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An internal thermometer tells the seeds when to germinate
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How to generate new neurons in the brain
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A "Cell" workshop in virtual reality at the Bioscope
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High-resolution cryo-EM structure of TOROIDs reveal how glucose regulates TORC1 activity
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Sophie Martin joins the Molecular and Cellular Biology department
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Excellence fellowships for a Master of Science
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How to turn a tentacle into a foot
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Mask Wars: a documentary on the controversies surrounding masks
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Mateusz Mendel’s thesis is honoured with the 2022 Arditi and Laemmli Prizes
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Andreas Boland becomes EMBO Young Investigator
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How lizards got their skin colour patterns
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Presentation of UNIGE Masters on 11.24.2022
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A key regulator of cell growth deciphered
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A PhD student of our Division wins the 2022 Nikon Small World Competition
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2022-23 Life Sciences Seminar Series
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Projection de "L'abominable mystère des fleurs"
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Cilia in 3D: Miniature train station discovered
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Inauguration of the Center for Visual Immersion
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Publication de l'ouvrage "Microworld"
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Start of the 2022 Academic Year
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A new hope for a therapy against retinitis pigmentosa
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Overcoming resistance to breast cancer treatment
Many breast cancer patients develop resistance to standard drug treatments aimed at preventing the growth of cancer cells.
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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.
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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.
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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.