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LIBST Seminar : September - November 2026

libst | Louvain-la-Neuve

This semester's seminars will feature talks from our PhD students. This program may change in the future depending on availability. 

Current program : 

September 18th, 2026

 

 Celia Alonso Martin

"An unconventional Golgi degradation pathway revealed by Rsp5-dependent ubiquitylation"

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September 25th, 2026

 

Mar Alcaraz 

"Methylglyoxal-derived glycation tunes nuclear viscoelasticity"

Abstract

 

October 2nd, 2026

 

Félicie Chaumont 

"Oxygen deprivation impairs phage K adsorption and replication in Staphylococcus aureus"

Abstract

and 

Louis Opfergelt

"Study of the link between Ca2+, Mn2+ and H+ homeostasis and protein glycosylation in yeast Golgi"

Abstract

 

October 9th, 2026

 

Mathilde Aubry 

"Intraspecies communication through peptide pheromones in salivarius streptococci"

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and

Louise Pigeolet

"Regulation network connecting cell wall integrity and competence in salivarius streptococci"

Abstract

 

October 16th, 2026

 

Manel Berkemal 

“Deciphering the role of HOXA5 in synaptogenesis, from functional consequences to molecular mechanisms” 

and

 Eric Vigneul

“ONECUT transcription factors intercellular travel” 

 

October 23rd, 2026

 

Emma De Jonge

"The stability of the HOXA1 transcription factor as a determinant in the control of cardiac development"

 

October 30th, 2026

 

Jules Delasalle 

"Endoplasmic reticulum quality control of N-glycosylated proteins in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cells"

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and

 Deven Ruben

"Catalysis reorganizes fluctuation dynamics in single enzymes"

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November 6th, 2026

 

Marcio de Castro Silva Filho (Universidade de São Paulo), invited by François Chaumont.

"Unraveling plant-multitrophic interactions"

 

November 13th, 2026

 

Joséphine Guyot 

"Diversity of root system architecture and aquaporin in response to low nitrogen in maize landraces"

and

 Romane Vandevelde

"Inhibition of transgene silencing in Nicotiana tabacum BY-2 cells"

 

November 20th, 2026

 

Ilary Allodi (St Andrews University, Scotland), invited by Frédéric Clotman.

 

November 27th, 2026

 

Fabio Coppede (University of Pisa, Italy), invited by Melissa Page

"Mitochondrial DNA methylation in neurodegenerative diseases"

 


December 4th, 2026
 

Gabriel Walckiers

"Exploring the molecular switches of glandular trichome development in Nicotiana tabacum"

December 11th, 2026

 

Veronica Gonzalez Gonzalez

"Towards reconstituting meiotic crossover formation in vitro"

 

December 18th, 2026

 

Yusuf Kaan Poyraz 

"Natural Brain Aging and Amyloid-β Challenge in Nothobranchius furzeri"

and

 Sarah Vellemans

"Bioavailability of punicic acid from pomegranate seed oil: in vitro and in vivo evidence"

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