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The lack of catalytic activity of Pcif1 protein in Drosophila reveals a new mechanism of gene expression regulation
Studies conducted by researchers of BGE lab and collaborators on Drosophila melanogaster propose an important role for the Pcif1 protein in gene expression and physiology of the organism independent of its catalytic activity. In living organisms, gene expression is a...
Poushalee Dutta
Poushalee Dutta works at the Institut de Biologie Structurale. Her project: Molecular insights into the Chondroitin Sulfate Synthase Hello, I am Poushalee from India. Primarily educated in Human Physiology (i.e., 1st master’s degree) at Presidency University,...
Cécile Pohar
Cécile Pohar works at the Chemistry and Biology of Metals laboratory (LCBM) Her project: Multiscale 3D electron microscopy to decipher Liver Architecture Hello, I am Cécile Pohar from Montpellier. I am a PhD student at the LCBM (Laboratory of Chemistry and Biology...
Fluorescent proteins don’t like sunburns
Super resolution microscopy continues to reveal new insights into biology at the nanoscale. Quantitative measurements using super resolution microscopy, however, remain limited due to the highly complex photophysical behavior of the used fluorescent labels. In the...
Aleksandra Mironova
Aleksandra Mironova works at the Cell & Plant Physiology Laboratory (LPCV). Her project: Phase Separation of EARLY FLOWERING 3 and Plant Thermoresponse Hello, my name is Aleksandra Mironova. I am a PhD student at working at the LPCV, IRIG and the ESRF since...
Borys Pedenko
Borys Pedenko works at the Institut de Biologie Structurale. His project: Structure of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein in complex with a novel bnAb LN02 Hello! My name is Borys, and I am from Ukraine! I am a PhD student working on the potential HIV vaccine...
Massilia Abbas
Massilia Abbas works at the Institut de Biologie Structurale. Her project: Pathogen LPS recognition by immunity C-type lectins receptor in a cell-surface mimicking environment Hi! I am Massilia from Algeria. I’m a PhD student at Institut de Biologie Structurale...
Lorenzo Gaifas
Lorenzo Gaifas works at the Institut de Biologie Structurale. His project: Structural insight into bacterial chromatin assembly by cryo-electron Hi, I'm Lorenzo Gaifas! I'm a first year PhD student at the University of Grenoble, working at Institut de Biologie...
Florian Chenavier
Florian Chenavier works at the Institut de Biologie Structurale. His project: Dynamic of influenza virus nucleocapsid assembly Hi! I am from France, my name is Florian and I am a new GRAL PhD student at VRM/MEM groups at Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS)...
Hassan Hijazi
Hassan Hijazi works at the Laboratoire Biologie et Biotechnologie pour la Santé - BioSanté. His project: Altered dynamics of acylations of histone H3 Lysine 27 (H3K27): a mechanism contributing to transcriptional dysregulation in Huntington’s disease?Hello...
Andrea Pinto
Andrea Pinto works at the Institut de Biologie Structurale. Her project: Molecular and structural investigations of the complement C1 complex interactions with IgMs Hello! My name is Andrea Pinto. I am from India and I am a PhD student at the Institut de Biologie...
Rory Munro
Rory Munro works at the Institut de Biologie Structurale. His project: Photo-activation mechanism of OCP studied by time-resolved serial crystallography and NMR spectroscopy Hi, I am Rory from the United Kingdom. I am a PhD student at Institut de Biologie...