Molecular, Cellular & Pathophysiological Aspects of Ribosome Biogenesis

Ribosomes are essential cellular nanomachines, converting the genetic information encoded in messenger RNAs (mRNAs) into proteins playing structural or catalytic roles in the cell. The human ribosome contains four rRNAs and eighty ribosomal proteins ...

Understanding Human Ribosome Biogenesis

We are characterizing ribosome assembly pathways in human cells and budding yeast. We are particularly interested by RNA processing and RNA modification. Eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis is a complex process, which is initiated in the nucleolus, proceeds into the nucleoplasm and is finalized in the cytoplasm. All three RNA polymerases are ...

Understanding Human Nucleolar Structure

We are characterizing the principles of nucleolar structure integrity maintenance and dynamics. Ribosome synthesis is initiated in the nucleolus...

Pathophysiological Aspects of Ribosome Biogenesis

We are developing novel nucleolar cancer biomarkers for improved classification of malignancies and patient stratification. We are implementing animal models to study the effects of ribosome...

Structural Approach to Ribosome Biogenesis

In collaboration with structural biologists, we are characterizing the 3-D structure of assembly factors involved in ribosome biogenesis.

RNA Society Meeting 2024. Thank you Edinburgh! May 28-June 2

RNA Society Meeting 2024. Thank you Edinburgh! May 28-June 2
Thank you to the organizers for their invitation as Session Chair

China-UK Workshop on Molecular Haematopoiesis 2023: Thank you Tianjin!!

China-UK Workshop on Molecular Haematopoiesis 2023: Thank you Tianjin!!
Thank you for an outstanding “China-UK Workshop on Molecular Haematopoiesis“ organized by my dear colleagues: Prof Tao CHENG, Prof Xiaofan ZHU, Prof Lihong SHI, and...

35th Tokyo RNA Club. November 2023. Happy to be back to Japan!

35th Tokyo RNA Club. November 2023. Happy to be back to Japan!
Thank you to my dear colleagues Prof. Tsustomu Suzuki and Prof. Tsuyoshi Osawa for their invitation.

Our long-term commitment to Diamond-Blackfan anemia

Our long-term commitment to Diamond-Blackfan anemia
We are part of two European consortia: RiboEurope and DBAGeneCure aiming to understand the molecular basis and to develop therapeutics (gene therapy) for Diamond-Blackfan anemia...

Watch us @ Cold Spring Harbor Asia – Awaji Yumebutai, Japan 2022

Watch us @ Cold Spring Harbor Asia – Awaji Yumebutai, Japan 2022
Watch our Conference at CSHL Asia “RNA Biology 2022”, December 5-9, Awaji Yumebutai, Japan https://www.yumebutai.co.jp/lang/en.html

Glutamine & Nucleolar surveillance

Glutamine & Nucleolar surveillance
Nucleolar surveillance is a p53-dependent anti-tumoral pathway activated upon ribosome biogenesis dysfunction. It had remained unclear why liquid tumours respond better to ribosome biogenesis inhibitors...

EMBO RIBOSOME 2022, August 17-21, Engelberg

EMBO RIBOSOME 2022, August 17-21, Engelberg
Co-organizers: Ute Kothe, Dieter Kressler, Denis Lafontaine, Tom Meier, Vikam Panse To Register, please visit the official EMBO website

Dihydrouridine on messenger RNAs slows ribosomes!

Dihydrouridine on messenger RNAs slows ribosomes!
On the cover: In this issue of Molecular Cell, Finet et al. (pp. 404–419) use a transcriptome-wide approach to reveal that the dihydrouridine RNA modification (the...

Fibrillarin is required for Neural Crest Cell maturation

Fibrillarin is required for Neural Crest Cell maturation
Ribosomes are essential nanomachines responsible for protein production in all cells. Ribosomopathies are diseases caused by improper ribosome formation due to mutations in ribosomal proteins...