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

Joined May 2022
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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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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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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The motor domain of the #kinesin Kip2 promotes #microtubule polymerization at microtubule tips, say Xiuzhen Chen @xiuzhenchen, Yves Barral, and colleagues @LabBarral @ETH_en bit.ly/40yXx1R #cytoskeleton
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Xiuzhen Chen, Yves Barral et al. @ETH_en identify a function of the yeast #kinesin Kip2’s motor domain in recruiting free #tubulin and catalyzing #microtubule assembly. bit.ly/40yXx1R #cytoskeleton
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Another chapter of my thesis with the @LabBarral has been published! I am indebted to my tireless mentor Yves and to my collaborators. We demonstrate that the motor domain of the kinesin Kip2 moonlights as a microtubule polymerase with the helping hand CLIP-170.
Xiuzhen Chen, Yves Barral et al. @ETH_en identify a function of the yeast #kinesin Kip2’s motor domain in recruiting free #tubulin and catalyzing #microtubule assembly. bit.ly/40yXx1R #cytoskeleton
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A postdoc position will soon be available in our lab at #ETHZurich! If you are excited about #mitochondria, #metabolism and #SuperResolutionMicroscopy, please get in touch! bc.biol.ethz.ch/research/kle…
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Amazing IBC #postdoc day at #VillaHatt @ETH_en organized by #PACE - Institute's postdoc association. Great science and discussions frm @LabBarral @kutay_lab @KarstenWeisLab @PeterLab8 @GabrielNeurohr lab and #Allain_Lab. Thanks @clautinaschmidt and @LHeistinger for organizing 🎉 – at Zurich, Switzerland
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A special envelope separates extra-chromosomal from chromosomal DNA in the cytoplasm of mammalian cells biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_cellbio
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Love Yeast and Tuscany? Come join us in Florence in August for this exciting conference.
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