Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell

October 27th, 2025 by Genome Biology Dept
Cécile Courret, CNRS Researcher and recipient of an ATIP-Avenir grant, has joined the Department of Genome Biology to establish her team ‘Intragenomic Conflict and Evolution’.

October 20th, 2025 by B3S Dept
Despite having low homology with BRCA2 proteins from other organisms and no folded domain, the newly discovered BRCA2 protein from Physcomitrium patens (the green yeast) promotes homologous recombination by binding to recombinases and DNA.

September 9th, 2025 by MicroBiology Dept
First description of type III toxin-antitoxin system within prophage of the human enteropathogen C. difficile that is based on specific interaction of an antitoxin RNA with its cognate toxin protein at the origin of ancestral CRISPR-Cas defense systems targeting RNAs.

September 9th, 2025 by B3S Dept
How Ku inward translocation can be restricted to protect telomere ends from NHEJ without altering other important functions.
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The I2BC is concerned by the future of scientists in the United States, with whom its teams collaborate closely.
The I2BC stands in solidarity with the Stand Up For Science movement and all scientists working in the USA, where academic freedom is currently being called into question.
The I2BC wishes to recall the importance of science and progress in today’s world, where we are faced with numerous societal challenges and crises.
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