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Our approaches aim to decipher the regulatory networks involved and to better understand the ability of plants to respond to changing conditions of the environment.
We study the molecular mechanisms by which chromatin factors activate gene transcription in plants, following very precise spatio-temporal patterns. In particular, we would like to understand how, at corresponding loci, chromatin is brought from a repressed to an active state and is maintained and propagated through time and cell division in specific cell types.
The studies conducted by this team aim to identify and formulate the main biophysical principles governing the organization dynamics of the cytoskeleton (actin filaments, microtubules) during cellular morphogenesis by integrating information ranging from the single molecule scale. to that of the cell.
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.
The team aims to define the general principles that are common to Chromalveolata, regarding the organization of glycerolipid metabolism and the production of oil, based on comparative studies using other models, Phaeodactylum and Nannochloropsis.
Tthe Light-Photosynthesis & Metabolism team aims to advance understanding of the biological processes that photosynthetic organisms use to manage their energy resources. We explore the dynamics of these processes from the molecular level to the cellular level following a multidisciplinary approach.
The goal of the team is to understand the function of MADS transcription factors in plant development by using a combination of structural biology, biophysics and genetics techniques.
CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world.