Barral Group
Cells are the basic unit of life and have acquired in evolution not only the ability to proliferate but also to take decisions, protect themselves against a broad variety of stresses or pathogens, memorize information about their past experience and adapt their shape and activities to environmental cues and conditions. We are using different yeast species to study how Eukaryotes carry out these different functions and how these activities contribute to cellular diversity, speciation and aging. We focus particularly on the role of two universal processes in Eukaryotes, namely cell division (particularly asymmetric cell division) and the sexual cycle (focusing on mating).
Prof. Dr. Yves Barral
HPM D8.3
Institut für Biochemie
Otto-Stern-Weg 3
8093 Zürich
Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 632 0678
Fax: +41 44 632 1592
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Congratulations Dr. Saini!
On March 28th, Shweta Saini successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Self vs Non-self DNA discrimination in fission yeast". The whole Barral Lab congratulates her!
Congratulations Dr. Mustapha!
On January 25th, Hassan Mustapha successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Genomic and Proteomic Screening for Candidates Involved in the Genetic Immunity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae". The whole Barral Lab congratulates him!
Welcome Steph!
The Barral Lab welcomes Stephanie Crane Weber an Associate Professor in Biology at McGill University as visiting professor for the next 6 months. Steph will study the regulation of ribosome biogenesis, structure and function of the nucleolus.
Welcome: Martin, David, Yannick and Goodbye: Laura!
The Barral group welcomes three new students: Martin Hansen, David Qiu and Yannick Wyss while the Kroschewski group says goodbye to Laura Schenkel.
Welcomes & Goodbyes
Many comings and goings this summer: the Barral group welcomes Théodore as a PhD student and Raphaela as apprentice and says goodbye to Sandro, Mattia and Maksym and the Kroshewski group welcomes Ronima as a PhD student.
Congrats to Sandro and Yves!
The review entitled "Microtubule specialization by +TIP networks: from mechanisms to functional implications" by Sandro and Yves with Michel Steinmetz (PSI) is now out in Trends in Biochemical Science.
Fission-independent compartmentalization of mitochondria during budding yeast division
A recent "Journal of Cell Biology" paper by the Barral group (IBC) reveals that mitochondria establish diffusion barriers independently of physical separation. Constitutive inner membrane barriers and inducible outer membrane barriers restrict material exchange between compartments.
New collaborative paper in Molecular Cell Biology!
The collaborative paper among the Picotti, Barral, and Saarikangas groups has just been published on Molecular Cell.
Congrats to the Kroschewski group!
Laura and Ruth publish with coworkers a paper in Molecular Biology of the Cell.
New paper in PNAS: Congrats to Yves and collaborators!
The new paper entitled "Mitotic chromosome condensation resets chromatin to safeguard transcriptional homeostasis during interphase" by Lucía Ramos-Alonso; Petter Holland; Stéphanie Le Gras; Xu Zhao; Bernard Jost; Magnar Bjørås; Yves Barral; Jorrit M. Enserink; Pierre Chymkowitch has been published on PNAS 120 (4) e2210593120.
Congrats Sandro, Nana, Yves and collaborators!
The paper entitled "Multivalency ensures persistence of a +TIP body at specialized microtubule ends" is finally out in Nature Cell Biology and featured on the ETH News!