The Minc team has just published a new paper in PNAS:   Size- and position-dependent cytoplasm viscoelasticity through hydrodynamic interactions with the cell surface   Abstract Many studies of cytoplasm rheology have focused on small components in the submicrometer scale. However, the cytoplasm also baths large organelles like nuclei, microtubule asters, or spindles that often take significant portions of…

The Dumont team has just published a new paper in eLife: Synergistic stabilization of microtubules by BUB-1, HCP-1 and CLS-2 controls microtubule pausing and meiotic spindle assembly   Abstract During cell division, chromosome segregation is orchestrated by a microtubule-based spindle. Interaction between spindle microtubules and kinetochores is central to the bi-orientation of chromosomes. Initially dynamic to allow…

L'équipe Romet-Lemonne/Jégou has just published a new article in Biophysical Journal : (ABSTRACT  VOLUME 122, ISSUE 3, SUPPLEMENT 1, 166A-167A,  FEBRUARY 10, 2023)   The Arp2/3 complex contributes to the regeneration of branched actin filament networks   Actin filaments are one of the indispensable components of almost all cell types. These semi-flexible filaments constitute an important part of the…

DNA Modification Patterns Filtering and Analysis Using DNAModAnnot Hardy, A., Duharcourt, S., Defrance, M. (2023). DNA Modification Patterns Filtering and Analysis Using DNAModAnnot. In: H. Oliveira, P. (eds) Computational Epigenomics and Epitranscriptomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2624. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2962-8_7 Abstract Mapping DNA modifications at the base resolution is now possible…