We are at the CRBM Institute in Montpellier (FR) and we study gene regulation in both yeasts and mammalian cells.
Our goal is to understand how chromatin regulatory complexes assemble, function, and regulate transcription in response to environmental signals.
Interested in our work? Contact us or follow us on Twitter, ResearchGate, and ORCID.
03/2022 - Paper alert! Dylane's work on interferon gene regulation is out in eLife. Proud to share our first project in human cells!
10/2021 – Paper alert! Damien and Alberto's work on the biogenesis of PIKK complexes in yeast is out in Cell Reports. Congrats to all authors!
10/2021– Welcome to our new PhD student, Rim Saadouni, who joins the lab with a LabMUSE Epigenmed fellowship!
07/2021 – Funding! Two ANR grants to which we participate got funded. Collaborations with Patrick Schultz @ IGBMC and Jérôme Govin @ IAB_Grenoble. Stay tuned for job openings!
02/2021 – Branwen Trochel, Ambre Noly, and Flori Lo Ying Ping join the lab for their Master internships – welcome aboard!
10/2020 – Damien successfully defended his PhD work on the cotranslational assembly of PIKK kinase complexes. Congrats Dr. Toullec! And best wishes for your future endeavors in Sweden!
09/2020 – Funding! Our COACTIVATOR ANR grant got funded, in collaboration with Didier Devys and Nacho Molina @IGBMC.
09/2020 – Promotion! Dom got promoted to a DR2 position at CNRS.
11/2019 – Paper! Alberto, Damien, and Céline’s work on the assembly of SAGA and NuA4 is now published in Nature Communications. Congrats!
11/2019 – Paper! Our perspective on Tra1 evolutionary history, written with the help of Philippe Fort, is published in Biochemical Society Symposia. Congrats!
10/2019 – Welcome to our new PhD student, Pascal Carme, who joins the lab with an CBS2 PhD fellowship!
05/2019 – Funding! Damien obtains a 4th-year PhD fellowship from the Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer.
02/2019 – Alba Toran-Vilarrubias, from the University of Barcelona, joins the lab for her Master internship – welcome!
01/2019 – Pascal Carme, from the University of Montpellier, joins the lab for his Master internship – welcome!
12/2018 – Funding! ARC “Projets 2018” to study the role of Hsp90 co-chaperones on colorectal cancer cell resistance to treratment.
11/2018 – Dylane successfully defended her thesis work on the regulation of interferon-stimulated genes by the TRRAP transcription cofactor. Congrats Dr. Detilleux! And best wishes for your postdoctoral work in Strasbourg!
07/2018 – Peggy Raynaud (CR, INSERM) joins the lab – welcome!
02/2018 – Talha Magat, from the University of Montpellier, joins the lab for his 1st year Master internship – welcome!
10/2017 – Paper! Thomas Laboucarié’s work on the regulation of SAGA by the TOR kinase pathways is published in EMBO Reports. Congrats!
09/2017 – Paper! Our review with László Tora on “Sharing the SAGA” is out in Trends in Biochemical Sciences.
05/2017 – Funding! Dylane obtains a 4th-year PhD fellowship from the Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer.
02/2017 – Diana Bachrouche from the Lebanese University joins the lab for her Master thesis – welcome!
01/10/2016: Welcome to our new PhD student, Damien Toullec!
06/2016: Funding! INCa grant awarded together with E. Bertrand and M. Hahne teams @IGMM.
30/04/2015: Thomas Laboucarié PhD defense - congrats to the first PhD graduate of the lab!
09/2015: Paper! Alberto's study of the Hos2 HDAC in Ustilago is published.
08/2015: Funding! 2 ANR grants got funded: the JCJC "CoCoNut" and PRC "SAGA2" with Patrick Schultz and Didier Devys @IGBMC.
23/07/2015: Internship available for Master students. Contact us!
22/07/2015: Céline Faux joins the lab as a lab manager - welcome!
02/03/2015: Kerstin Wagner joins the lab from the University of Vienna for her Master thesis - welcome!
01/12/2014: Dylane Detilleux gets a PhD fellowship and joins the lab!
01/10/2014: Bérengère Pradet-Blade (CR1, CNRS) joins the lab - welcome!
30/06/2014: Dylane Detilleux gets her Master BioMed - congrats!
12/2013: Funding! ARC "Projets 2013"; ATIP grant extended; Marie Curie Career Integration Grants.
01/10/2013: William Johnson joins the lab from the University of Manchester for his Erasmus undergrad exchange program - welcome!
01/07/2013: Alberto Elias-Villalobos from Sevilla University gets a postdoc fellowship and joins the lab - welcome!
01/06/2013: 'Emergences' grant from the Cancéropôle Grand Sud-Ouest.
01/10/2012: Thomas Laboucarié gets a PhD fellowship and joins the lab - welcome!
07/2012: Yves Romeo gets a tenured lecturer position at the University of Toulouse - congrats!
01/12/2011:Yves Romeo from McGill University gets a postdoc fellowship and joins the lab - welcome!
01/08/2011: Opening Day and first member to join - Gwenda Lledo! Yes we can!