A new article has been published in Nature Communications:
JAK-STAT-dependent contact between follicle cells and the oocyte controls Drosophila anterior-posterior polarity and germline development
This study is the result of a collaboration between scientists of the Institut de biologie intégrative de la cellule (université Paris-Saclay) and Institut Jacques Monod (Konstantinides Lab, Minc Lab, Guichet Lab).
Abstract:
The number of embryonic…
The Pintard lab recently published a new article in Journal of Cell Biology:
Microtubule-binding domains in Katanin p80 subunit are essential for severing activity in C. elegans
Abstract:
Microtubule-severing enzymes (MSEs), such as Katanin, Spastin, and Fidgetin play essential roles in cell division and neurogenesis. They damage the microtubule (MT) lattice, which can either destroy or amplify the…
The Courtier lab recently published a new article in BMC Ecology and Evolution:
Higher evolutionary dynamics of gene copy number for Drosophila glue genes located near short repeat sequences
Abstract:
Background
During evolution, genes can experience duplications, losses, inversions and gene conversions. Why certain genes are more dynamic than others is poorly understood. Here we examine…
The Wassmann lab published a new article in EMBO:
Qualitative rather than quantitative phosphoregulation shapes the end of meiosis I in budding yeast
Abstract:
Exit from mitosis is brought about by dramatic changes in the phosphoproteome landscape. A drop in Cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) activity, the master regulatory kinase, and activation of counteracting phosphatases such as Cdc14 in budding…
Invited by the Greenberg Lab, Daphne S. Cabianca (Institute of Functional Epigenetics, Helmholtz Munich) will present an IJM seminar on the theme:
3D genome under stress: How an animal´s nutritional status shapes chromatin architecture
Abstract:
Outside of the lab, all organisms are constantly exposed to a changing environment, such as temperature shifts, a variable availability of nutrients…
Invited by the Prioleau Lab, Anne-Laure Valton (GenPhySE - INRAE Toulouse) will present an IJM seminar on the theme:
Chromosome folding and gene expression
Abstract:
Chromosomes are the physical templates for many crucial molecular functions in the nucleus: gene expression, DNA repair and DNA replication. During interphase, chromosomes are folded by two main mechanisms which are phase…
Invited by the Courtier, Olga Nagy (University of Szeged, Albert Szent-gyorgyi Medical School, Department of Forensic Medicine, Hungary), will present an IJM seminar on the theme:
Challenges in forensic genetic investigation of archived biological traces
Abstract:
The discovery of microsatellite DNA loci suitable for personal identification were quickly introduce to routine forensic investigations in the late 1990’s.…
The Romet-Lemonne/Jégou Lab contributed to the publication of a new article in Nature structural & molecular biology:
Cortactin stabilizes actin branches by bridging activated Arp2/3 to its nucleated actin filament
Résumé:
Regulation of the assembly and turnover of branched actin filament networks nucleated by the Arp2/3 complex is essential during many cellular processes, including cell migration and…
The Guichet Lab published a new article in Cells:
The Importance of the Position of the Nucleus in Drosophila Oocyte Development
Abstract:
Oogenesis is a developmental process leading to the formation of an oocyte, a haploid gamete, which upon fertilisation and sperm entry allows the male and the female pronuclei to fuse and give rise to a zygote.…
The Romet-Lemonne/Jégou Lab published a new article in Science Advances:
Regeneration of actin filament branches from the same Arp2/3 complex
Abstract:
Branched actin filaments are found in many key cellular structures. Branches are nucleated by the Arp2/3 complex activated by nucleation-promoting factor (NPF) proteins and bound to the side of preexisting “mother” filaments. Over time, branches dissociate…