Florent Waltz, laureate of the Price Dina Surdin 21.10.2020 The Dina-Surdin Foundation finances a Prize awarded by the Société Française de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire to a…
Reticulon‐like properties of a plant virus movement protein 01.10.2020 Plant viruses encode movement proteins (MPs) that ensure the transport of viral genomes through plasmodesmata (PD) and use…
L’IBMP fête la Science Dès le 3 Octobre, découvrez chaque matin une nouvelle photo mystère postée sur le compte twitter de l’IBMP…
Epigenetic silencing of clustered tRNA genes in Arabidopsis 18.09.2020 Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) play a key role in the translation and reading of the genetic code. Therefore, the…
Phthalate exposure and dementia: is there a link? 31.07.2020 The involvement of micropollutants in the development of neurodegenerative diseases is increasingly considered. Thanks to a metabolomic study,…
A new function of the FBL17 cell cycle regulator in the response to DNA damage in Arabidopsis 24.06.2020 So-called genotoxic stresses (UV, viral infections, chemical agents) can induce DNA damage such as breaks in the DNA…
Covidog, using the flair of dogs to detect Covid-19 23.06.2020 Three Strasbourg researchers have combined their expertise for the Covidog project. Their idea? Isolate the smell of Covid-19…
Defended fortresses or moving targets 11.06.2020 Two 30-year-old theories aim at describing the ecology of plant defenses to insects. Emmanuel Gaquerel and collaborators at…
IBMP welcomes applications for the position of Institute Director 09.06.2020 The position of Institute Director is available from 1st January of 2023 for a 5 year-term. …
To be, or not to be, remethylated 08.06.2020 The characterization of the critical features of remethylable and non-remethylable loci shed light on the epigenetic determinants allowing…
When structural biology makes it possible to visualize how a Nanobody neutralizes a plant virus! 03.06.2020 Scientists determined the atomic structure by cryo-electron microscopy of a complex between the Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV), a…
Impairing degradation can rescue miRNA production 25.05.2020 SERRATE is a conserved RNA effector protein involved in transcription, processing and export of different types of RNAs.…
DNA binding proteins regulate gene transcription but not only! 28.04.2020 When we think about the functions of DNA binding proteins, the regulation of genome replication or gene transcription…
When the shape of the nucleus communicates stress in plants! 23.04.2020 Plants have developed many strategies to adapt to their environment. In an interdisciplinary study, the teams of
The plant mitochondrial ribosome: an “augmented” bacterial ribosome 30.03.2020 Translation, the essential process that decodes messenger RNA into protein, is carried out by ribosomes. The team of…