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              Molecular & Cellular Biology Dept - University of Geneva
              
              Genève, Suisse
            
            
              
              Joined February 2018
            
            
           📢New Actin Probe Available at Spirochrome! Introducing SPY650-FastAct_X - our latest actin probe with highly improved kinetics and no toxicity! Unlike traditional probes, the newly engineered F-actin ligand does not induce F-actin stabilization. Thanks to its fast exchange on 
          
                
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             Open call! The EMBO Global Investigator Network supports group young leaders who are setting up their laboratories in Chile, India, Singapore or Taiwan. Apply by 1 May:  https://t.co/9aZwpztwP9 
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             L’#UNIGE, l’Institut Max Planck et l’Université Heinrich Heine ont identifié le mécanisme d’attaque de la toxine Tc, produite par certaines bactéries. Cette découverte ouvre la voie à de nouvelles approches thérapeutiques. @enricabordignon @intein
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             Interview with Paul and Virginie @CentrioleLab for @Nature : ‘#Expansion #microscopy’ turns ten: how a tissue-swelling method brought super-resolution imaging to the masses 🔬  https://t.co/ewWyOyUO2D 
            @MoCel_Geneva @sciences_UNIGE @unige_en
          
          
            
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              Nature - A decade in, expansion microscopy is unlocking insights across biology and medicine.
            
                
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             I am thrilled to say that our work is now online @CellCellPress ! I've analysed protein structures for quite some time, but @Robb_Mallik, who co-led this work, took these analyses to yet another level - 🧵👇  https://t.co/BaNJYKow4I 
          
           🔥Cell biology meets structuromics🔥 1000s of proteins assemble co-translationally but we don't know why🤷♂️ @Robb_Mallik found it’s all about protein 🧩structure🧩, with implications for #gene_expression, #proteostasis, #evolution & #mRNAlocalization 🧵👇  https://t.co/I1novampB6 
            
            
                
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             📻Interview de Prof. Levy @ElevyLab pour l'émission #CQFD de la #RTS : Du nouveau sur la formation des protéines  https://t.co/Zpoe48ZjZ1 
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              Une étude parue dans la revue "Cell" révèle que certaines protéines s'assemblent en paires dès leur fabrication pour optimiser leur fonction. Ce phénomène, plus courant qu'on ne le pensait, se...
            
                
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             Congratulations @ElevyLab for your latest publication in @CellCellPress : Structural determinants of co-translational protein complex assembly @MoCel_Geneva @sciences_UNIGE 👉Full text: 
           A study by UNIGE and the Weizmann Institute reveals how certain proteins assemble as soon as they are synthesized, ensuring their stability and efficiency. @WeizmannScience @sciences_UNIGE
              #UNIGE #biology #research
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            #Biology alumni, join us at this event on April 1!
          
           🤝 @sciences_UNIGE & Alumni UNIGE organisent "Rencontrez vos alumni", destiné à éclairer les étudiant-es sur le monde du travail et les évolutions du marché 📅 01/04/2025 ⌚ De 18h à 20h 🗺️ Bâtiment Sciences 2 ⏳ Inscriptions jusqu'au 31/01/2025 🖱️  https://t.co/LZjP1CS7r1 
            
            
                
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             I'd like to draw your attention to this truly excellent paper from the Taraska lab on cryoET of plasma membrane associated proteins. Everyone who is thinking about probes in the cryoET space should also see what they could do with ferritag (fig 6)  https://t.co/H0YV1aGeH5 
          
          
                
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             « Voir c’est savoir : du #microscope à la découverte scientifique ». Conférence Grand Public par Virginie Hamel et Paul Guichard @CentrioleLab @MoCel_Geneva @UNIGEnews 📅Mercredi 22 Janvier 2025 20h 📍Aula collège de Saussure, Vieux-Chemin-d’Onex 9, Petit-Lancy 👉Entrée libre 
          
                
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             End-of-year read! The work of Melvin Bérard is now out in @PLOSBiology. Proteomic and phosphoproteomic analyses reveal that TORC1 is reactivated by pheromone signaling during sexual reproduction in fission yeast  https://t.co/443JP4OPix 
            @Biologie_UNIGE @MoCel_Geneva See 👇
          
          
            
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              Fission yeast cells reproduce sexually when starved for nitrogen, a condition that leads to the inactivation of growth pathways such as TORC1. This study generates proteomic and phosphoproteomic...
             On @BioRxiv, the PhD work of Melvin Bérard, with help of Laura Merlini: TORC1 reactivation by pheromone signaling revealed by phosphoproteomics of fission yeast sexual reproduction. Enjoy the read!  https://t.co/ngbo4ceWvW  Short summary below 👇 @MoCel_Geneva @Biologie_UNIGE
            
          
                
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             Congratulations @AC_Almeida_ and coauthors! 🥂 Head over to the “First Person” interview published alongside to get to know brilliant @AC_Almeida_:  https://t.co/oZcOHaI2o7 
          
          
            
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              ABSTRACT. First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers....
             Early Christmas gift! Thrilled to share the final work of my PhD journey 🙌 Check out the paper where we debate the dispensability of CENP-E for mitotic chromosome alignment in species with larger kinetochores. 
          
                
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             Introducing spIsoNet, a software tool that addresses the challenges of map anisotropy and particle misalignment in cryo-EM caused by the preferred orientation problem. @zhou_lab @yuntaoinnit @hongcheng_fan
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             I am deeply honored and thrilled to receive this Teaching Award from the very first edition @sciences_UNIGE ! A heartfelt thank you to my dear students. Teaching microbiology is a true passion, and it’s such a joy to see it recognized.🙂 @Biologie_UNIGE @unige_en
          
          
                
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             🚨Paper alarm Our new work on APC/C regulation revealed by high resolution cryo-EM structures together with the groups of Leifu Chang and David Barford has been published @NatureComms. Congratulations to Anna Höfler, Jun Yu and all other authors. 🔗  https://t.co/cWizTIaTNx 
          
          
                
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             Congratulations @BolandLab_GE and collaborators for your latest publication 👏 #CryoEM structures of apo-APC/C provide insights into APC/C regulation @MoCel_Geneva @sciences_UNIGE
          
           🚨Paper alarm Our new work on APC/C regulation revealed by high resolution cryo-EM structures together with the groups of Leifu Chang and David Barford has been published @NatureComms. Congratulations to Anna Höfler, Jun Yu and all other authors. 🔗  https://t.co/cWizTIaTNx 
            
            
                
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             Super cool issue filled with amazing content, and a stunning UExM image for the cover from the @MahjoubLab
          
           The #CYTOSKELETON @CytoskelJournal #Specialissue on #Cilia and #Flagella is now out. Thank you to all of the authors that contributed to this fantastic issue! Have a look at it here :  https://t.co/nNkaQzfJsw 
              #microtubules #cell #cellbiology #science #Biology
            
            
                
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             Lab’s first paper is out 🥳🍾! We reveal how tubulins regulate the stability of their mRNAs via reversible sequestration of TTC5. Bravo A. Batiuk and all coauthors! @MarkusHopfler @AC_Almeida_ @LilaVart @OscarVadas @unige_en @NatureComms 👇  https://t.co/XdIr44E7bN 
          
          
            
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              Nature Communications - When tubulin proteins are present in excess, their encoding mRNAs are selectively degraded in a process initiated by the protein TTC5. Here, the authors show that tubulins...
            
                
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             Big milestone!! Huge congrats to the team on the first paper from the Lab 🚀 
           Lab’s first paper is out 🥳🍾! We reveal how tubulins regulate the stability of their mRNAs via reversible sequestration of TTC5. Bravo A. Batiuk and all coauthors! @MarkusHopfler @AC_Almeida_ @LilaVart @OscarVadas @unige_en @NatureComms 👇  https://t.co/XdIr44E7bN 
            
          
                
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             👏Congratulations @Ivana_Gasic lab for your latest publication in @NatureComms : Soluble αβ-tubulins reversibly sequester TTC5 to regulate tubulin mRNA decay @MoCel_Geneva @sciences_UNIGE
          
          
            
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              Nature Communications - When tubulin proteins are present in excess, their encoding mRNAs are selectively degraded in a process initiated by the protein TTC5. Here, the authors show that tubulins...
            
                
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