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The 2024 MICALIS symposium

Our annual symposium took place on Friday, December 6, 2024. It was a great success! Philippe Langella, INRAE laureate,

Synthetic communities and microbial cell factories - COSYNUS

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Post-doc position in yeast synthetic biology

The project will be carried out in the research team “Cosynus” led by Tristan Rossignol and Young-Kyoung Park in Micalis

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Lydia Palaiodimou – 17/12/2024

Molecular Insights into L. monocytogenes Persistence via Label-Free Quantitative Proteomics

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Camille Dop – 19/12/2024

Mechanisms of microbiome adaptation to chronic exposure to xenobiotics and its impact on secondary treatment responses

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Nathalie Laforge – 18/12/2024

Construction and directed evolution of mutualistic synthetic consortia of Bacillus subtilis

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Claire-Jing Rouchet – 27/11/2024

The effect of membrane fluidity on cell wall shape and elongation in Bacillus subtilis

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Anaïs Lemaire – 10/12/2024

Caractérisation des biofilms in vitro et évaluation de la diversité génomique et de la transmission de Clostridioides difficile

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Raphaël Charron – 25/11/2024

Impact of bacterial biofilm adaptation to biocides on antibiotic resistance

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FabT, a Streptococcus pyogenes membrane lipid regulator that flips the switch between bacterial sur-vival and virulence

The pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus; GAS) causes severe infections with long-term sequellae. GAS infections account for 517,000 deaths

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Aquatic environment drives the emergence of cell wall-deficient dormant forms in Listeria

Bacteria can respond to environmental stresses by entering a dormant state called viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state. VBNC bacteria lose

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Guillermo Rodrigo – 17/10

Engineering prokaryotic translation regulation with eukaryotic RNA-binding proteins

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Ken-Ichi Yoshida – 21/10

Elucidation and application of the bacterial inositol metabolic system

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B3D and Lallemand Animal Nutrition launch LabCom “Biofilm1Health”

From livestock buildings to the International Space Station, and even in our toothbrushes, biofilms, composed of three-dimensional microbial communities, have

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COST Action “Building Consensus on Biofilm Regulatory Decision Making” (CA23152)

The B3D team is thrilled to participate in a new COST Action, officially launched in Brussels on September 26th. This

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CFTR modulators and intestinal physiology

We are looking for a Master 2 student (M/F) for a 6-month internship within the ProbiHôte team at the MICALIS

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Colombe Rous – 26/09

Long-term alteration of host-microbiota intestinal symbiosis by dietary modulation in a murine model

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Aurore Quilleré – 03/10

Deciphering the mechanisms of cold adaptation when Listeria monocytogenes uses food unsaturated lipid

Fluidity quantification on bacteria living cells (B. subtilis) by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS)

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A method for the quantification of membrane fluidity in bacteria

Membrane fluidity is a critical element in bacterial phenotype: it is the parameter that governs the rate of diffusion of

MreB protofilament in bacteria observed by electron microscopy

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Organisation of MreB protein protofilaments in Gram-positive bacteria

First observation by electron microscopy of pairs of organised protofilaments and first three-dimensional structure of the bacterial homologue of MreB

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Romane Junker – 16/09

Comprehensive study of the microbiome of fermented vegetables using integrative approaches

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Francesco Rizzotto – 13/09

Innovative approaches to food preservation and safety: development of active packaging and advanced microbiological screening

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Junichi Mano – 03/09

New Aspects of fermentation by KOJI, Aspergillus oryzae

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Biofilms: Microbes in Society

From livestock buildings to the International Space Station, and even in our toothbrushes, biofilms, composed of three-dimensional microbial communities, have

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Deciphering the polymerization cycle of a bacterial actin-like protein

From eukaryotic to bacterial cells, cytoskeletal proteins play critical roles in various aspect of cell physiology, including cell shape and

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Isaias Balderas Renteria – 07/03

The Phenomenon of Cellular Senescence in CancerIsaias Balderas Renteria

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Benoît Perez-Lamarque – 04/04

Unraveling gut microbiome evolution in mammals

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Joshua Ricouvier – 25/04

On-chip large-scale-integration of genetically programmed artificial cells

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Yong-Su JIN – 22/05

Non-conventional substrates, yeasts, and strategies for biomanufacturing

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Julia Frunzke – 13/06

Bacterial multicellular behavior in antiviral defense