9th of December : Seminar from Jérôme DEJARDIN

Chromosome-end protection is crucial for genome stability, with telomere loops (t-loops) thought to play an important protective role. In most cell types, t-loop stabilization relies on the shelterin protein TRF2, while the regulatory pathways in pluripotent cells remain undefined.

Prisca BERARDI – PhD defense

“Molecular and Cellular Responses to the Shortest Telomere in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” 

directed by Dr Teresa Teixeira.

The defense will take place on Friday, October 11, 2024, at 2:00 PM, in the Edmond de Rothschild Library at the Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique (IBPC), located at 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris.

Seminar from Prof. Dennis KAPPEI

Telomere maintenance is a universal hallmark of cancers to sustain the unlimited proliferative potential. In ~85% of cancers, telomere shortening is mitigated by reactivated telomerase expression while the other ~15% use a recombination-based mechanism, termed Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT).