Published on 7 Mar 2023

An internal thermometer tells the seeds when to germinate

Published on 2 Mar 2023

How to generate new neurons in the brain

Published on 3 Feb 2023

A "Cell" workshop in virtual reality at the Bioscope

Published on 30 Jan 2023

High-resolution cryo-EM structure of TOROIDs reveal how glucose regulates TORC1 activity

Published on 26 Jan 2023

Sophie Martin joins the Molecular and Cellular Biology department

Published on 24 Jan 2023

Excellence fellowships for a Master of Science

Published on 5 Jan 2023

How to turn a tentacle into a foot

Published on 2 Dec 2022

Mask Wars: a documentary on the controversies surrounding masks

Published on 28 Nov 2022

Mateusz Mendel’s thesis is honoured with the 2022 Arditi and Laemmli Prizes

Published on 22 Nov 2022

Andreas Boland becomes EMBO Young Investigator

Published on 14 Nov 2022

How lizards got their skin colour patterns

Published on 8 Nov 2022

Presentation of UNIGE Masters on 11.24.2022

Published on 27 Oct 2022

A key regulator of cell growth deciphered

Published on 11 Oct 2022

A PhD student of our Division wins the 2022 Nikon Small World Competition

Published on 4 Oct 2022

2022-23 Life Sciences Seminar Series

Published on 22 Sept 2022

Projection de "L'abominable mystère des fleurs"

Published on 21 Sept 2022

Cilia in 3D: Miniature train station discovered

Published on 14 Sept 2022

Inauguration of the Center for Visual Immersion

Published on 12 Sept 2022

Publication de l'ouvrage "Microworld"

Published on 18 Aug 2022

Start of the 2022 Academic Year

Published on 16 Jun 2022

A new hope for a therapy against retinitis pigmentosa

Published on 10 Jun 2022

Olfactory neurons adapt to the surrounding environment

Olfactory receptors, present on the surface of sensory neurons in the nasal cavity, recognize odorant molecules and relay this information to the brain. How do these neurons manage to detect a large variability of signals and adapt to different levels of stimulation?

Published on 27 Apr 2022

Antisense-mediated repression of SAGA-dependent genes involves the HIR histone chaperone

While the spotlight has been for a long time on coding transcription, it turns out that noncoding transcription is largely predominant in a eukaryotic cell. The pervasiveness of non-coding transcription might have functional consequences: many non-coding transcripts overlap with promoter regions of coding genes. This might lead to the repression of the corresponding coding gene via a mechanism of transcription interference. What are the coding genes affected by transcription interference?

Published on 21 Apr 2022

Breast cancer: why metastasis spreads to the bone

When cancer cells break away from a primary tumor and migrate to other organs, this is called «metastatic cancer». The organs affected by these metastases, however, depend in part on their tissue of origin. In the case of breast cancer, they usually form in the bones.

Published on 24 Mar 2022

Limiting energy in neurons exacerbates epilepsy

Epilepsy, one of the most common neurological disorders, is characterized by the spontaneous repetition of seizures caused by the hyperactivity of a group of neurons in the brain. Could we therefore reduce neuronal hyperactivity, and treat epilepsy, by reducing the amount of energy supplied to neurons and necessary for their proper functioning?

Published on 18 Mar 2022

Paul Guichard awarded ERC Consolidator Grant

After receiving an ERC Starting Grant in 2016, Paul Guichard, Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, has once again been recognized for the excellence of his work with an ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council, worth nearly 2.4 million euros.

Published on 17 Mar 2022

A gene could prevent Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the destruction of a specific population of neurons: the dopaminergic neurons. The degeneration of these neurons prevents the transmission of signals controlling specific muscle movements and leads to tremors, involuntary muscle contractions or balance problems characteristic of this pathology.

Published on 9 Mar 2022

Overcoming resistance to breast cancer treatment

Many breast cancer patients develop resistance to standard drug treatments aimed at preventing the growth of cancer cells.

Published on 28 Jan 2022

A mathematical secret of lizard camouflage

The shape-shifting clouds of starling birds, the organization of neural networks or the structure of an anthill: nature is full of complex systems whose behaviors can be modeled using mathematical tools. The same is true for the labyrinthine patterns formed by the green or black scales of the ocellated lizard.

Published on 14 Jan 2022

Visualizing the native cellular organization by coupling cryofixation with expansion microscopy (Cryo-ExM)

Cryofixation has proven to be the gold standard for efficient preservation of native cell ultrastructure compared to chemical fixation, but this approach is not widely used in fluorescence microscopy owing to implementation challenges.

Published on 12 Jan 2022

Paul Guichard receives the Friedrich Miescher Award 2022

Congratulations to Paul Guichard who receives the Friedrich Miescher Award 2022 for his work on centriole assembly mechanisms.