The Barral lab at the Institute of Biochemistry (IBC) at ETH Zürich. Updated by members of the lab.

Joined May 2022
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We are very happy to share that we have a new paper out in @JCellBiol! tinyurl.com/2z6btsrj In it, we show that the kinesin Kip2, in collaboration with the CLIP-170 orthologue Bik1, moonlights as a microtubule polymerase.
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Fission-independent compartmentalization of #mitochondria during budding yeast cell division. A new study from Saori Yoshii and Yves Barral @LabBarral @ETH_en: hubs.la/Q02fq-XB0 #Polarity #Physiology #Organelles #Genetics
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Yoshii and Barral @LabBarral @ETH_en discover that lateral diffusion barriers compartmentalize the membranes of yeast #mitochondria into mother, bud and tethered domains in a regulated manner, independently of the fission machineries. hubs.la/Q02fqPsd0 #Polarity #Genetics
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Our colleagues in the Kroschewski lab just published a new paper where they describe the 'exclusome' - a cytoplasmic container of extrachromosomal circular DNA. Congratulations to all the authors! Here is a layman's version on the ETH website: ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/e…
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How can a transcription factor help a chromatin reader find its place? Check out our new #preprint where we used AlphaFold and phylogenetic analysis to design a single AA mutation in the chromodomain of Rhino that breaks the interaction with the ZnF protein Kipferl! 🦏🥐🪰
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We’re very excited that our paper mapping protein structural changes during aging has been published! (1/15) cell.com/molecularcell/fullt…
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If you are attending #yeast2023 come to my poster n.49 today to learn about exploration, memory and learning in yeast 🤓
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20 Jul 2023
We are excited to share our latest publication, using super-res to reveal the organisation of ER-associated Y complexes in mitosis! Congratulations! @Rojapriyadhars1 @tatjana_kleele @KutayUlrike @emboreports embopress.org/doi/full/10.15…

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👍🏻A great start yesterday at #LSC2023:#evolution & #learning 📍@Institut_IHES in Bures! 👉🏻 Ready for another great day with talks by Paul Rainey (@RaineyLab) and Itai Yanai (@ItaiYanai)!
⚡️⚡️⚡️So excited about a week of wonderful talks on #evolution and #learning starting in just 1hr at @Institut_IHES ! Today the speakers will be Philippe Huneman (@philippehune) and Puri Lopez-Garcia (@DEEMteam_Orsay)!
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Organizers of the public lecture in French: @IJMonod @ETH_en @Institut_IHES and the board of #LSC: Yves Barral @LabBarral, Misha Gromov, Eugene Koonin, Yann LeCun @ylecun, Nicolas Minc @MincLab, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer @pyoudeyer, Bob Penner and Yukiko Yamashita @yamashitaflylab!
🗓️29 Juin 2023 à 17h 📍Amphithéâtre Buffon - IJM 🎙️Pierre-Yves Oudeyer (@pyoudeyer), (INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest & Université de Bordeaux) « La curiosité : apprentissage, évolution et intelligence artificielle » @Institut_IHES @ETH_en Inscriptions : eventbrite.com/e/billets-lif…
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Thank you to all the participants, organizers and supporters who contributed to make the #CELLULAR_MATTERS_Conference on #biocondensates (📍Monte Verità 🗓️ June4-7, 2023) a great success! Great science, fresh ideas & new collaborations: Stay tuned for future developments!
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Thank you to the organizers, the speakers, poster presenters and everyone else who helped make the #IBCRetreat2023 an absolutely fantastic one!
9 Jun 2023
3 wonderful days at #IBCRetreat2023 @ETH_DBIOL Great line of invited keynote speakers @_taktas_ @Dey_Gautam and @BerndPulverer, talks and posters from PhDs & postdocs, scientific discussions and team building. Thanks to the organizers and all participants for successful event.
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I gave a talk in #IBCretreat2023 with the title "Exploring genome protection mechanisms in eukaryotes: lessons from fission yeast." It is really fun to see great talks and interact with many people in such a nice viewing place! @LabBarral
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Seeing many known people again, also from the @LabBarral.
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Congratulations to Mattia, who defended his PhD thesis on Monday. We are very proud!
Congratulazione Dottore Mattia Valentini! Great PhD defense and exciting discussions on how S. pombe recognizes foreign DNA! Wonderful visit of @ETH and @LabBarral @PomBase
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We are very happy to share that we have a new paper out in @JCellBiol! tinyurl.com/2z6btsrj In it, we show that the kinesin Kip2, in collaboration with the CLIP-170 orthologue Bik1, moonlights as a microtubule polymerase.
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This work was led by talented former Ph.D. student @xiuzhenchen in a great collaboration with the Steinmetz group @psich_en, the Stelling group @CSB_ETHZ, and the Liakopoulos group @CRBM_Montpel. Thank you all!
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