Feb 20, 2026 | Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Symposia and seminars
Dr. Laurent Duret Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, Lyon, France Invited by Pierre-Antoine Defossez (EDC) and Sandra Duharcourt (IJM) “Random genetic drift sets an upper limit on mRNA splicing accuracy in metazoans” The seminar will take...
Feb 15, 2026 | Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Symposia and seminars
Pr. Minoru Yoshida Executive Vice-President of RIKEN, Leader of the Chemical Genomics Research GroupRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Japan Invited by Dr. Pierre-Antoine Defossez “Tackling Genetic Diseases with Chemical Biology” The...
Feb 10, 2026 | Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Symposia and seminars
Dr. Fiona Francis NeuroSU, Paris,France Invited by Dr. Valérie Mezger “Progenitor cell mechanisms during cerebral cortical development” The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B). Bâtiment Buffon, 15 rue Hélène Brion,...
Jan 30, 2026 | Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Symposia and seminars
Dr. Pauline Spéder Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Invited by Dr. Valérie Mezger “Under pressure: forces and resistance in the neurogenic niche” The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B). Bâtiment Buffon, 15 rue Hélène...
Jan 18, 2026 | Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Symposia and seminars
Dr. Laure Bally-Cuif Institut Pasteur and CNRS, Paris, France Invited by Dr. Valérie Mezger “Making sense of adult Neural Stem Cell heterogeneities” The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B). Bâtiment Buffon, 15 rue...
Sep 15, 2025 | Ait-Si-Ali group, Epigenetics & Cell Fate
Congratulations to Dr. Maeva Zamperoni! On September 15, 2025, Maeva successfully defended her thesis: “Role of the lysine methyltransferase SETDB1 in TGFβ-induced fibrosis in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).” Maeva and the jury members: Pascal Maire, Nicolas...
Sep 1, 2025 | Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Weitzman group
We are delighted to announce Jérémy Berthelet’s success in the Assistant Professor competition! On September 1, 2025, Jérémy officially joined our laboratory as a civil servant lecturer-researcher (trainee). This position is an important step, not only in his...
Sep 1, 2025 | Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Weitzman group
We are delighted to announce the success of Souhila MEDJKANE, who has been promoted to full Professor! On September 1, 2025, Souhila was officially promoted to Professor. This is a major milestone in her career, and a source of great pride for our team and the...
May 15, 2025 | Defossez group, Epigenetics & Cell Fate
Congratulations to Anaëlle Azogui for obtaining a 4th year PhD fellowships from the “Fondation pour la recherche sur le cancer” (Fondation ARC). Read more 4th year PhD fellowships for Anaëlle Defossez group, Epigenetics & Cell...
May 14, 2025 | Defossez group, Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Publications
Congratulations to the Defossez team for their article “DNA methylation protects cancer cells against senescence” by Chen, Yamaguchi, et al., which has been accepted in Nature Communication. Read it here: doi:doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.23.609297...
Dec 23, 2024 | Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Publications, Rougeulle group
What if the presence of two X chromosomes confers functional specificities on female cells and contributes to the different susceptibilites of men and women to certain diseases? One of the X chromosomes is randomly silenced in each female cell from the embryonic...
Nov 27, 2024 | Epigenetics & Cell Fate, Rougeulle group
The discovery that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are the most abundant gene class in the human genome has sparked significant research, particularly on Xist, a key RNA involved in X-chromosome inactivation. Recent studies have expanded our understanding of...
