Lecture

As part of the "Life Structure and Cognition 2023: Evolution & Learning" meeting, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Director of the Flowers team at INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest and the University of Bordeaux, will present a lecture in french entitled "La curiosité: apprentissage, évolution et intelligence artificielle " on June 29 at 5pm in the Buffon amphitheatre. "What is curiosity? What…

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IJM Seminar – Simonetta Piatti – 23/06/2023

Invited par Sébastien Léon, Simonetta Piatti (CRBM Montpellier), will give an IJM seminar on the theme: Septin remodelling in the control of cytokinesis in budding yeast Research field: During cell division, chromosomes are faithfully duplicated and segregated, so that one copy of each chromosome can be inherited by the two daughter cells, which must carry identical genetic…

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Monod-Diderot Conference– Judith Frydman – 20/06/2023

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the Monod-Diderot conferences will welcome in the François Jacob's room, Judith Frydman – (Department of Genetics and Biology at Stanford University) who will speak on the topic : Molecular Origami:  The TRiCky business of folding proteins in the cell Abstract: The eukaryotic chaperonin TRiC/CCT is a large hetero-oligomeric complex that plays an essential role assisting…

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IJM Seminar – Rut Carballido-Lopez – 16/06/2023

Invited by Nicolas Minc, Rut Carballido-Lopez (Micalis Institute, INRAE) will present an IJM seminar on the theme: Actin-like MreB proteins: from single molecules to cell morphogenesis Abstract: How cells control their shape is a long-standing question in cell biology. In bacteria, the external peptidoglycan cell wall -one of the most prominent targets for antibiotics- is the primary…

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IJM Seminar – Stephen J. Simpson – 13/06/2023

Invited by Roshan Kumar Vijendravarma (Courtier Lab), Stephen J. Simpson (Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Australia) will give a seminar on the theme: The protein paradox – resolving the roles of dietary protein in obesity, ageing and age-related disease Abstrat: Reducing protein intake (and that of key amino acids) extends lifespan, especially during mid-life and…

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IJM Seminar – Susana Coelho – 02/06/2023

Invited by Sandra Duharcourt, Susana Coelho (Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen) will give an IJM Seminar on the theme: The secret life of brown algae Born in Portugal, Dissertation at the Marine Biological Association in the laboratory of Colin Brownlee (Plymouth, United Kingdom). As a postdoctoral fellow, she worked with Akira Peters and Mark Cock…

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International symposium – 22-23 May 2023 – Virginie Courtier

Virginie Courtier and Abderrahman Khila organize the International symposium " Integrating Evolutionary Genetics and Ecology" which will take place in Paris on 22-23 May 2023. Locations : 22 May 2023 : Collège de France - Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs - 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot 75005 Paris23 May 2023 : Institut Jacques Monod - Amphithéâtre Buffon - 15, rue…

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