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New publication from MEMBRAMICS lab in Nature Cell Biology

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Keratin intermediate filaments mechanically position melanin pigments for genome photoprotection

The MEMBRAMICS team led by Étienne Morel (INEM), in collaboration with researchers from Institut Curie, Institut Pasteur, L’Oréal, IMRB and the MSC lab, reports new insights into the cellular mechanisms underlying genome photoprotection in human skin.

Rabin Tirouvanziam

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Seminar topic: Paradox explained: neutrophils enforce chronic immune tolerance via population-wide epigenetic, transcriptional, metabolic and functional adaptations.

Dr. Tirouvanziam obtained an Engineering degree from Agro Paris Tech, a Masters in Lung Physiology from Université Paris XII and PhD in Development Biology also from Agro Paris-Tech, for his work on human xenografts in SCID mice conducted at the Institut d’Embryologie du CNRS et College de France in Nogent-sur-Marne. 

Newest BioRender AI, Graphing/Analysis Features and more Webinar

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BioRender is organising a web-seminar for INEM members on the topic of the latest news and tools of the software.

The videoconference is planned on Tuesday, 13th of January , from 3pm to 4pm - including questions time.

You are all invited, even more if you are a regular user of Biorender!

Read the flyer and register here.

Congress SBCF - Cell Biology of Eukaryogenesis 2026

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INEM extends its congratulations to Etienne Morel for his contribution to the organization of the upcoming congress of the French Society for Cell Biology (SBCF): Cell Biology of Eukaryogenesis 2026.

The symposium will be held in a hybrid format (virtual and in-person) and will bring together the scientific community to discuss major advances in cell biology and the evolution of eukaryotic cells.

Khaled Tighanimine is laureate of the 10th edition of the Chaffoteaux SFGG Prize / Fondation de France 2025

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We are proud to share that Khaled Tighanimine, former PhD student at INEM under the supervision of Mario Pende and Stefano Fumagalli, is laureate  of the 10th edition of the Prize Chaffoteaux SFGG / Fondation de France 2025. This foundation is destined to « celebrate a research work (French or foreign) that permitted a profress in the domain of medical science of humans, and particularly in the domain of geriatrics and aging» (source : https://sfgg.org/).

New publication from Coureuil-Jamet team in Nature Communications

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Meningococci reshape host membranes to recruit their own signaling receptors

The team of Mathieu Coureuil and Anne Jamet Host Pathogen Integrative Biology – at INEM, in collaboration with colleagues from Institut Cochin and from PICMO, Institut des Saints-Pères and CIMI Paris, shed light on a biophysical mechanism that enables Neisseria meningitidis—the bacterium responsible for meningococcal me