Montpellier Cell Biology Research Center

The CRBM has acquired its credentials in particular through the “cell cycle” theme, which has made the laboratory internationally renowned thanks to the discovery of the molecular mechanisms that control cell division with the work initiated by Marcel Dorée and his team.
This theme is still extremely active at the CRBM, and the research projects developed aim at understanding the molecular mechanisms governing mitosis, under normal conditions or during tumorigenesis.

CRBM Research teams

Laura BOULAN

Growth control during development

Anne BLANGY & Cécile GAUTHIER-ROUVIÈRE

Cytoskeleton and membrane trafficking dynamics in cellular adhesion

Anna CASTRO & Thierry LORCA

Phosphatases in cell cycle and signaling

Alenka ČOPIČ

Cell biology of lipid storage and transfer

Anne DEBANT

Signalling and cytoskeleton dynamics

Bénédicte DELAVAL

Centrosome, cilia and pathologies

Francois FAGOTTO

Cell adhesion and migration in embryonic development

Dominique HELMLINGER

Regulation of gene expression

Andrey KAJAVA

Structural bioinformatics and molecular modelling

Frédéric LANDMANN

Mechanisms of symbiosis with Wolbachia

Patrick LEMAIRE

Transcriptional control of chordate morphogenesis

Dimitris LIAKOPOULOS

Spindle positioning and organization

María MORIEL-CARRETERO

Cytoplasmic control of genome stability

Simonetta PIATTI

Mitotic regulation of chromosome partitioning and cell division

Claude PRIGENT

Cell Cycle (team closed)

Serge ROCHE

Cancer cell signaling

Albert TSAI

Nuclear organization of transcription in embryos

Dimitris XIRODIMAS

Ubiquitin/Ubiquitin-like molecules and Protein Quality Control