Mise au point d'un modèle d'étude des bases moléculaires de l'auto-renouvellement des cellules souches hématopoïétiques induit par HOXB4

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Étude des mécanismes par lesquels l'acide rétinoïque contrôle l'identité des segments le long de l'axe antéropostérieur

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Caractérisation des mécanismes de régulation transcriptionnelle du gène Cdx1

Thèse numérisée par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

Mise au point d'un modèle d'étude des bases moléculaires de l'auto-renouvellement des cellules souches hématopoïétiques induit par HOXB4

Mémoire numérisé par la Direction des bibliothèques de l'Université de Montréal.

The 10th Anniversary of the Junior Members and Affiliates of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

This year is the 10th anniversary of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Junior Members and Affiliates (JMAs). The aim of this review is to highlight the work and activities of EAACI JMAs. To this end, we have summarized all the initiatives taken by JMAs during the last 10 yr. EAACI JMAs are currently a group of over 2380 clinicians and scientists under the age of 35 yr, who support the continuous education of the Academy's younger members. For the past decade, JMAs enjoy a steadily increasing number of benefits such as free online access to the Academy's journals, the possibility to apply for Fellowships and the Mentorship Program, travel grants to attend scientific meetings, and many more. In addition, JMAs have been involved in task forces, cooperation schemes with other scientific bodies, organization of JMA focused sessions during EAACI meetings, and participation in the activities of EAACI communication platforms. EAACI JMA activities represent an ideal example of recruiting, training, and educating young scientists in order for them to thrive as future experts in their field. This model may serve as a prototype for other scientific communities, several of which have already adapted similar policies.

Reorganisation ofHoxdregulatory landscapes during the evolution of a snake-like body plan

Within land vertebrate species, snakes display extreme variations in their body plan, characterized by the absence of limbs and an elongated morphology. Such a particular interpretation of the basic vertebrate body architecture has often been associated with changes in the function or regulation of Hox genes. Here, we use an interspecies comparative approach to investigate different regulatory aspects at the snake HoxD locus. We report that, unlike in other vertebrates, snake mesoderm-specific enhancers are mostly located within the HoxD cluster itself rather than outside. In addition, despite both the absence of limbs and an altered Hoxd gene regulation in external genitalia, the limb-associated bimodal HoxD chromatin structure is maintained at the snake locus. Finally, we show that snake and mouse orthologous enhancer sequences can display distinct expression specificities. These results show that vertebrate morphological evolution likely involved extensive reorganisation at Hox loci, yet within a generally conserved regulatory framework.