Seminars list
 Monday, April 22nd, 2024 - Seminar Immunology series Speaker(s) : Mikael Pittet (Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Full Member, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) & Swiss Cancer Center Leman (SCCL)) Microenvironmental coordination in the control of human cancersMy lab is dedicated to discovering how the immune system controls cancer and how it can be harnessed for therapeutic purposes. Our work has helped identify how certain cancers are regulated by various immune cells, including cytotoxic T-cells, regulatory T-cells, macrophages, monocytes, neutrophi... |
Establishing a paternal chromosome identity in the Drosophila male germlineIn many animals, mature sperm chromatin is organized with sperm-specific chromosomal proteins known as protamines. Complete or partial elimination of nucleosomes occur during the histone-to-protamine transition, a complex chromatin reorganization process that takes place during spermiogenesis, th... |
Learning explainable models for spatial omics data representation and explorationExplainable machine learning approaches are well suited to flexibly and efficiently capture different aspects of organization in spatial omics data and offer a more detailed view of the underlying tissue biology. We developed MISTy, a scalable multi-view machine learning framework, to enable vers... |
 Wednesday, April 24th, 2024 - Seminar Speaker(s) : Kristina Ganzinger High-speed imaging of droplet and vesicle formation during emulsion transfer (cDICE)Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are widely used as in vitro model membranes in biophysics and as cell-sized containers in synthetic biology. Despite their ubiquitous use, there is no one-size-fits-all method for their production. Numerous methods have been developed to meet the demanding requir... |
Mechanics of Neural Crest Development: From Induction to Migration and DifferentiationThe neural crest is an embryonic cell population whose migratory behavior has been likened to cancer invasion during metastasis. Neural crests differentiate into a wide array of cell types, including muscle, cartilage, bones, melanocytes, neurons, and glia. Although the role of mechanical cues ha... |
On the multiple roads to cell fate decisions: Integrating transcription factors into RNA-regulatory networksWhile the current view states that Transcription Factors (TFs) act on DNA regulatory elements to deploy precise gene programs, an emerging concept proposes that TFs also bind RNA and regulate splicing to promote molecular and cellular diversity. Yet, how the RNA regulatory functions of TFs contri... |
Scientific Publishing: Behind the Scenes at NatureA fundamental part of scientific research is publishing your research findings. But once you have submitted your paper to a journal, it can seem like a daunting black box regarding what actually happens to your paper and how authors can successfully navigate the various steps of the publication p... |
 From Monday, April 22nd, 2024 To Friday, April 26th, 2024 - International Course Seminar Tissue mechanics, memory and metabolism - 6th edition Cell Biology and CancerThe general objective of the 6th Cell biology and Cancer course is to cover different topics in cell biology and physics, focusing on tissue mechanics, memory effect and cell metabolism. The course will cover topics such as Cell polarity, Tissue mechanics, Cell and tissue memory, Cell and tissue ... |
THE GENERATION OF NEURONAL DIVERSITY AND ITS EVOLUTIONClaude Desplan1,2, Nikos Konstantinides1, Felix Simon1, Neset Ozel1, Isabel Holguera1, Jennifer Malin1, Yen Chen1, and Bogdan Sieriebriennikov1 1 Center for Developmental Genetics, Department of Biology, New York University, New York, USA; 2 Center for Genomics and System Biology, NYU Abu... |
Common threads in regeneration: mechano-chemical insights from a jellyfish modelHow randomly injured animals can appropriately re-establish positional information and control the deployment of repair programs are key questions of regenerative biology. The hydrozoan jellyfish Clytia hemisphaerica has recently emerged as an original model organism for probing repair phenomena,... |