Catalogue des peintures, aquarelles, dessins et lithographies de A. Raffet, des tableaux anciens et modernes... et des objets d'art formant la succession de feu M. Aug. Raffet fils... vente le 16 mars 1911, hôtel Drouot... / [experts] Mannheim, Delteil, Féral ; [notice de] François Courboin

[Vente. Estampes. 1911-03-16. Paris]

State-of-the-art of 3D cultures (organs-on-a-chip) in safety testing and pathophysiology.

Integrated approaches using different in vitro methods in combination with bioinformatics can (i) increase the success rate and speed of drug development; (ii) improve the accuracy of toxicological risk assessment; and (iii) increase our understanding of disease. Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture models are important building blocks of this strategy which has emerged during the last years. The majority of these models are organotypic, i.e., they aim to reproduce major functions of an organ or organ system. This implies in many cases that more than one cell type forms the 3D structure, and often matrix elements play an important role. This review summarizes the state of the art concerning commonalities of the different models. For instance, the theory of mass transport/metabolite exchange in 3D systems and the special analytical requirements for test endpoints in organotypic cultures are discussed in detail. In the next part, 3D model systems for selected organs--liver, lung, skin, brain--are presented and characterized in dedicated chapters. Also, 3D approaches to the modeling of tumors are presented and discussed. All chapters give a historical background, illustrate the large variety of approaches, and highlight up- and downsides as well as specific requirements. Moreover, they refer to the application in disease modeling, drug discovery and safety assessment. Finally, consensus recommendations indicate a roadmap for the successful implementation of 3D models in routine screening. It is expected that the use of such models will accelerate progress by reducing error rates and wrong predictions from compound testing.

Rarity types among plant species with high conservation priority in Switzerland

We investigated the ecogeographic characteristics of 118 Swiss plant species listed as those deserving highest conservation priority in a national conservation guide and classified them into the seven Rabinowitz' rarity types, taking geographic distribution, habitat rarity and local population size into account. Our analysis revealed that species with high conservation priority in Switzerland mostly have a very restricted geographic distribution in Switzerland and generally occur in rare habitats, but do not necessarily constitute small populations and are generally not endemics on a global scale. Moreover, species that are geographically very restricted on a regional scale are not generally restricted on a global scale. By analysing relationships between rarity and IUCN extinction risks for Switzerland, we demonstrated that species with the highest risk of extinction are those with the most restricted geographic distribution; whereas species with lower risk of extinction (but still high conservation priority) include many regional endemics. Habitat rarity and local population size appeared to be of minor importance for the assessment of extinction risk in Switzerland, but the total number of fulfilled rarity criteria still correlated positively with the severity of extinction risk. Our classification is the first preliminary assessment of the relative importance of each rarity type among endangered plant species of the Swiss flora and our results underline the need to distinguish between a regional and a global responsibility for the conservation of rare and endangered species.

[Illustrations de L'Art de raffiner le sucre] / Ludovic Simonneau, grav. ; Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, aut. du texte

Comprend : [pl.I en reg. p.78 : moulin à sucre de canne employé en Amérique.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218] ; [pl.II en reg. p.78 : cellier où l'on stocke les barils de sucre brut. Raffinage du sucre.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218] ; [pl.III en reg. p.78 : la halle aux chaudières. Raffinage du sucre. Planche gravée d'après un dessin de M. Desfriches.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218] ; [pl.IV en reg. p.78 : la halle aux chaudières. Raffinage du sucre.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218] ; [pl.V en reg. p.78 : comment sont montée les chaudières pour le raffinage du sucre.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218] ; [pl.VI en reg. p.78 : diverses formes pour monter les pains de sucre. Raffinage du sucre.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218] ; [pl.VII en reg. p.78 : comment travailler au traitement et au raffinage du sucre.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218] ; [pl.VIII en reg. p.78 : un grenier dit aux pièces. Raffinage et stockage du sucre.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218] ; [pl.IX en reg. p.78 : préparation des pins de sucre avant de le mettre à l'étuve. Manière de les mettre en papier et en corde. La mise en tonne. Le travail des écumes.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218] ; [pl.X en reg. p.78 : détail d'une étuve à sucre.] [Cote : V 3992/Microfilm R 122 218]

One billion years of bZIP transcription factor evolution: conservation and change in dimerization and DNA-binding site specificity.

The genomic era has revealed that the large repertoire of observed animal phenotypes is dependent on changes in the expression patterns of a finite number of genes, which are mediated by a plethora of transcription factors (TFs) with distinct specificities. The dimerization of TFs can also increase the complexity of a genetic regulatory network manifold, by combining a small number of monomers into dimers with distinct functions. Therefore, studying the evolution of these dimerizing TFs is vital for understanding how complexity increased during animal evolution. We focus on the second largest family of dimerizing TFs, the basic-region leucine zipper (bZIP), and infer when it expanded and how bZIP DNA-binding and dimerization functions evolved during the major phases of animal evolution. Specifically, we classify the metazoan bZIPs into 19 families and confirm the ancient nature of at least 13 of these families, predating the split of the cnidaria. We observe fixation of a core dimerization network in the last common ancestor of protostomes-deuterostomes. This was followed by an expansion of the number of proteins in the network, but no major dimerization changes in interaction partners, during the emergence of vertebrates. In conclusion, the bZIPs are an excellent model with which to understand how DNA binding and protein interactions of TFs evolved during animal evolution.