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Conferences
- During the 2022 Pint of Science festival, “Mieux comprendre le cancer pour mieux l’éliminer ?” by Aurélie Richard and Marie Villares (Weitzman group). Watch the video here.
- Marie Villares (Weitzman group) participated in the finale of the Sorbonne Paris Cité Alliance for the MT180 competition “Ma thèse en 180sec” (2022/03/22) (starting at 35min45)
- During the “Femmes en Sciences” meeting in Paris (2022/02/19): Conference “Voyage au coeur de nos cellules” (starting at 48min) by Sophie Polo
- Jonathan Weitzman gave a TED talk at the TEDxSaclay 2018: “Who am I? Learning to read the genes in your unique genome book“
- Conferences during the “Université Ouverte” (see courses and conferences schedule) (Mezger and Weitzman group members)
- In Rouen, during the program “Agite tes neurones” (2016/04/21): Conference on epigenetics “Épigénétique, la fin du tout-ADN?” by Valérie Mezger
- At Pasteur Institute in Paris (2015/12/15), with patients non-governmental organizations (NGO): Conference on Alcohol and Epigenetics by Valérie Mezger and workshops with former alcoholics NGO and SAF France.
- Conference on Epigenetics for Air France staff by Sabrine Hedouin (Feb-March 2015, Francastel group)
Broadcasts
On television
- ARTE (2015/10/30) : Les nouveaux secrets de notre hérédité (Weitzman group)
On the radio
- France culture (2022/3/3) : La méthode scientifique – Thèse : le début de la fin ? (Jonathan Weitzman)
- France culture (2021/1/13) : La méthode scientifique – Épimédicaments : y’a pas que l’ADN dans la vie (Souhila Medjkane, Weitzman group)
- Radio-France Internationale (2015/12/3) : Autour de la question – Les caractères acquis se transmettent-ils ? (Valérie Mezger)
- France inter (2014/10/1): La tête au carré – Épigénétique (Valérie Mezger)
On the web
- Web documentary by CNRS le Journal (2023/1/13): Organoids: laboratory brains for research (Mezger group)
- Web documentary on Epigenetics (2019/3/4): Du jeu dans les gènes: comment l’homme se répare (Rougeulle group)
Readings
Press releases
- Article in 20 minutes (2016/12/5): La mémoire génétique, science ou science-fiction? (Claire Rougeulle)
- Article in Le Monde, national newspaper (2015/03/31): Quand l’enfant trinque in utero (Mezger group)
- Article in Sud-Ouest, regional newspaper (2014/09/17): Alcool et grossesse, on en sait plus sur ce dangereux mélange (Mezger group).
- Reports from national research organizations:
– CNRS report: En direct des labos and Quand le fœtus trinque (Mezger group)
– Inserm report: Alcoolisation fœtale : les troubles seraient sous-estimés (Mezger group)
Books
- La révolution biotechnologique et la médecine de demain – Chapter: Analyse de troubles neurodéveloppementaux à la lumière de modifications de l’épigénome : exemple du syndrome d’alcoolisation fœtale (Agathe Duchateau and Délara Saberan-Djoneidi, Mezger group)
Lab experiences
- Fete de la Science 2022 & 2023 : Alerte ! Mon ADN est cassé !!!
- Fête de la Science 2021 & 2023 – Visites Insolites du CNRS : Organoïdes : des mini-organes qui poussent en laboratoire
- In the frame of the program “Les apprentis chercheurs”, several research groups in the unit host young students in their lab every Wednesday during the school year. These students from secondary and high schools are mentored by PhD students, post-docs and engineers in the unit.
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Well done, Dr Mori!
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