2024
A guide to plant siRNAs
In a recent review published in Plant Cell, Olivier Voinnet (IMPB) and his colleague Hervé Vaucheret (INRAE, Versailles) provide an in-depth and comprehensive overview of the plant siRNA landscape, emphasizing the extraordinary diversity of their biogenesis and functions.
A highly optimized human in-vitro translation system
A new method paper published by the Ban group (IMBB) in “Cell Reports Methods” describes the production and use of an improved Human In-vitro Translation System (HITS), that is capable of highly efficient and regulated ribosomal protein synthesis in a cell-free environment.
ARGONAUTE 10 allows proper miR165/6 gradient formation along the root xylem axis
A recent publication in EMBO Journal by the Voinnet group (IMPB) addresses the conundrum of how to create a linear gene expression gradient out of a radially-moving silencing small RNA in Arabidopsis.
Nenad Ban elected member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The Academy, which elected its inaugural members in 1781, recently revealed its latest additions. The 250 individuals chosen in 2024 are being honored for their outstanding contributions and are called upon to champion the Academy's commitment to fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and bridging divides.
Systematic identification of structure-specific protein–protein interactions
A paper from the Picotti group (IMSB, in collaboration with the Beltrao, Riek and Korkhov groups) describes a method to screen for conformation-specific protein-protein interactions and pinpoint interaction sites. They used it to study interactors of the monomeric and amyloid states of alpha-synuclein.