Floral Regulators: Function, structure and evolution
Published on 30 March 2018
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François Parcy Team leader
Francois.Parcy[at]cea.fr Ph: 04 38 78 49 78 Fax: 04 38 78 50 91 |
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We study how flower development is controlled at the transcriptional and chromatin levels. We focus in particular on the LEAFY and ULTRAPETALA1 proteins and use the development of flower as a model process to address general questions such as the interplay between transcription factors (TF) and chromatin remodeling proteins, the modeling of sequence specific DNA recognition by TF or the evolution of regulatory networks. Our team is located on the Grenoble “Giant” campus, a very dynamic scientific area devoted to electronics, energy and biology. We benefit from the proximity of European large instruments (Synchrotron, Neutron source) and from the partnership for structural biology (PSB) enables us to use state-of-the-art techniques in the field of protein studies. Our team belongs to the
Plant Cell Physiology Laboratory, one of the four members of the Biosciences and Biotechnology Institute of Grenoble (BIG).
Grenoble is also a great area for outdoor activities such as ski, rock climbing, hikes, mountain bike, canyoning… |
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Newcomers
Welcome to our team to Jérémy Lucas, recruited CNRS engineer, as well as our three new Post-docs: Xuelei Lai, Claudius Marondedze and Leonie Verhage.
Latest news in the French media
Our paper on
Welwitschia mirabilisgot attention from the media (in French).
Former lab members get new positions
- Marie Monniaux, former PhD student in our team and post-doc with Angela Hay (MPIZ) gets a permanent position at CNRS in Lyon with Michiel Vandenbussche (ENS-RDP)
- Edwige Moyroud, former PhD student in our team and post-doc with Beverley Glower (Cambridge) becomes PI at Sainsbury laboratory in Cambridge
- Pierre Henri Elchinger, forme
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