I have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and…

Le Conseil constitutionnel rendra sa décision au cours du mois d’octobre 2026 concernant la demande de délégalisation de plusieurs dispositions législatives que lui a soumise le secrétariat général du...

Carbonic anhydrase (E.C. 4.2.1.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration of CO2 to carbonic acid (H2CO3), which dissociates to bicarbonate (HCO3-) at intracellular pH. Copious amounts of...

While partner-switching systems are classically associated with stress responses and sporulation control in Firmicutes, whether this regulatory logic governs developmental decisions in other bacterial...

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

Nature Microbiology, Published online: 26 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02385-5The evolutionary emergence of complex multicellularity in bacteria and fungi, such as the ability for mycelial growth, is strongly associated with increased genomic carriage of biosynthetic machinery for producing specialized chemical metabolites.

Le ministre de l’enseignement supérieur, Philippe Baptiste, souhaite qu’un débat s’ouvre sur ces sujets lors de la campagne présidentielle et estime qu’il « faut réfléchir à des mécanismes contributif...

Yes, according to psychologist Gloria Mark. But there are ways to regain that control.

Adopté en première lecture au Sénat, le projet de loi de régulation de l'enseignement supérieur privé présente une volonté politique « illisible » selon les syndicats. En bref : il propose des restrictions limitées, et pas mal d’avantages, qui pourraient porter un coup fatal à un écosystème universitaire déjà exsangue.

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Spatial maps of gene expression in whole human embryos across several weeks of early development offer insights into the molecular programs that drive organogenesis.

The Department of Biology conducts research and teaching in many subject areas such as ecology, evolutionary biology, organismal biology and molecular biology. A total of approximately 300 people curr

Le débat sur l’IA à l’université se focalise sur la tricherie. Mais le véritable enjeu est ailleurs : c’est tout l’écosystème de formation et de production du savoir qui pourrait être fragilisé.

Cryogenic electron microscopy reveals how dCas12f with σE recruits RNAP to targeted DNA, initiating transcription at a fixed downstream distance, bypassing canonical −35 recognition and stabilizing th...

Circadian clocks comprise self-sustained oscillators that anticipate time-of-day changes in the environment. Dani et al. report that seasonal changes in daylength can alone provide a strong selective ...

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Researchers are close to making “reversed” cells that may wipe us off the planet

Coupling an optogenetic lipid-modifying enzyme with proximity labeling reveals protein networks and mechanisms regulating lipid homeostasis in the membranes of target organelles.

Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.

Analysis of hundreds of single-cell genomes from Yellowstone National Park shows bacterial species are less cohesive than previously thought.

Tools fail to identify most AI-generated peer-review reports, say researchers, who warn that the issue is only getting worse.

GRs are master transcriptional regulators critical for microbial adaptation, stress tolerance, and metabolic control, and they serve as valuable components for synthetic biology. However, a comprehens...