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- How does a transplanted tissue become destroyed during tissue rejection?
Response written by: Elphège Nora, PhD - postdoctoral researcher in Edith Heard's laboratory, Institut Curie
Each cell of the body produces molecules known as proteins. The structure of proteins...
Read more... - In which way does a human germ cell copy skills and knowledge of his producer?
Response written by: Elphège Nora, PhD - postdoctoral researcher in Edith Heard's laboratory, Institut Curie
Germ cells of human beings (and all other organism actually) are unfortunately unable...
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Science clips for the public
John Gurdon speaks to BBC Radio 4
From BBC Radio 4, hear John Gurdon talk about his work on cloning frogs, and where it might lead.
View VideoInagural Lecture video
Find here the Inagural Lecture video of Edith Heard, given on December 13th, 2012 at the College de France on "Epigenetics and Cellular Memory".
Epigenetic work wins the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology
Watch the Nobel Prize winner, Sir John Gurdon, speak about winning the prize and about his revolutionary work on nuclear reprogramming.
“The hidden life of our genes” wins best film award
The 52' documentary film « The hidden life of our genes », written and directed by Hervé Nisic, produced by Pierre-François Decouflé (Heliox Films) with the support of the 7th framework research programme of the European Union, has won the best film award at the International Life Sciences Film Festival of Praha.
The film has been awarded by Mr Peter Bendl, Cezch minister of agriculture during [...]
View VideoEpigenetics, explained (from the BBC)
Best video explanation we've seen of epigenetics and its implications for human health, outlined in simple, understandable terms. From the BBC.
8th Annual Epigenetics Course held at Institut Curie in March of 2012
32 Masters and PhD students from all over Europe, many of them from EpiGeneSys labs, came to Paris to take part in the 8th edition of the popular course at the Institute Curie. For a whole week the participants attended scientific lectures, both didactic and presenting the latest research, listened to talks on topics such as the peer review process or how to optimize the chances for publication, presented and discussed papers, learnt about careers outside [...]
EpiGeneSys - shaping the future of epigenetics research in Europe
“ Its becoming clear that systems biology is something that epigenetics is going to have to get a handle on ” - Edith Heard, Group Leader, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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