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Polarity, Division and Morphogenesis
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YOHANNS BELLAICHE
Polarity, Division and Morphogenesis
During development, the formation of functional tissues and organs entails both tissue shaping (morphogenesis) and cell proliferation; two processes driven by biochemical and mechanical regulation. In toto imaging of embryos highlighted the spatial and temporal coordination between these two processes: from the earliest stage of embryonic development, to later stages during which the collective dynamics of thousands of dividing and moving cells promote the emergence of tissues and organs.
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Past members
Jad Awad
Engineer
Inês Cristo
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Jose De las heras chanes
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Isabelle Gaugué
Engineer
Sophie Herszterg
PhD Student
Amina Joudat
Engineer
Catalina Manieu
PhD Student
Olga Markova
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Diana Pinheiro
PhD Student
Stéphane Rigaud
Research engineer
Lucas Sancéré
Engineer
Eric van Leen
PhD Student
Aurelien Villedieu
PhD Student
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Publications
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Rapid and robust optogenetic control of gene expression in DrosophilaDevelopmental Cell
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News
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Cell division and cell geometryThe mystery of reshaping of dividing epithelial cells’ cytoskeleton has mobilized the team led by Yohanns Bellaïche at Institut Curie’s Research Center. The results of their study, describing the essential role of small enzyme proteins - RhoGTPases - on the actomyosin cytoskeleton, have just been published in the journal Current Biology. A step towards better understanding of the process controlling the number of cells and the integrity of their genomes.17/03/2023
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Morphogenesis: when genetics and mechanics work togetherThe spatial distribution of cells during embryonic development of an organism (morphogenesis) is affected in many diseases, including cancer. Yohanns Bellaïche and his Polarity, Division and Morphogenesis team at Institut Curie’s Research Center, in collaboration with a laboratory from Université Paris Cité, have just revealed a new mechanism involving tissue curvature and tension, controlled by genetics. Their results have just been published in the journal Nature Communications.13/03/2023
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Les clés du contrôle de l’expression génétique révélées au grand jourL’étude de la fonction des gènes au cours du développement et de l’apparition de pathologies repose sur le contrôle précis de leur expression. Si le contrôle par la lumière reste le plus efficace, il présente néanmoins quelques limitations, aujourd’hui surmontées par un système unique développé à l'Institut Curie.06/12/2021