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PhD defense: Stéphanie HERMITTE
Stéphanie HERMITTE (Team “Molecular mechanisms of cell lineage differentiation in the early mouse embryo”) will defend her thesis entitled:
"Caractérisation de la différenciation de l'endoderme primitif: Coopération entre la voie de signalisation RTK-FGF et le facteur de transcription GATA6"
Monday 23 rd of October at 2 pm
Amphitheater 2A , Medical School
A new research group has joined the GReD
The team « Epigenetic Regulation and Hematopoiesis », headed by Lucas Waltzer, has joined the GReD.
The team: Manon Boulet ( PhD Student)- Lucas Waltzer (DR2 CNRS, Team leader)- Laurence Vandel (DR2 CNRS)
By using drosophila as a model organism, Lucas, Laurence and Manon investigate for the molecular bases of hematopoiesis, and more specifically the mechanisms controlling blood cell progenitor populations , both in healthy and pathological contexts.
To know more .. it’s here.
Les Mardis du GRed - Octobre 2017
12H45 – 13H45
Faculté de médecine
Amphi limagne (CRBC RdC)
17 Octobre : Guillaume JUNION GReD, INSERM U1103, CNRS 6293, UCA
Towards a multi-level view of muscle cells diversification
24 Octobre : Pas de séminaire
31 Octobre : Marco A. MENDOZA Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Illkirch
Towards the understanding of the retinoids-driven gene regulatory programs implicated in cell fate transitions
Prostate Cancer; LXRs strike back !
During his life, one in five men will be diagnosed for prostate cancer. Current therapeutics are based on androgen deprivation therapy to treat advanced cancer development. Unfortunately, although this strategy gives good results, efficiency remains transient. The NuReP team work's shows for the first time that receptors present in prostatic tissue, LXR for Liver X Receptors, are able to constrain the metastatic progression of prostate cancer. Like all receptors, these can be activated by natural or pharmacological molecules; therefore these results open up important prospects in the development of future treatments to fight the metastatic evolution of prostate cancer.
This work is published in Nature Communication (Alioui et al., 2017)
GReD meets Johan Swinnen during its 2400 km run for cancer patients
From the 21st of Auguts our colleague Johan Swinnen undertook a journey of a lifetime: running from Leuven to Santiago de Compostela with a backpack filled with hundreds of letters from cancer patients and from people who care about them.
He will run about two marathons each day, on average, to reach hus destinattion for end of september.
Near Perigueux, Jean-Marc Lobaccaro and Silvère Baron met him; A few kilometers of race to his side to support his run, the rain having invited on the course!
We wish a good race to Johan towards Santiago de Compostela with the GReD support's.
You can follow the event, send in letters and messages and support Johan via the dedicated website:
http://www.post-voor-compostela.be/en/johans-journey/2400-km-run
More info at:
http://www.flanderstoday.eu/living/cancer-researcher-runs-2400km-compostela-tribute-son
Chaperoning histones and controlling genome function
Histone proteins are critical components of chromatin and the incorporation of different histone variants modulates nucleosome stability. Deposition of histones at the right time and the correct place in the genome is tightly controlled by specific histone chaperone complexes. In its last study , the team of Aline Probst and Christophe Tatout characterized the Arabidopsis ATRX (Alpha Thalassemia-mental Retardation X-linked) homologue. Using reverse genetic approaches along with genome wide analyses Duc et al show that loss of ATRX modulates the cellular balance between canonical H3.1 and its variant H3.3 and leads to reduced H3.3 deposition at set of genes with elevated H3.3 occupancy and high gene expression. This study further elucidates the network of histone chaperones in plants and reveals a specific role for ATRX in histone H3.3 deposition.
This work is published in The Plant Cell (Duc et al., 2017).
FXRα a new actor of germinal stem cells fate.
The FXRα nuclear receptor (Farnesoid-X-Receptor alpha) is a key factor controlling the male sex hormone synthesis within the testis. However, its roles in male germ cell homeostasis have not yet been studied. Using a phenotyping approach of Fxra deficient mice, the team of David Volle has characterized unexpected roles of FXRa with germ cell lineage. There, FXRa is involved in the establishment and the maintenance of undifferentiated germ cell pool and in turn, influences male fertility during aging.
This study is published in Stem Cell Reports (Martinot et al., 2017)
INDEPTH : The GReD, in collaboration with LIMOS laboratory, holds the first COST-Action coordinated by Clermont Auvergne University (UCA)
GReD and LIMOS laboratories are happy to inform you that their COST-action project entitled «Impact of Nuclear Domains on Gene Expression and Plant Traits » (INDEPTH) has been awarded. This pan-european project, coordinated by Pr Christophe Tatout (GReD) in collaboration with Pr Rémy Malgouyres (LIMOS), involves for the next 4 years more than 50 laboratories over 19 countries. INDEPTH will decipher how nuclear architecture, chromatin organization and gene expression are connected and modified in response to internal and external cues in plants. To address this challenge, the INDEPTH Action gathers a network bringing state-of-the-art technologies and fostering multidisciplinary approaches at research, training, education and industrial levels in high- and super-resolution microscopy, 3D image analysis and software development, chromatin domain mapping, genomics, bioinformatics and plant phenotyping. INDEPTH is the first cost-ation coordinated by UCA.
Les Doctorants du GReD à l’honneur lors des JED 2017.
Houda TABBAL, doctorante dans l’équipe « Pathophysiologie moléculaire des tissus surrénaux et endocriniens » et Alexandre CHAMPROUX, doctorant dans l’équipe « Mécanismes de l'infertilité mâle post-testiculaire », ont tous deux été primés lors des Journées de l’école Doctorale 2017.
Conference: "The unique mechanisms for the nuclear dynamics in Arabidopsis" Dr. Tamura - Kyoto University, Japan
"The unique mechanisms for the nuclear dynamics in Arabidopsis"
By Dr. Kentaro Tamura, from Kyoto University, Japan
Friday the 3rd of February. 2:30pm
Meeting room, Vegetal Biology Building- Campus des Cézeaux
Contact: Christophe TATOUT (christophe.tatout@uca.fr)
In a few words...
The GReD is a Research Center at Clermont-Ferrand, capital of the Auvergne region of central France. Created in 2008, the GReD is supported by the University of Auvergne, the University Blaise Pascal, the CNRS (UMR6293) and the INSERM (U1103). The center is composed of 10 research groups (totalling 130 people in April 2014) and is situated on the neighbouring campuses ...
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