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Discovery of a phosphate sensing and signaling pathway in plants

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Posted on 15 January 2021 by Audrey Bellier

Cells require sufficient amounts of the element phosphorus to build their membranes and to store and copy genetic information. Phosphorus is taken up by cells in the form of inorganic phosphate, an important signaling molecule and energy currency. While we … Continue reading →

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The wings of a “genetic bird” protect us against viruses

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Posted on 15 January 2021 by Audrey Bellier

Do populations from different geographic regions have the same potential for defending themselves against pathogens and against viruses in particular? An analysis of human genomes, especially the HLA genes responsible for the so-called “adaptive” immune system, provide some possible answers … Continue reading →

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The Hsp70-Hsp90 co-chaperone Hop/Stip1 shifts the proteostatic balance from folding towards degradation

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Posted on 25 November 2020 by Audrey Bellier

Despite the key proposed function of Hop/Stip1/Sti1 for protein folding and maturation, it is not essential in a number of eukaryotes and bacteria lack an ortholog. Didier Picard’s group has explored why Hop is present in eukaryotes, what its critical … Continue reading →

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Congratulations and Welcome to Dr Ivana Gasic!

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Posted on 23 November 2020 by Audrey Bellier

Dr. Ivana Gasic received a SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship and will join the Cell biology department. Her group will study tubulin quantity control and microtubule homeostasis.

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Snakes reveal the origin of skin colours

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Posted on 6 October 2020 by Audrey Bellier

The skin colour of vertebrates depends on chromatophores — cells found in the deep layers of the skin. The group of Athanasia Tzika in Michel Milinkovitch’s laboratory, specialists in genetic determinism and colour evolution in reptiles, is studying the wide … Continue reading →

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Bio.news

  • Discovery of a phosphate sensing and signaling pathway in plants
  • The wings of a “genetic bird” protect us against viruses
  • The Hsp70-Hsp90 co-chaperone Hop/Stip1 shifts the proteostatic balance from folding towards degradation
  • Congratulations and Welcome to Dr Ivana Gasic!

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Bio.events

  • CryoEM symposium cryoGEnic 2020- postponed!
  • Symposium: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Biology
  • Conference: Reconsidering conceptual change in science education in light of recent findings in the neurosciences
  • Conférences 2020: Modéliser le réel

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