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The prestigious Simons Foundation of New York has announced funding for an international project to revisit the fundamental problems of fluid turbulence using statistical mechanics.

Publication from the RDP institute in Science , on April 5, 2019. Abstract: Rho guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) are master regulators of cell signaling, but how they are regulated depending on the cellular context is unclear.

Publication from RDP institute in the journal Current Biology on August 1, 2019. Abstract: The diverse forms of today's dominant vascular plant flora are generated by the sustained proliferative activity of sporophyte meristems at plants' shoot and root tips, a trait known as indeterminacy .

Publication from RDP (Laboratoire Reproduction et développement des plantes) in PloS Genetics on february 8, 2019.

The Simons Foundation announced on June 4, 2019 the establishment of the Simons Collaboration on Wave Turbulence, directed by Jalal Shatah from NYU assisted by Laure Saint-Raymond from ENS de Lyon and Nicolas Mordant from UGA.

Publication by Laboratoire de physique in Physical Review Letters on October 4, 2019. Experiments with a loop of string pulled rapidly through rollers show that the free end lifts up, rather than hanging vertically, thanks to a boost from air friction.

Publication by the International Center for Infectiology Research (CIRI) in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology on January 14, 2019.

Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections S.aureus - but not S.pyogenesisolates display high rate of internalization and cytotoxicity toward human myoblasts.

Publication from the Laboratoire de géologie de Lyon - Terre, planètes, environnement (LGL-TPE) in Geobios, volume 52, February 2019.

Publication by LGL-TPE in Phys. Rev. Fluids on March 25, 2019. Abstract: An experiment of thermal convection with significant compressible effects is presented.

The 2019 ERC Starting Grant call was aimed at young sesearchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD, a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal.

Publication by International Center for Research Infectiology (CIRI) on January 3, 2019. Abstract: Programmable nucleases have enabled rapid and accessible genome engineering in eukaryotic cells and living organisms.