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 Brion, Paris 13^th.

On Wednesday, February 4^th at 11:00 am.

Relevant publications from the speaker:

Cell competition overcomes host tissue resistance to unleash tumour growth in a Drosophila brain cancer model.

Gualtieri M, Jabre S, Mornico D, Hamon M, Maurange C, Spéder P.bioRxiv 2025.08.05.668787

Adhesion-Controlled Mechanics of the Glial Niche Regulate Neural Stem Cell Proliferative Potential.

Segú Cristina A., Briand D., Kukde A., Perthame E*, Rigaud S*, Tinevez JY, Banach-Latapy A, Owens N.D.L, Valon L, Bellaïche , Spéder P. bioRxiv 2024.12.11.628019

Differential adhesion during development establishes individual neural stem cell niches and shapes adult behaviour in Drosophila.

Banach-Latapy, A., Rincheval, V., Briand, D., Guénal, I., Spéder, P. PLoS biology, 21(11), e3002352. (2023).

An interplay between cellular growth and atypical fusion defines morphogenesis of a modular glial niche in Drosophila.

Rujano MA, Briand D, Ðelić B, Marc J, Spéder P. Nat Commun. 2022 Aug 25;13(1):4999.