Robin, François
We want to understand how actomyosin biochemistry is implemented in living embryo to drive morphogenesis...
We want to understand how actomyosin biochemistry is implemented in living embryo to drive morphogenesis...
Regulation of the actomyosin cytoskeleton during cellular and tissue morphogenesis...
Understanding the role of cell mechanical properties for physiology and disease....
Mechanisms of extracellular vesicle release and uptake in early embryonic development....
My lab's main focus is on embryonic morphogenesis. First, we try to elucidate the regulation of cytokinesis during embryogenesis with the aim to better understand cytokinesis' impact on morphogenetic processes. ...
My team works on the general theme of the role of the cytoskeleton in cell motility and cell shape changes. We use in vitro bead systems coupled with the study of simple cell and tissue movements from the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans to probe the interplay between biochemical activity and biophysical behavior...
Our lab investigates the establishment and the maintenance of polarity in C. elegans. ...
My research group uses a quantitative, physics-inspired approach to study problems in developmental biology, focusing on C. elegans. The aim of the research is to elucidate how living organisms build their bodies during development in a robust manner....
In both vertebrates and invertebrates, postmitotic neurons are often generated by asymmetric divisions of neuronal progenitors such as neural stem cells. This general mechanism used to build the nervous system raises two important questions : how are these asymmetric divisions coordinated in space and how do the daughter cells acquire different fates....
We are working on mechanisms of spindle positioning and spindle elongation using a combination of molecular, evolutionnary and biophysical approaches in worm embryos....
My main research interest is to determine the spatial arrangement and temporal activity of the genetic material in the Caenorhabditis elegans cell nucleus and to understand how these impact gene regulation and hence, cell differentiation....