We wish to welcome Emile Al Ghoul who just joined our team as a post-doc!

Members of our team went to Carcassone as part of the DECLICS sessions which favor discussions between researchers and High School students to interest them in the construction of knowledge.

Congrats to Ikrame who is the recipient of the "ARC passerelle" funding that aims to facilitate the integration of the most promising non-permanent cancer researchers in France in order for them to prepare for the "concours" to obtain a permanent research position.

Find out more on the ARC website or on an interview she gave to France Bleu.

Welcome to Romane Carette, Léa Pradel and Jessica Frison!

Congrats to Florian Saur who passed his PhD viva with great sucess!

Please find out more about our recent discoveries regarding the mechanism of DSB repair

Congrats to Sarah Collins who passed her PhD viva with great sucess!

The appearance of chromosomal translocations is a frequent cause of cancer. But how do they occur? In a study published in the journal Nature, we show that when DSb arise, a new chromatin compartment is formed. This chromatin compartment (known as "D") promotes the activation of signalling genes that alert the cell of the presence of such damage. Yet, this signalling  has also detrimental effect as it can also give rise in some rare cases to chromosomal trabslocations.