DRB2, a wide-spectrum antiviral protein isolated from plants infected with an RNA virus
RNA viruses form membrane-based replication complexes to multiply their genomes. This complex process requires viral and cellular proteins…
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The CNRS awards the first winners of the Medal for Scientific Mediation
In 2021, the CNRS is creating a new medal to promote scientific mediation and to honor women and…
Visualisation of the bioconversion of the antimalarial agent Vismione H
Used in traditional African medicine, Psorospermum glaberrimum is a plant of the Hypericaceae family that produces numerous anthranoids…
Kids University
Organized by the Jardin des Sciences of the University of Strasbourg, this day allows fifth and fourth graders…
Evolution and functions of cytochrome P450 enzymes in plants
An updated annotation of cytochromes P450 in plants, including for the first time algal genomes, lends information to…
Pascal Genschik member of the Academia europeae
Create custom RNA binding proteins to regulate chloroplast gene expression
Synthetic biology has allowed the development of molecular tools facilitating the engineering of genomes in living organisms. However,…
Alexandre BERR winner of an INSB call for projects
The Institute for Biological Sciences (INSB) at CNRS launched for the second year the call “Diversity of biological…
Cyanophora paradoxa mitochondrial tRNAs play a double game
Despite their monophyletic origin, mitochondrial (mt) genomes developed independently in evolutionarily divergent organisms, leading to a fascinating complexity…
mRNA uridylation prevents the production of deleterious siRNAs
Plants can fight viruses by synthesizing small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) that target and destroy viral RNAs. Yet, plants’…
A plant enzyme hijacked to fight viruses
Plant viruses are responsible for huge crop yield losses worldwide. The team of Philippe Giegé has developed a…
A eukaryotic protein at the heart of the synthesis of the chloroplast ribosome!
The chloroplast is an organelle in plant cells that originated from the ancient endosymbiosis of a cyanobacterium and…
Florent WALTZ laureate of the price “article of the year”of the SFBBM
for his article published in Nature Plants in April 2020 « Cryo-EM structure of the RNA-rich plant mitochondrial…
Diverting flower scent metabolism for herbicides resistance
Metabolism-dependent herbicide resistance of invasive weeds is currently a major threat for intensive agriculture. Metabolism frequently leads to…
Plant-virus crosstalk at the infection front
Little is known about the molecular dialogue between the plant and an invading virus.
Lucie CAMUT winner of the Grand Est thesis prize
The 21st Thesis Prize ceremony of the Société de Biologie de Strasbourg (SBS), initially scheduled for March, took…
How to visualize mRNA in vivo
Manfred Heinlein and Eduardo Peña at the University of La Plata (Argentina) developed a novel method to observe…
Florent Waltz, laureate of the Price Dina Surdin
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
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
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?
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
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
Three Strasbourg researchers have combined their expertise for the Covidog project. Their idea? Isolate the smell of Covid-19…
Defended fortresses or moving targets
Two 30-year-old theories aim at describing the ecology of plant defenses to insects. Emmanuel Gaquerel and collaborators at…
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