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2 June 2023
Diversity of coral reefs finally uncovered
A portfolio of 9 papers is published today on the TARA project in multiple Springer Nature journals. It is the largest study of its kind on coral reefs. It was made possible thanks to the collection…
28 April 2023
Inflammation and cancer: the role of copper identified
A new study published in the journal Nature has identified A druggable copper-signaling pathway that drives inflammation. The study was led by researchers from the Institut Curie in Paris, France,…
21 April 2023
Mirusviruses, at the crossroads of evolution
An international team of researchers has discovered “mirusviruses”, a new group of DNA viruses, among the massive sequencing data generated at Genoscope from samples collected during Tara Oceans…
11 April 2023
Impact of genetic variations in mitotic function and telomeres on sarcoma susceptibility
Supported by France Genomique, the FREX consortium and colleagues (including the CNRGH) identified distinct biological pathways involved in mitotic and telomere functions, where mutations increase…
31 March 2023
The untold history of the horse in the American Plains, a new future for the world
The continent of North America is where horses first emerged. Millions of years of evolutionary changes transformed the horse before it became the natural companion of many Indigenous Peoples and the…
6 March 2023
GeT PlaGe helps to solve early diversification of teleost fish
End of 50 years of controversy! Parey et al. in collaboration with GeT-PlaGe (Science, 2023) demonstrate through phylogenomic analyses that Eleostatic fishes represent a unique lineage, sister to…
30 September 2022
The CNRGH as the genomic partner in PROPSY
PROPSY, PEPR for Precision Psychiatry, aims to develop research on psychiatric diseases such as bipolarity, depression, schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. The CNRGH, partner of the project…
9 September 2022
The extraordinary journey of donkeys around the world finally solved.
A paper released today in Science, with scientists from Genoscope and GeT-PlaGe platforms reveals that donkeys spread like a wildfire out of Africa around 4,500 years ago, reaching Europe and Asia…
21 July 2022
France Genomique partner in a massive projet awardee of the PEPR call
Among the 13 new awardees of the second wave of calls for projects for Priority Research Programs and Equipment (PEPR), the ATLASea project (Atlas of marine genomes: from big data to innovation) will…
16 June 2022
Marine RNA viruses
From the “Tara Oceans” project partially funded by France Génomique: 2 major publications in Science describing the taxonomy, distribution and evolution of RNA viruses as well as their ecological…
13 May 2022
Beneficial macrophages in breast cancer
According to research carried out in collaboration with the France Genomics Institut Curie Genomics of Excellence Platform, the presence of macrophages around breast cancer is not necessarily a bad…
5 February 2022
Deep-sea genomics
Results from the “eDNAbyss” project funded by France Génomique and carried out at Genoscope: the massive sequencing of the biodiversity of the deep sea floor unravels its plankton composition and…
17 January 2022
Renewal of the governance certification of France Genomique
In line with its commitment to continuous improvement and partner satisfaction, and following the audit that took place at the end of December, France Genomics is proud to announce the renewal of its…
8 December 2021
Involvement of the France Genomique Platforms in the battle against SARS Cov2
Detection and sequencing of the SARS-Cov2 virus and its variants Faced with the spread of SARS-Cov2 in France, many platforms and associated platforms of France Génomique have been mobilised to…
28 October 2021
Call 2021 for “Large scale sequencing projects”
FRANCE GÉNOMIQUE opens a new call for Large Sequencing Projects. These projects will be submitted by Public Research laboratories (CNRS, INSERM, INRAe, CEA, CIRAD, IRD, University Laboratories,…
20 October 2021
Large scale projects France Génomique: The origin of domestic horses finally established
The modern domestic horse originated in the Pontic steppes, in the northern Caucasus, where it was first domesticated before conquering the rest of Eurasia in just a few centuries. This is the result…