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11/30/2022

DELAYED

How an enzyme delays a cell's suicide so that the cell can arrange a few affairs before its passing.

drawing by Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943)

THE MANY LIVES OF COLOUR

Fungi were among the very first organisms to colonise the site of the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident, and it is a pigment, similar to melanin, that has helped them to do so.

painting by Paul Klee, "Kristall-Stufung"

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10/19/2022

DIMENSIONS
EPFL, numéro 6

avec l'artiste Charlotte de Perrot, nous découvrons le laboratoire LFIM dirigé par la chimiste et spécialiste des matériaux Wendy Lee Queen.

dessin: Charlotte de Perrot

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9/17/2022

BENEATH US

L'histoire d'un champignon et d'une protéine impliquée dans la synthèse de produits antimicrobiens afin de préserver les racines poussant dans le sol.

dessin par aloys lolo

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8/31/2022

THE COLOUR RED

The blue Mauritian bellflower is one of the very few flowering plants worldwide, which has a bright-coloured nectar - produced by three enzymes that work very closely together.

photo by Heather Angel, used with permission

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7/29/2022

SMALL SACRIFICE

How one protein urges an infected bacteria to commit suicide so as to save the rest of the colony from the same fate.

drawing: aloys lolo

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7/15/2022

UNNATURAL STUFF

How the fungus A.terreus and its CAD enzyme are used in industry to produce the building block for a variety of manmade polymers.

drawing by Koloman Moser (1868-1918)

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6/29/2022

DIMENSIONS
EPFL, numéro 5

avec LE dessinateur Melk Thalmann, nous découvrons le laboratoire INSTANT-LAB dirigée par le Professeur Simon Henein.

dessin: Melk Thalmann

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6/17/2022

TWO BIRDS, ONE STONE

The story of one surprising gene that gives rise not to one but to two proteins, each of which have very different functions.

print by Hilma af Klint (1862-1944)

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5/17/2022

SAPPED

How two proteins (HTR1 and HTR2) belonging to the rice blast fungus M.oryzae are able to weaken their host plant's immune response.

print by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

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