
Manipulating sex chromosomes to elucidate their role in longevity with Charlene Clot
Charlene, currently a 3rd-year PhD student working in the lab of Bruno Hudry, is exploring the fascinating domain of sex ...
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Identifying new molecular actors of adipose tissue remodelling to fight obesity with Pierre-Louis Batrow
Pierre-Louis, currently a 2nd year PhD student in Dr. Ez-Zoubir AMRI’s lab, took advantage of our club’s young researchers community ...
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SiMPull : Next-generation quantitative tool for biomolecular interactions with Arnaud Landra-Willm
Arnaud is a 4th-year PhD student working in the lab of Guillaume Sandoz. His work aims to develop new tools ...
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Keeping up with scientific literature by Emily Plumb
As a 2nd year PhD student in the lab of Dr. Rob Arkowitz, Emily explores the mechanisms controlling the spatial ...
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Raphaël Rapetti-Mauss: Médaille de Bronze du CNRS 2023
Chercheur en biologie spécialisé dans l’étude du cancer à l’Institut de biologie Valrose, Raphaël Rapetti-Mauss s’intéresse à la fonction des ...
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iBV Career Series #2 : Development of transferable skills to transition from academia to Life Sciences consulting
This series aims to provide PhD students and postdocs with an understanding of different career options in Life Sciences. Through ...
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iBV Career Series #1: Career paths in Biotech and Pharma companies with Christian Czech
This series aims to provide PhD students and postdocs with an understanding of different career options in Life Sciences. Through ...
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FAPseq: a new tool to address transcriptome-wide gene regulation with Amira Ouertani
As a 2nd year PhD student working in the lab of Dr. Arnaud Hubstenberger, Amira dedicates her time to the ...
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Genetic Code Expansion workshop with Wanchana Phromkrasae
As a 4th year PhD student in the lab of Dr. Michèle Studer, Wanchana focused his efforts in developing new ...
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Colon organoids to unravel carcinogenic mechanisms with Camille Berenguier
Wrapping up her PhD in Electrophysiology and Cell Biology in the lab of Dr. Olivier Soriani, Camille shared with us ...
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Image analysis workshop with Zeinab Rekad
Finishing her PhD in Cell Biology in the lab of Dr. Van Obberghen Schilling, and passionate about microscopy, Zeinab shared ...
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ExAdEx-Innov ObAdEx Biotherapy Project Labeled by Eurobiomed
ObAdEx, our innovative biotherapy product in development for chronic metabolic diseases associated to obesity, gets labelled by Eurobiomed, the healthtech ...
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Seminar: Travis THOMSON (Wed 1 Feb, 2 pm)
From: UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester MA, USA Will give a seminar entitled: Gems in the Junkyard: Transposonic Sequences that ...
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“Fête de la Science”: A Lab in the Albert 1er Garden
As every fall for more than thirty years, the “Fête de la science” has celebrated the sharing of knowledge and ...
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SK2 channels: a signaling hub in pancreatic cancer
Understanding the relationships between cancer cells and the tumor ecosystem is a major challenge to understand the pathophysiology and identify ...
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iBV is very proud to announce the launch of ExAdEx-Innov, a new start-up led by Vincent DANI, post-doc at iBV since 2019
Obesity is characterized by an accumulation of white adipose tissue and a loss of beige adipose tissue (BAT), the latter ...
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Group leader position on “Systems Genomics Approaches for the Study of Neuronal pathologies” available at the Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
Print A Group leader position is open at the Institut de Biologie Valrose (iBV), Nice, France. We are seeking a ...
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The embryo puts on a string to initiate gastrulation
Embryo gastrulation is the process by which the blastoderm tissue is remodeled and different groups of cells are translocated in ...
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Sandoz team highlighted by Inserm in “scientific advances of 2021”
“Inserm scientific advances” selects each year some remarkable discoveries from fundamental, clinical and technological research laboratories. This year, ten studies ...
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Tenure-track position on “Quantitative Approaches for the Study of Regeneration” available at the Institut de Biologie Valrose, Nice, France
Print A tenior-track position funded by the Inserm and the University Côte d’Azur (UCA) is opened at the Institut ...
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Call for Chairs of Excellence – Labex SIGNALIFE
The Laboratory of Excellence for Innovation in Signal Transduction Pathways in Life Sciences (Labex SIGNALIFE) brings together high-profile researchers from ...
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30th edition of the “fête de la science”! iBV staff was present
Created in 1991, the “Fête de la Science” is organized every year by the “Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur de la ...
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Best PhD thesis 2020 award for Pablo AVALOS PRADO from iBV
The annual PhD prize was awarded to Pablo AVALOS PRADO by The Council of the Doctoral School at his autumn ...
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The iBV at the “No Finish Line”: 188 km for the Haut-Pays valleys
The Covid-19 pandemic still has a major impact on global health and economy. It also makes everyday life more difficult, ...
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A two-tier junctional mechanism drives composite morphogenesis
Morphogenesis is the process via which tissue shape is remodeled to give form to life during embryo development. Understanding the ...
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Tyramine induces dynamic RNP granule remodeling and translation activation in the Drosophila brain
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless organelles involved in the dynamic compartmentalisation of cells. If condensates rich in repressed RNAs and regulatory ...
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Celebrating iBV diversity: welcome India and Sri Lanka!
Now more than ever, diversity and its various dimensions are celebrated values in many organizations, including research institutes. International and ...
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Rob Arkowitz elected fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM)
Rob Arkowitz has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and is among 65 newly elected Fellows of ...
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The power of stem cells
Le pouvoir des cellules souches Annie Ladoux, chercheur à l’Inserm à l'iBV dans l’équipe de Christian Dani nous emmène dans ...
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Maternal self-sacrifice in C. elegans: an example of genetic assimilation
Genetic assimilation – the evolutionary process during which an initially environmentally sensitive phenotype becomes genetically fixed and environmentally insensitive – ...
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Challenging the protein complexes dogma
Ion channels are essential players in physiology, underlying nerve impulse and the activation of a wide variety of biological processes ...
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20M€ for InnoSkel, a new start-up launched by Elvire Gouze at iBV
The 'institut de Biologie Valrose' (iBV) is very proud to announce the launch of InnoSkel, a new start-up led by ...
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Call for Chairs of Excellence – Labex SIGNALIFE
The Laboratory of Excellence for Innovation in Signal Transduction Pathways in Life Sciences (Labex SIGNALIFE) brings together high-profile researchers from ...
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Call for Applications SIGNALIFE Labex Innovation Program Young Entrepreneur Program (YEP)
Context The SIGNALIFE Labex Innovation Program is launching the 2020 YEP Call for Projects with the following objectives: To support ...
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Immune cells held hostage in the tumor stroma!
The malignant progression of epithelial tumors is strongly dependent on the interactions between cancer cells and their environment. Thanks to ...
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Evolution of a trade-off between two life history traits in the nematode C. elegans.
Adaptive developmental plasticity is the ability of a species to produce distinct phenotypes depending on the environmental conditions under which ...
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iBV Researchers and clinicians join forces to fight glioblastoma
Improving cancer treatment requires a better understanding of how cancer stem cells (CSC) are maintained in solid tumors. By studying ...
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NR2F1, a key factor involved in structural and functional development of the neocortex
NR2F1, also known as COUP-TFI, is a key factor involved in brain development especially in the organization of the neocortex ...
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The egg puts on a corset to get the right shape
Thanks to an interdisciplinary and exciting collaboration between the iBV and the CBI in Toulouse, the Rauzi and the Wang ...
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Lockdown is not idleness!
The team of Marie-Christine Chaboissier at iBV has been involved for several years in the study of mechanisms that govern ...
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Novel factors discovered that orchestrate kidney formation
The team of Andréas Schedl at iBV has long been interested in deciphering transcriptional mechanisms that control organs development and ...
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Hedgehog signalling modulates glial proteostasis and lifespan
In humans, aging has been linked to various defects that lead to loss of irreplaceable cells, including neurons and glial ...
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Second edition of the iBV Winter Night Hike: Russian hills!
When planning to hike in winter’s evenings, you have no other choice than exploring your urban surroundings and hoping for ...
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Election to the Academy of Sciences of Pierre Léopold, former team leader at iBV
The iBV is very happy to congratulate Pierre Léopold on his election to the Academy of Sciences which took place ...
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UCA Annual Award Ceremony 2019: 4 iBV members recognized this year !
It is now a tradition and highlight at the Université Cote d’Azur (UCA): the Annual Award Ceremony to recognize awardees ...
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Thomas Juan, PhD student of Maximilian Fürthauer’s team at iBV, winner of the Bettencourt Prize for Young Researchers 2019
Thomas Juan has just been awarded the Bettencourt Prize for Young Researchers for his work at iBV in the team ...
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The 2018 annual PhD prize was awarded to Jeshlee Cyril VIJAYAKUMAR
The 2018 annual PhD prize was awarded to Jeshlee Cyril VIJAYAKUMAR at the autumn meeting of the Doctoral School of Life ...
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When iBV researchers meet Art at the Museum of Modern Art
Last September 22nd, iBV researchers met the general public in the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMAC) in Nice ...
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Genetic basis of sperm size in C. elegans: a role for the chromatin remodeling complex NURF-1
Spermatozoa come in many incredible shapes and sizes across species, with sperm competition being one of the main factors driving ...
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New ERC Starting Grant at iBV !
Bruno Hudry, CNRS researcher and team leader at iBV has just been awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant from the ...
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Resetting cell polarity with light
A loss of cell polarity is frequently observed in advanced tumors, correlated with their invasion and metastasis. However, little is ...
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Intestinal sex differences in sugar metabolism regulates sperm production
New work from Dr Bruno Hudry at Valrose Biology Institute (http://ibv.unice.fr/research-team/hudry/) and Prof Irene Miguel-Aliaga at MRC London Institute of ...
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iBV is laureate of the CNRS program for ‘Quality of Life at Work’ !
Working in a research lab is a matter of passion but also of hard work! With recurrent stress from the ...
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From disease to transport in neuronal cells ‘s remodeling, the major role played by a prion-like domain
The unstructured prion domains or Prion-like domains (PLDs) are present in hundreds of proteins. Although mutations in these domains have ...
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iBV through the photographer’s eye – National Superior School of Photography, Arles
As an Inserm initiative to promote exchanges between Science and Art (see text below by Catherine D’Astier), students from the ...
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Why are women more at risk of adrenal cancer?
In this study (Cell Stem Cell, May 2019), Andreas Schedl and his team demonstrate both that a striking sex-difference in ...
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Walking seasons
In these days of record-shattering heat, remembering the iBV night hike of last January might help cooling down the atmosphere ...
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Pfizer acquires TherAchon, the iBV hosted biotech company involved in curing skeletal dysplasia
The ‘institut de Biologie Valrose’ (iBV) congratulates Elvire Gouze, Group Leader at iBV (http://ibv.unice.fr/research-team/gouze/), for her visionary and successful project ...
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“All ends well that starts bad”: The iBV team at the 2019 Nice running days
There are days when you just feel lucky. Not exactly at your wakeup time, when lightning strikes and heavy rain ...
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The iBV running team welcomes hikers at the Trail des Merveilles !
The success of the iBV Night Hike and Run last January, with 30 people exploring the hills of Pessicart and ...
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“Multi-angle-TIRF” : a molecular resolution optical microscope developed at iBV
Being able to resolve biological signals and structures is central to understanding how molecules, organelles and cells are organized and ...
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iBV running team at “Prom Classic”
The Prom Classic is probably Nice’s most iconic race and with its 8000 finishers, this 20th edition was no exception! ...
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iBV Christmas Party – First UCA Zero Waste Event
The iBV Christmas Party is a most anticipated event, celebrating a year of discoveries and scientific accomplishments around the now ...
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Discovery of novel mechanisms that cause migraines
Researchers at CNRS, Université Côte d’Azur and Inserm have demonstrated a new mechanism related to the onset of migraine. In ...
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UCA annual Award Ceremony: 7 iBV members recognised for their scientific contributions
iBV is a member of Université Cote d’Azur (UCA), a cluster of Research and Higher Education on the French Riviera. Each ...
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The origins of asymmetry: A protein that makes you do the twist
Asymmetry plays a major role in biology at every scale: think of DNA spirals, the fact that the human heart ...
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“Best PhD thesis 2017” award ceremony
The annual PhD prize was awarded to Thomas JUAN at the autumn meeting of the Doctoral School. On this occasion, Thomas presented a ...
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The iBV team on a very autumnal ‘Ratapignata Trail’ (‘Bat Trail’ in local Nissart language) !
It was a slick, muddy, rocky and very wet Sunday morning around the Mont Chauve ! But these difficult conditions were surely ...
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Nicole Wagner, iBV researcher, presented the promises of cancer immunotherapy – The Evening of Hope, Monaco. October, 16th 2018
Cancer immunotherapy is a major approach to fight cancer. Nicole Wagner, Inserm Researcher at iBV, presented the promises and outcomes ...
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Stéphane NOSELLI is elected Member of Academia Europaea
Stéphane NOSELLI, Director of the ‘institut de Biologie Valrose (iBV)’ (UCA, UNS, CNRS, Inserm), has been elected a member of ...
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Poster Prize awarded to UCA PhD student in International Conference, Berlin 2018
Goodbye Flat Biology is a Conference Series of the European Association for Cancer Research that brings together scientists interested in ...
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iBV at the MAMAC for the « Journées Européennes du Patrimoine »
Several researchers from the institute were invited by the MAMAC to participate to the exhibition ‘Art and Science’. iBV researchers ...
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Masters Day – Journées des Masters
We welcome the Master students from the Nice Doctoral School who will visit iBV on Sept. 27th (12h45-18h00). S. Noselli ...
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University Choir Open Days
You like singing! join the University Choir, a cosmopolitan workgroup open to all (students, teachers, researchers, engineers, scientific & administrative ...
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iBV Running Club – Hike-picnic at Eze Nietzsche’s path
Clotilde Gimond has organized another wonderful outing near iBV. Runners, trailers and hikers from iBV have gathered to walk their ...
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PhD Prize awarded to Thomas JUAN from iBV !
The Nice Doctoral School has awarded its annual PhD Prize to Thomas JUAN (Maximilian FURTHAUER‘s Team). During his PhD Thomas has studied ...
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Welcome to the new iBV web site!
After several years, the new Institut de Biologie Valrose website has launched! We have redesigned and improved our website for ...
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MAMAC – “Art et Sciences, l’art du partage” Dimanche 16 Septembre 2018 de 14h00 à 18h00
Museum of Modern Art (MAMAC, Nice) and ‘Galerie des Ponchettes’ launched “The European Heritage Days” on Saturday, 15th and Sunday ...
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The iBV Running Club organized its first «Trail&Picnic» day at Mt Chauve !
The iBV Running Club (organizer: C. Gimmond) organized its first ‘Trail&Picnic’ outing at the Mt Chauve on June, 28th. Mt ...
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ANDERSEN Ditte – ERC Starting Grants 2018
DK – University of Copenhagen Identification of paracrine and systemic signals controlling adult stem cell activity and organ homeostasis FlyGutHomeostasis ...
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