Date
09
Nov 2017
Heure
16:30:00
Institut Pasteur, Rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France
Adresse
Bâtiment: Duclaux
Localisation
2017-11-09 16:30:00
2017-11-09 18:00:00
Europe/Paris
Electron microscopy to understand viruses and their membranes
A CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL The past 10-15 years are characterized by major revolutions in imaging both in light- and electron microscopy. Implications are that pathogens, and the way they interact with […]
Institut Pasteur, Rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France
Présentation
A CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
The past 10-15 years are characterized by major revolutions in imaging both in light- and electron microscopy. Implications are that pathogens, and the way they interact with their host, can now be studied in a direct way.
In this presentation, I will focus on poxviruses, our research topic since many years. I will show how complementary and modern EM techniques have enabled us to demonstrate that they assembly their envelop in an unconventional way. The latter appears to be a hallmark of a family large DNA viruses to which poxviruses belong. The ease with which poxviruses can be genetically manipulated has started to shed light on possible molecules involved. Our preliminary data point to a role for an amazingly small set of viral proteins. Their function, however, may critically depend on specific lipids, previously found enriched in the viral envelop.
I will demonstrate that our ongoing questions related to poxvirus-membrane dynamics has led us to apply and develop cutting-edge EM techniques. For this we heavily relied on (and still rely on) the input of collaborators, talented PhD-students and post-docs. The routines established can then be applied to address other questions related to host-pathogen interactions, at high-resolution, in a quantitative manner.
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Localisation
Bâtiment: Duclaux
Adresse: Institut Pasteur, Rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, France