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Elements of the regulatory networks controlling Hox gene expression were hijacked, enabling some of these genes to be reused to form mammary buds. This study, published during the week of November 14, 2016 in PNAS, was led by Leonardo Beccari, from the team of Denis Duboule.

Congratulations to Aurélie Hintermann, graduate student in the department of Genetics and Evolution and Laureate of the 2016 Prix Arditi in Biology!

On November 7, at 12:15 room M2170, Anne Mayor and Michel Milinkovitch will present their work. Conference proposed by the International Affairs.

Prof. Eric Huysecom was elected President of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAFA) during the 23rd Business meeting which is kept at The University of Toulouse on the 1st of July 2016.

This year, we will hear from specialists, including a Nobel Prize, in areas that are profoundly transformed by the advent of genomics.

Jozsef Zakany collaborated to a study led by researchers from the NIH, who uncovered the existence of an interdigit signaling center that instructs coordinate phalanx-joint formation in mice embryos.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi "for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy”. Brigitte Galliot explains the importance of this discovery.

For the past fifteen years, an interest for Quantitative & Systems Biology has been raising in the scientific community. Major advances in this direction have been driven by the integration of physics and computer science approaches with innovative technological developments in molecular biology, optics, micro- and nano-manipulations. Although Quantitative & Systems Biology is very recent, it has already significantly spread through many fields of life sciences: genetics, biochemistry, cell biology, development, ecology and many others.

The winner of this first edition of the 3R Award is Professor Emi Nagoshi, from the Department of Genetics and Evolution of the Faculty of Sciences, for her project entitled “A conserved role for p48 homologs in protecting dopaminergic neu­rons from oxidative stress”. She will receive her Award on Monday, September 19th at 9:45am.

To forge better links not only between university research laboratories but also with companies, there should be more room for bottom-up, collaborative research in the EU’s framework research programme – specifically in Horizon 2020’s pillars II and III. Today, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) issues a Note to call attention to this issue. Feel free to read the attached PDF.