“TOR de France” meeting in Nice

Christopher Dereppe and Bruno André participated to the last “TOR de France” meeting organized at Nice on 5-6 October. This international meeting gathers every two years, in a nice place in France, scientists studying the “Target Of Rapamycin” (TOR) kinase complex involved in control of cell growth and associated with several diseases […]

“Smyte” meeting in Blankenberge

Luis Sousa, Christopher Dereppe and Bruno André participated to the 38th international “Small Meeting on Yeast Transport and Energetics (SMYTE)” organized last September in Blankenberge (Belgium) by Pr. Patrick Van Dijck (KUL, Belgium). The Smyte annually gathers scientists from all countries who are interested in diverse aspects yeast membrane transporters: structure-function relationships, regulation, and signaling properties. Luis […]

New funding to study cell aging, the lysosome and TORC1 in yeast

We are delighted to announce that the laboratory has been awarded new funding to study the relationship between cell aging, the lysosome and TORC1 in yeast. This project is being carried out in collaboration with Prof. Cédric Delporte at ULB’s Faculty of Pharmacy. The initial team made of Dimitrios Zisimopoulos (postdoc) and […]