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Michel Labouesse

Michel Labouesse

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
13053
World Ranking
16514
National Ranking
694

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Michel Labouesse is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and focuses their research primarily within the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Cell Biology, Aging, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's recent publications highlight a diverse range of topics, often centered on cellular mechanics and developmental biology. Notable papers include:

  • The plastic cell: mechanical deformation of cells and tissues (2021, Open Biology)
  • Novel cytokinetic ring components drive negative feedback in cortical contractility (2020, Molecular Biology of the Cell)
  • Repeated extrinsic and anisotropic mechanical inputs promote polarized adherens junction elongation (2024, bioRxiv [Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory])
  • How Daughters Tell Their Mums to Behave (2021, Developmental Cell)
  • Muscle and intestine innexins with muscle DEG/ENaC channels promote muscle coordination and embryo elongation in C. elegans (2025, Development)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Michel Labouesse include Kelly Molnar, Xinyi Yang, Teresa Ferraro, Julien Pontabry, and Sam-Rayden Malanda.

The scientist's publication venues reflect both peer-reviewed journals and preprint repositories, with multiple papers in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Developmental Cell
  • Open Biology
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • Development

Michel Labouesse's research addresses a set of core topics, notably:

  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Algal biology and biofuel production

The breadth of topics covered by Labouesse indicates a focus on understanding how mechanical and genetic factors influence cell behavior and organismal development, with applications extending into aging and physiological processes. The inclusion of spaceflight effects and 3D printing suggests an interest in innovative environments and technologies impacting biology.

Labouesse has been recognized as a Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), underscoring a standing within the molecular biology community.

Best Publications

  • A family of low and high copy replicative, integrative and single‐stranded S. cerevisiae/E. coli shuttle vectors

    Nathalie Bonneaud;Odile Ozier-Kalogeropoulos;Guoya Li;Michel Labouesse

  • RNA interference: genetic wand and genetic watchdog

    Julia M. Bosher;Michel Labouesse

  • The sterol-sensing domain: multiple families, a unique role?

    Patricia E. Kuwabara;Michel Labouesse;Michel Labouesse

  • The V0-ATPase mediates apical secretion of exosomes containing Hedgehog-related proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Samuel Liégeois;Alexandre Benedetto;Jean-Marie Garnier;Yannick Schwab

  • A tension-induced mechanotransduction pathway promotes epithelial morphogenesis

    Huimin Zhang;Frédéric Landmann;Frédéric Landmann;Hala Zahreddine;David Rodriguez

  • The NAM2 proteins from S. cerevisiae and S. douglasii are mitochondrial leucyl-tRNA synthetases, and are involved in mRNA splicing.

    C J Herbert;M Labouesse;G Dujardin;P P Slonimski

  • PHA-4, AN HNF-3 HOMOLOG, SPECIFIES PHARYNGEAL ORGAN IDENTITY IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

    Michael A. Horner;Sophie Quintin;Mary Ellen Domeier;Judith Kimble

  • RAL-1 controls multivesicular body biogenesis and exosome secretion.

    Vincent Hyenne;Ahmet Apaydin;David Rodriguez;Coralie Spiegelhalter

  • LET-413 is a basolateral protein required for the assembly of adherens junctions in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Renaud Legouis;Anne Gansmuller;Satis Sookhareea;Julia M. Bosher

  • Assembly of C. elegans apical junctions involves positioning and compaction by LET-413 and protein aggregation by the MAGUK protein DLG-1.

    Laura McMahon;Renaud Legouis;Jean-Luc Vonesch;Michel Labouesse

  • The Caenorhabditis elegans vab-10 spectraplakin isoforms protect the epidermis against internal and external forces

    Julia M. Bosher;Bum-Soo Hahn;Renaud Legouis;Satis Sookhareea

  • Myosin II regulation during C. elegans embryonic elongation: LET-502/ROCK, MRCK-1 and PAK-1, three kinases with different roles.

    Christelle Gally;Frédéric Wissler;Hala Zahreddine;Sophie Quintin

  • The Phosphoinositide Kinase PIKfyve/Fab1p Regulates Terminal Lysosome Maturation in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Anne Sophie Nicot;Hanna Fares;Bernard Payrastre;Andrew D. Chisholm

  • RNA interference can target pre-mRNA: consequences for gene expression in a Caenorhabditis elegans operon.

    Julia M. Bosher;Pascale Dufourcq;Satis Sookhareea;Michel Labouesse

  • TBP-like Factor Is Required for Embryonic RNA Polymerase II Transcription in C. elegans

    Jean Christophe Dantonel;Sophie Quintin;Lòrànt Lakatos;Michel Labouesse

  • The Caenorhabditis elegans LIN-26 protein is required to specify and/or maintain all non-neuronal ectodermal cell fates.

    M. Labouesse;E. Hartwieg;H.R. Horvitz

  • Basolateral targeting by leucine‐rich repeat domains in epithelial cells

    Renaud Legouis;Renaud Legouis;Fanny Jaulin-Bastard;Sonia Schott;Christel Navarro

  • Epithelial morphogenesis in embryos: asymmetries, motors and brakes.

    Sophie Quintin;Christelle Gally;Michel Labouesse

  • The Caenorhabditis elegans gene lin-26 is required to specify the fates of hypodermal cells and encodes a presumptive zinc-finger transcription factor

    M. Labouesse;S. Sookhareea;H.R. Horvitz

  • A Conserved Interaction between β1 Integrin/PAT-3 and Nck-Interacting Kinase/MIG-15 that Mediates Commissural Axon Navigation in C. elegans

    Patrice Poinat;Adèle De Arcangelis;Satis Sookhareea;Xiaoping Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Piotr P. Slonimski
Piotr P. Slonimski Sorbonne University
Eric A. Miska
Eric A. Miska University of Cambridge
Olivier Lefebvre
Olivier Lefebvre University of Strasbourg
Andrew D. Chisholm
Andrew D. Chisholm University of California, San Diego
David L. Baillie
David L. Baillie Simon Fraser University
Catherine Florentz
Catherine Florentz University of Strasbourg
Jocelyn Laporte
Jocelyn Laporte Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University

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