Vector-GENIE: Vectorology and Genome Engineering in Epigenetics
Our platform provides access to a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory, lentivirus production, personalized support and assistance with genome and epigenome engineering.
@Ekaterina Boyarchuk
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Expertise to teams wishing to start and/or use lentiviral vector production.
@Ekaterina Boyarchuk & David Sitbon
Genome Engineering: focus on the various applications of CRISPR/Cas technologies in the field of epigenetics
@Ekaterina Boyarchuk
ddPCR service
Steering Committee
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- Slimane Ait-Si-Ali
- Pierre-Antoine Defossez
- Aurélie de Thonel
- Ekaterina Boyarchuk (Vector-GENIE platforms manager)
Members
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Ekaterina Boyarchuk
Head, IR CNRS
Carine Ganem-Elbaz
IE CNRS
Laurence Del Maestro
AI CNRS
Publications
2024
• Methylation of ESCRT-III components regulates the timing of cytokinetic abscission. Nature Communications 2024 May
2023
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• Rosspopoff O, Cazottes E, Huret C, Loda A, Collier A, Casanova M, Rugg-Gunn P, Heard E, Ouimette, J-F, Rougeulle C. Species-specific regulation of XIST by the JPX/FTX orthologs . Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 Feb
2019
• Casanova M, Moscatelli M, Chauvière LÉ, Huret C, Samson J, Liyakat Ali TM, Rosspopoff O, Rougeulle C. A primate-specific retroviral enhancer wires the XACT lncRNA into the core pluripotency network in humans. Nat Commun. 2019 Dec 11;10(1):5652.
• Codato R, Perichon M, Divol A, Fung E, Sotiropoulos A, Bigot A, Weitzman JB, Medjkane S.The SMYD3 methyltransferase promotes myogenesis by activating the myogenin regulatory network. Sci Rep. 2019 Nov 21
• Naciri I, Laisné M, Ferry L, Bourmaud M, Gupta N, Di Carlo S, Huna A, Martin N, Peduto L, Bernard D, Kirsh O, Defossez PA. Genetic screens reveal mechanisms for the transcriptional regulation of tissue-specific genes in normal cells and tumors. Nucleic Acids Research, 07 February 2019 gkz080, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkz080
2018
• Furlan G, Gutierrez Hernandez N, Huret C, Galupa R, van Bemmel JG, Romito A, Heard E, Morey C, Rougeulle C. The Ftx Noncoding Locus Controls X Chromosome Inactivation Independently of Its RNA Products. Mol Cell. 2018 Apr 20. pii: S1097-2765(18)30227-2.
Contact
To contact the Platform
Platform manager: Ekaterina BOYARCHUK ekaterina.boyarchuk@u-pariscite.fr
Plateforme Vector-GENIE
CNRS UMR 7216, 4e etage
35 Rue Hélène Brion
75013 Paris
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Seminar Jan Padeken –October 14, 2026
Dr. Jan Padeken Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany "UV-Damage-induced Epigenetic Memory in Organismal Resilience and Aging." The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B).Bâtiment Buffon, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris 13th....
Seminar Philipp Voigt –October 7, 2026
Dr. Philipp Voigt Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK "Decoding bivalency: Mechanisms of poising at developmental gene promoters." The seminar will take place in the Institut Jacques Monod seminar room (RB-18B).Bâtiment Buffon, 15 rue Hélène Brion, Paris 13th. On...
Congratulations to Dr. Silvia Comunian!
On September 25, 2026, Silvia successfully defended her thesis: “Epigenetic control of nuclear mechanics and migration via H3K9 methylation at Lamina-Associated Domains in lung cancer cells”Silvia Comunian and the jury members: Yegor Vassetzky, Nicolas Borghi,...
Welcome to Sara
Sara is joining the team for a master’s internship. As a student in the Interdisciplinary Master’s in Life Sciences program at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Sara will contribute to a research project aimed at identifying vulnerabilities in DNA repair in high-grade...