It's one of our favorite celebrations, bringing everyone together, young and old, rockers and classical music fans alike. The Fête de la Musique is back on Saturday
sing and have fun to the rhythm of free concerts organized all over France
In Gif-sur-Yvette
via the Levasseur park and the various districts
there will be concerts and entertainment for all ages and tastes
while the musical evening at Parc Levasseur is scheduled for Saturday June 22
2025 - 20:30 ⤏ 23:59Café le Belleville and its friendly team welcome the group "Maizena Ping Pong Club"
Music runs, music runsSaturday, June 21, 2025 - 18:00 ⤏ 23:59* The seed https://www.instagram.com/la_graine_pr?igsh=dHZ6aW9mYWU0MGNr
* Amalgammehttps://jazzy-stems.wixsite.com/amalgamme
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A suspended moment at L'île o' crêpesSaturday, June 21, 2025 - 19:30 ⤏ 22:30Les Darons , a charming duo, are back with their guitar-voice repertoire for your listening pleasure[https](https://www.instagram.com/lesdaronsmusic
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The Chevry plateau comes alive with summer colorsSaturday
come and meet the "Nanafuvilo" and dance to country music or sway to rock standards;
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The sound of guitars soars at Le MoulonSaturday
2025 - 18:30 ⤏ 23:59Under the baton of Brass&co and the shopkeepers 4 groups will liven up the potter's mall
* El Turista - acoustic rockhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/176AtH3mbP2EJhOxDIMhkpc1TPpAi8vGB/view?usp=drive_web
* Intrasystoles pop rock- soul -jazzyhttps://youtu.be/bHy9bDGTqQQ?si=WFE4UZNMUYCi8dNP
* Blister Feat Bandhttps://www.youtube.com/@TheBlisterFeatBand
a jazzy universe for the start of the evening;
then the temperature rises with Pawer and Néodyme in a more rock register to keep you dancing until the end of the night
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https:// neodyme-rock.fr/
https://orchestre-pawer.com/
Journey to sunny Madagascar to start the evening at Jo'SSaturday, June 21, 2025 - 19:00 ⤏ 20:30Ifara, Malagasy duo https://www.ifara99.wordpress.com
Smalljump: Let yourself be carried away by this duo who will offer you a varied menu at the Jo's Terrace s@smalljump.music
2025 - 19:00 ⤏ 23:00Whether on the terrace of the Gif bistro or on the castle forecourt
come and discover the new stage facing the Val Fleury castle
and hum along to its variety tunes with the bands Lost'in soul and Nanafuvilo
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A wonderful musical evening awaits you in this Essonne town
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Every summer, July 14th is a not-to-be-missed date for the French, who take advantage of the traditional military parade on the Champs-Elysées, fireworks displays in almost every town and city in France
and family activities to explain the importance of this holiday to the youngest
In theEssonne department, the town of Gif-sur-Yvette is also organizing its unmissable fireworks display on Saturday, July 13, 2024: come and watch them in the town hall park
don't miss the dancing ball and the Republican picnic
you're sure to have a great time on July 13
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The Moulin de la Tuilerie in Gif-sur Yvette
a town in the countryside outside of Paris
or the equivalent to £22.19 per person per night at full occupancy
For a smaller house party of three couples
Le Moulin de la Tuilerie in Gif-sur-Yvette
about 15 miles southwest of the French capital
was the only home the Duke and Duchess owned together
When the Windsors settled in France after World War II
they rented a grand villa in Paris in the Bois de Boulogne
decorated in suitably regal fashion with the help of Stephen Boudin
the interior designer who headed up Maison Jansen
whose elite roster of clients included Jacqueline Kennedy with whom he collaborated on the refurbishment of the While House
The Duke's bedroom at Le Moulin de la Tuilerie
in 1952 to serve as a weekend escape from their worldly city life
But while the country retreat was far more informal in style than their villa
their guest list remained as posh as it was in Paris
Maria Callas and Cecil Beaton stopping by for some R&R in this peaceful
Le Moulin de la Tuilerie consists of three buildings—the two-story stone mill house and two guest cottages
The Duchess decorated the main house (with input from Boudin) with colorful fabrics and carpets and spent years checking out the antique shops in Paris to find the right mix of pieces for the home
including the Duke and Duchess’s former bedrooms
Although little of the decor from the Windsors’ time remains in the house—the property had several owners after the Duke died—one piece from the period stands out
a mural with an observation from the duchess
but I have been through the mill." The house decor today is a mix of Anglo and French style
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In tune with the ethics promoted by the brand Danone through the motto “One Planet
One Health,” the studio Arte Charpentier has created the research center In’Cube with an eye on sustainability and mixed functions
Client: Danone Nutricia ResearchArchitecte mandataire
missions conception et exécution: Arte CharpentierArchitecte associé: Abbès TahirHQE Bâtiment Durable 2016: Niveau ExcellentCertification BREEAM NC 2016: Niveau ExcellentLabel OSMOZ: 1 levierLabel énergétique BBCA V3: Niveau StandardPrix: Grand Prix du Cadre de Vie 2022Photo credits: Christophe Valtin
a synthesis of the needs expressed by Danone and a welcome anticipation of the post-Covid workplace
The center embodies the concept of the functional mix through different spaces for distinct uses
and contributes through its architecture to create a feeling of belonging to the brand on the part of employees
encouraging exchange and interaction.” This is how Abbès Tahir
explains the key concepts approached in the creation of the new international center Danone Nutricia Research
the innovation and research branch of Danone Group
The physical context is that of Gif-sur-Yvette in the Paris-Saclay Science Center
a campus that safeguards about 30 small towns
about 320,000 inhabitants and 60% agricultural and natural spaces
while hosting one of the world’s eight most important clusters of technological research
The present facilities for pharmaceutical and university research will be joined in the years to come by the conservation and creation division of Centre Pompidou
which will also contain the storerooms of the Musée Picasso-Paris
The context for the project is very complex
a crossing between an office building and an industrial complex
welcoming over 600 people and responding with a low-carbon approach to the values of environmental sustainability espoused by the company
of guiding the future nutritional revolution
also in collaboration with specialized start-ups
The project has to apply the best ergonomic design
respecting parameters of regulation and maximum privacy
while guaranteeing the coexistence of internal activities of production and research with the presence of external visitors
invited to the facility to test new food products
reuse and the circular economy become indispensable conditions for an eco-responsible and creative project
which has received many sustainable energy certifications
21,500 sqm) utilizes four levels to organize an industrial area
zones for creative workers and food prototyping
pilot workshops and scientific laboratories
coworking facilities with offices and meeting rooms
the base has been made in concrete with low carbon emissions
while from the second floor up the structure becomes lighter thanks to the use of wood that sets the entire character of the core of the design: a large central atrium with zigzag roofing
which offers splendid views of the surrounding landscape and a sequence of terraces open to the city
the lobby and event space catalyzes pathways
encouraging encounters and setting the pace of life for all those who use the center
Arte Charpentier have paid close attention to aspects of landscape and environment
not only through optimization of hydric resources
but also with about 3000 square meters of plantings
in keeping with an extensive concept of biodiversity
attenuates the landscape impact of the roofing
while other green spaces on the ground are set aside for employee relaxation
These include the “rain garden,” a slightly sloping space which in the rainy season functions for the gathering of rainwater
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Text description provided by the architects. LAN, in association with CVA and the landscape architect Topotek, has just completed plot B, a highlight of the Grand Paris project, for a total of 900 residences, serving 1,082 students. Spanning two Urban Development Zones, the École Polytechnique district and the Moulon district, this large-scale campus represents the pinnacle of national higher education and research, and is one of the greatest student residences ever created in France.
While the buildings along the perimeter of the plot cultivate an urban lifestyle
the residences in the “Muses” form a more innovative habitat
The circular forms allow the façade length per residence to be increased
while reducing the façade length for the total surface area
The cylindrical plan optimises the distribution surfaces
reducing the surface area of the entry and allowing spaces for separate living and sleeping areas
The vertical circulations are established at the centre of the layout
connecting to an elevator and an enclosed stairway serving 14 residences per level
with an average surface area of 18.50 m2 each
The peripheral buildings offer various types of housing ranging from the T1 clusters which surround common living areas
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The Escherichia coli bacterium is a major focus of research in biology
But the higher-order organization of its genome had yet to be investigated using techniques such as chromosome conformation capture (3C/Hi-C)
scientists from the Institut Pasteur revealed using this approach the existence of several levels of chromosomal folding linked to known proteins
including condensin and the histon-like HU protein
whose roles in maintaining the structure of this genome were until now unclear
"All genomes must be specifically organized to ensure they function correctly
for instance to regulate the access to the genetic information they contain
Head of the Spatial Regulation of Genomes Unit at the Institut Pasteur
which are generally made up of a single circular chromosome
are no exception." This chromosome is organized in a structure called a nucleoid
which at the same time enables gene regulation and the segregation of replicated chromosomes
The findings of previous research carried out on different bacterial species showed
that nucleoid formation is a result of different processes:
By using different approaches combining genomic methods (chromosome conformation capture or 3C/Hi-C)
genetic methods and fluorescence microscopy
the Collège de France and Pierre and Marie Curie University studied the impact of several factors controlling chromosome folding and multiscale organization in the model bacterium Escherichia coli
By analyzing the organization of chromosomes from different E
which quantifies the physical contacts between segments along DNA molecules
the scientists were able to determine the influence of transcription regulation on the local DNA structure
and the roles of the main proteins associated with the nucleoid on the 3D organization of the chromosome
"We have identified two methods of communication in the chromosomal DNA which define two separate structural entities – the ter region
the part of the chromosome where genome replication ends
which is consistent in the main part of the chromosome
These contacts are the result of the combined action of the bacterial condensin and HU protein
While it is not surprising that condensin activity stimulates contacts between distant DNA sites
a role for the ubiquitous proteins HU in promoting such long-distance interactions in vivo had never previously been described
The second method of communication regulates the ter region where a protein
thus isolating this region from the rest of the genome
MatP has a structure regulator role to play by preventing the condensin to promote contacts between distant sites in the ter region"
and this challenges a model whereby this protein
The research reveals multiscale chromosome conformation involving proteins with different and unexpected properties to control chromosome dynamics
the findings highlight the unique properties of the ter region in E
coli and show how this species has selected strategies that confer specific and distinct properties to this chromosomal region that are different for example from other bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis
These key discoveries are vital for understanding bacterial chromosome metabolism
They also show that the ubiquitous and very abundant DNA-binding proteins such as HU
which have long been known to interact with DNA but whose roles remain unclear
are important for the multiscale structuration of the chromosome in vivo
which are widely used in eukaryotes but relatively seldom in bacteria
demonstrate here their relevance for studying nucleoid function
in which techniques such as transcriptomics
epigenomics and metabolomics can be used to obtain tens of thousands of data points in a single analysis of a given sample such as a cell
The current sequencing output can be as high as 60 billion nucleotides per day
and biologists have begun analyzing larger samples
such as the microbial population in a drop of water
a handful of earth or the intestines of a cohort of patients."
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© Fred DelangleThe Research area, designed by Groupe-6 architects, opens to the east of the atrium. The Rue de la Recherche hosts state-of-the-art laboratories, workspaces for researchers, and pleasant meeting places. The openings between floors visually connect the building and its four patios. The research street is open 24 hours and free to access, unlike laboratories whose entry is strictly controlled. The urban siting of the project determined two principles for the project’s facades.
© Fred DelangleTo the north and along the main campus avenue, the architects chose a fully glazed façade—a “vitrine” capable of showcasing activities of exchange and encounter without requiring significant protection from sunlight. To the south, east, and west, the white precast concrete ribs articulate the building’s mass. The verticality of the structural concrete is echoed in the large glass surfaces of the windows punctuating the white facades and reflecting the surrounding landscape.
© Christian RichtersThe intentionally sober expression of glass, light, and white surfaces is offset by perforated acoustic OSB wood panels that are used throughout the project to deliver visual warmth through a low-cost, sustainable material. Internal gardens are dispersed throughout the complex at ground level, and the external landscaping features Apothecary Gardens planted with medicinal herbs and grasses.
© Fred DelangleThe complex is linked to the University’s energy grid via geothermal wells and has been certified as conforming to France’s High-Quality Environmental standard of green building
with an advanced level of energy efficiency
named after the Nobel Prize-winning French chemist and pharmacist
Planning and construction were led by Bouygues Construction as part of a public-private partnership following a two-and-a-half-year international competition
If you like to run while having fun, then don't miss the Color Run in the town of Gif-sur-Yvette, on Saturday June 17, 2023! Stemming from the world's most colorful sporting event, this fun run is becoming increasingly popular
with the aim of crossing several color zones and crossing the finish line with as many shades as possible on you
just having fun with family and friends on a festive day through the city streets
From the age of 7, enjoy this colorful 5-kilometer race, organized by the Youth Council as part of "La Fête du sport - Terre de jeux 2024". For this occasion, the colors will be very special, there will be 5, those of Olympism:blue
Each participant receives a "Color Run pack": a white Color Run T-shirt and colored sunglasses
The race is free with registration
but there are only 300 places available at the start
Are you ready to see life in all its colors
For the man who gave up the throne of England to be with the women he loved
living in seclusion became a life sentence
Exiled from England to avoid stirring up trouble for the Royal Family
Edward and his American wife settled in Paris and lived in the beautiful Chateau Le Bois
which became better known as “Villa Windsor”
famous for the glamorous parties attended by the crème de la crème of café society
was their much-loved and enchanting weekend home
an 18th century mill at the mouth of the Chevreuse valley
And I bet you wouldn’t believe me if I told you Le Moulin de la Tuilerie
as it was named by the Duchess, could be your own countryside retreat for the price of budget hotel
almost every weekend the Royal outcasts would leave town
heading 20 miles southwest of the city; Edward in his Chevrolet
They typically invited friends to join them– Maria Callas
Cecil Beaton and various celebrities of the day were among the glittering guest list that passed through the gates of the Moulin at Gif-sur-Yvette.
It was the only house Wallis and Edward ever actually owned
They bought the flour mill from artist Adrien Étienne
a fashion illustrator whose work appeared in all the women’s style magazines of the 1920s & 30s before the days of photography
and used the mill as an artist’s retreat
where Picasso and Fernand Leger often came to stay
but Edward became so attached to the charming property that he made it their own
spending 50,000 Francs on a two-year renovation to transform it into the quintessential English country house in the middle of France
For the homesick English ex-King that never was
The Duke called on the great English garden designer
Russel Page to design his beloved English garden
which he maintained passionately with his staff of five gardeners
A swimming pool was also installed with a changing hut with his-and-hers cubicles.
The outbuildings were transformed to accommodate their constant flow of guests
The old pigeonnier (dovecote) became an outside dining room
the large barn converted into “the Orangery”
which served as the main living room and the stables became further bedrooms and a study
The Moulin itself (the windmill) became a space for entertaining and dancing and also housed separate sleeping wings for the Duke and Duchess
the interior designer who went on to work with Jackie Kennedy on the White House
(More photos of the interiors here and here)
After the Duke died in 1972, Wallis sold the home and it was owned briefly by a Swiss business man and then a Lebanese doctor before the Moulin went into a period of decline
Ivy crawled into every room of the former Royal home and the garden that had been faithfully tended to by the Duke was swallowed by vegetation; real-life secret garden
the home was rescued from dilapidation by a British property company hoping to give the buildings a new future as a holiday accommodation
The restoration was a significant undertaking
the Landmark Trust came on board to help with the renovation and furnishing of the retreat for its new purpose as an inspiring place to escape the city.
While little of the Windsor’s plush decoration remains
such as Stéphane Boudin’s mosaic wall decoration in the sitting room of the Pigeonnier and the Dukes walled garden still grows behind the Lodge
The lavish lifestyle of the exiled English royals has been swapped for simpler
but the former home of Edward and Wallis still reveals its own stories of an enigmatic relationship
The Landmark Trust calls it “an echo of Englishness recalling happy times” and rents out the 7 bedroom moulin for a very reasonable price. A four night stay, if you can fill the property, works out at £22.19 per person per night
Just the right budget for kings and queens in exile
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Text description provided by the architects. A house for researchers and research. The Campus Plateau de Paris-Saclay is the Silicon Valley of Europe. Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes, together with Celnikier & Grabli Architectes and Ingerop Conseil & Ingénierie, was in charge of the realization of the Institute for Neuroscience.
The new four-story building provides optimal living, research, and working conditions for 350 scientists, 40 students, and the laboratory animals in the basement and on the ground floor. The triangular, single-story volume of the entrance area with auditorium and foyer comes out from the façade in the south as the institute's calling card.
Three-story glass bridges between the cross-wings
spacious staircases and terraces transform atriums and access zones into places of encounter
The institute went into operation in March 2020
The main street cuts diagonally across Lab City
allowing a seamless experience between the building and its surroundings
providing a convenient public route to the neighbourhood and the future subway station
The architecture provides a framework for constantly changing requirements
allowing the programme to be reconfigured or intensified as necessary
OMA’s multi-layered design integrates urbanism within the school
The architects imagined the laboratories as a collection of discreet parcels in an open-plan grid
The project features wide internal stairways
A lightweight roof covers the entire complex
allowing ‘external’ protected spaces to be used freely all year long
For more information, vistit the OMA website
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Text description provided by the architects. Situated on the Plateau de Saclay, a science cluster of international renown, the new Research & Innovation Centre of the Danone Group, certified as a low-carbon building, optimizes the quality of working life and permits the development, testing, and cultivation of future innovations.
© Christophe ValtinThe architecture of the building provides transparency from the public space and allows the whole industrial process, the micro-factory, and the activities that take place there to be discovered. Standing 24 m high, In’Cube fits perfectly into its rectangular base of 90m long and 75 m wide, its particularitý lies in its U shape deployed around a luminous Plaza topped with a shed roof providing zenithal lighting and where wood is omnipresent.
© Christophe ValtinThe overhanging plaza space offers exceptional views with its panoramic views of the surrounding landscape This central atrium promotes meetings and takes up the codes of a village square, which comes to punctuate the life of the community around different events, vertical circulations, and corridors surrounding and animate its volume and distribute the different premises.
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The old mill house – and the surrounding cottages that together form Le Moulin de la Tuilerie – were
the weekend retreat of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
In those days it was half an hour's drive from their main house in the Bois de Boulogne
while none of the duchess's hectic decorative schemes survives
the Landmark Trust – which specialises in caring for endangered historic buildings and letting them as holiday homes – has ensured that it is difficult to forget them
The faces of the former king and his spouse leer
in the form of blown-up framed photographs
the sweet little guest cottage in which the artist
photographer and wit Cecil Beaton is said to have stayed when he visited the couple
When my boyfriend disappeared into the downstairs bathroom
"This is definitely Cecil Beaton's hip-bath!" But then there was silence
"There's even a picture of them above the lavatory," he said
"Must we be confronted with the worst excesses of Britain's constitutional arrangement from every wall
Perhaps we could drape a tea towel over them
Photograph: Alastair MillerThough the Landmark Trust cares for many historic houses in Britain – and indeed has an apartment to rent on the Spanish Steps in Rome – Le Moulin de la Tuilerie is the first property it has taken on in France
further buildings in Britanny and near La Rochelle (the latter property
is a 19th-century fort built as a defence against the British)
Le Moulin de la Tuilerie is on the edge of a little town called Gif-sur-Yvette
Gif lies towards the end of the RER commuter line into the capital
is that the artist Fernand Léger lived here – he was still alive
residing in a handsome village house down the road
when the Windsors bought the Moulin from the chic French illustrator Drian
History does not relate what the elderly cubist painter thought of the exiled former Edward VIII and his wife
Gif is neither quite suburbia nor quite deep countryside – commuter-belt Surrey comes to mind – though when we took a walk in the Bois d'Aigrefoin to the west of the mill a pair of deer leapt and darted in front of us
and at night we heard owls from our roomy bedroom in the eaves
The Moulin itself is a delight: a cluster of mostly 18th-century buildings
given the duke and duchess's well-known taste for the high life
and the splendour of their Paris residence
which had previously been inhabited by Charles de Gaulle
though it sleeps two) is the smallest of the Landmark Trust's three holiday lets here: La Maison des Amis sleeps four and the main house
running down to the little river Mérantaise
is the skeleton of the garden that the great landscape designer Russell Page created with the duke
for the chest-deep pool of blue delphiniums and pink stocks that the duke nurtured is long gone
and he liked nothing better than getting on his tweeds and having a good dig
bullying his guests into helping him lay a stone woodland path
or screaming orders in German to his Alsatian gardeners
but the family mother tongue was in excellent nick.)
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor at Le Moulin de la Tuilerie
Photograph: Patrick Lichfield/ Cond Nast Archive/CORBISOpening on to the lawn is a great barn of a room
it was once where the duke and duchess foregathered with all their weekend guests
and you couldn't move for dainty tables and chairs
coffee tables made out of regimental drums
and elaborate knick-knackery of every kind
Photographs of the decor show that the pièce de résistance was a carpet
migraine-inducing shade of swirling emerald
bright colours," she told a newspaper of Le Moulin's décor
"Every house should have a theme: then the decoration becomes something like a musical composition; each room carries the theme but with variations of mood and pace." Whatever the theme was
it found its apogee in the carpet of the drawing room in the main house: vermilion with a thick tartan ribbon detail writhing across it like a python in its death throes
That duchess worked a Schiaparelli frock and an expensive jewel with aplomb
but she let herself down with the decoration of Le Moulin
(May I reassure you that the Landmark Trust has decorated it in unexceptionable sober taste – with the exception of those photographs.)
The fact that the town of Gif is perfectly ordinary has its advantages
between the mairie and the railway station
from oysters and John Dory to ceps and those gloriously evil-looking purplish fungi
"It's the only market in France not full of braying English people," said my boyfriend
Those with a car might try undertaking some proper sightseeing in Chartres or Versailles
we debated walking the 25 minutes to the RER station on the other side of Gif and taking the train to the end of the line where
and 45 minutes after hopping on it were sauntering happily around the Luxembourg Gardens in central Paris
The RER also takes you direct to the Gare du Nord
so the trip is fantastically easy and quick by Eurostar: with a sharp but not punishing early-morning start we were back in London by 11.30am on Monday after our three-night weekend stay
The canny weekender might consider a Friday-morning train to Gare du Nord
stashing bags in left luggage and lunching in Paris
before taking the RER in the late afternoon out to Gif
The Windsors also let themselves down badly when it came to putting the property on the market in the late 1960s
they proposed a scheme on the land for 537 dwellings
and pulled every government string they could to see it accepted
the good mayor of Gif stood up against them (vive la république!) and the scheme never came to fruition
Even Diana Mosley – who lived a couple of stops up the RER line in Orsay
in a gorgeous little Revolution-era building called Le Temple de la Gloire – thought this was poor form
The Landmark Trust (whose patron is the Windsors' great-nephew
Prince Charles) is an infinitely more reliable guardian of this pretty plot than the duke and duchess
Charlotte Higgins is the Guardian's chief arts writer
TheNicolas Tarkhoff exhibition at the Château du Val Fleury is a cultural event not to be missed
immerse yourself in the world of an artist who
lends itself magnificently to this retrospective
is a Russian painter who has captivated critics and audiences alike
His vivid palette and lively gestures evoke the ardor of Vincent van Gogh and the madness of Maurice de Vlaminck
while recalling the meticulousness of Claude Monet
This free exhibition takes us through the different phases of his career
from his vibrant scenes of Parisian life to his peaceful landscapes of the Vallée de Chevreuse
At the heart of theexhibition are works reflecting Tarkhoff's stylistic diversity - divisionism
fauvism - all testifying to his artistic quest
We also see the evolution of a man who was attentive to his times
The exhibition itinerary is designed to immerse you fully in the hectic atmosphere of Parisian life that Tarkhoff so skilfully captured
The works on show demonstrate his ability to capture "the life of forms through the richness of their colors"
a quote that perfectly sums up his artistic approach
This is a unique opportunity to see up close these vibrant canvases
offers a historic and elegant setting for this exhibition
you'll find yourself transported to another time and place
sharing an intimate moment with art and history
This free exhibition is an exceptional opportunity for art and history lovers
but also for those wishing to discover an artist whose work deserves to be more widely recognized
the Château du Val Fleury is the place to be for a journey through time and art
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© Cyril WeinerThe central space is a versatile place capable of hosting workshops, conferences, and public events. Bathed in natural light thanks to a dome pierced at the zenith, it stages the activities of SIRTA and its relationship to the sky. Around this space, a large gallery serves all the research laboratories which are located in a third ring. Glazed on both sides, the workspaces offer tangent views towards the heart of the building and the surrounding nature.
© Cyril WeinerA concrete structure and an alternation of solid anodized aluminium panels and full height glazed panels make the building. The concrete is poured in one go. The rhythm is set by the concrete pillars, the aluminium thorns, and the steel guardrail of the roof. The exterior gallery which houses a covered circulation also protects the facade from rain and sun.
the outbuilding and parking spaces counterbalance the roundness of the observatory building and wedges the facility to the service road
A landslide fueled by heavy rain caused three cars of a Paris-bound train to overturn Tuesday morning
The accident happened between the southwestern suburbs of St-Remy-les-Chevreuse and Orsay about 5 a.m
Michek Bournet, mayor of Gif-sur-Yvette, told La Parisien there were very few people on board at the time because it was the first train of the morning
"We could have had a disaster because if it was an hour later there would have been a lot of students on board," he told the newspaper
Bournet said the driver had been warned that a tree had fallen on the track
but didn't see that part of the track had been washed away
Officials couldn't say when the track would be reopened
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France has been dealing with days of heavy downpours. Several rainfall records were broken Monday
according to the World Meteorological Organization.
At least four people were killed amid heavy downpours and subsequent flooding last week.
The heavy rain was caused by an area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere, according to weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce. That area of low pressure is moving east, which should yield drier weather conditions during the second half of the week, though a few showers can't be ruled out.
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Bacteria show sophisticated control of their cellular organization
and many bacteria deploy different polar landmark proteins to organize the cell pole
such as Photo-Activated Localization Microscopy (PALM)
provides the nanoscale localization of molecules and is crucial for better understanding of organization and dynamics in single-molecule
analytical tools are not fully available yet
quantitative and statistical analyses of subcellular localization with multiple cells from multiple fields of view are lacking
brightfield images are not sufficient to get accurate contours of small and low contrast bacterial cells
compared to subpixel presentation of target molecules
Here we describe a novel analytic tool for PALM which integrates precisely drawn cell outlines
labelled by PALM-compatible fluorescent protein fusions
with molecule data for >10,000 molecules from >100 cells by fitting each cell into an oval arc
the polar anchor HubP constitutes a big polar complex which includes multiple proteins involved in chemotaxis and the flagellum
HubP is shown to be slightly skewed towards the inner curvature side of the cell
while its interaction partners showed rather loose polar localization
Understanding the control mechanisms of polarity in space and time is now appreciated as a crucial question in bacterial cell biology
there is a demand to develop means to transfer a PALM molecule list corresponding to protein locations within a cell with high-throughput capability
we study the precise localization of polar proteins in V
which combines PALM detected molecule lists with cell meshes which are drawn by MicrobeTracker
We show that using brightfield (BF) images are not sufficient for precise localization analysis
Therefore we present a novel cell outline technique in which the inner membrane or the periplasm is labelled with photo-activatable/switchable FPs
We also show that Vibio can distinguish inner and outer curvature of curved-rod cells
we show that HubP is rather localized to the inner curvature from the tip of pole
while its interaction partners have distinct localization patterns
This new labelling method and localization software will provide a better landscape of localization for single molecules in populations of cells
(a,b) Representative image of cell with native level (a) or overexpressed (b) HubP-FPs
conventional fluorescent image (ii) are also shown
The region in the purple square is magnified in (iii)
(c–f) Distribution of HubP clusters in native level expression (c and d) or overexpressed (e,f) conditions
(c,e) Dot plots of number of molecules per cluster
the cluster with highest number of molecules was indicated in red and other clusters were shown in blue
The mean and standard error of mean are also indicated
or 3 clusters of HubP molecules with respect to cell size
1.28 µm is the average cell size for these experiments
HubP molecules accumulate into the existing cluster as well as form a new cluster at the new cell pole (discussed later)
It is no wonder that a much higher total number of HubP-PAmCherry molecules were detected in overexpressing cells. Yet, cluster analysis indicated that HubP molecules are organized into only a single cluster at each cell pole in nearly all the cases, even though they often assemble into a cap shape (Fig. 1e,f)
It is possible that higher accumulation of molecules in the cluster resulted in the ‘cap’ form
the polarity of the cell could be maintained even in the overexpression condition
as the number of molecules in the two clusters remained skewed in these cells
we used chromosomal fusion and studied localization at native expression level
high-throughput quantitative PALM molecule localization analysis pipeline
The pole with more detected molecule is determined as principle pole
(c,d) (i) Representative cell of single out-of-focus BF image (c) or reconstructed image from 32 z-stacks (d)
Outline and segmentation are shown by a yellow line
(ii) Fitting of corresponding cell in Vibio
Each detected HubP molecule is plotted with ‘x’
(e,f) Histogram presentation of the localization of HubP molecules relative to the long axis of the cell determined by indicated outlining method
−0.5 indicates the principle pole and +0.5 indicates the other pole
it became clear that insufficient segmentation from BF image resulted in mediocre cell outlining unsuitable for proper analysis in super-resolution (see below)
We decided that to reach the most precise localization
the cell outlines should be drawn from images with comparable resolution
Fine-scale localization analyses by Vibio
(a) Representative processed PALM images of V
cholerae cell expressing DronPA-MTS (green) and CrvA-PAmCherry (red)
(b) 2D plot presentation of CrvA-PAmCherry molecule localization
(c) Precise subcellular localization of HubP-DronPA molecules
Cell outline was determined by PAmCherry-MTS
Percentage of molecules localized in specific fractions (polar
Total number of molecules detected and number of cells analyzed are shown in square brackets and in braces
Fine-scale localization analyses of polar proteins. 2D plot and histogram presentations of DronPA fusions of FlhG (a), FlhF (b), ParC (c,d) and ParP (e,f) in hubP+ (a–c,e) or ∆hubP (d,f) background. PAmCherry-MTS was co-expressed for the determination of cell contour. Results are presented as described in Fig. 4c
these proteins showed minor differences in fine-scale distribution such as fraction of non-polar
single molecules and detailed positioning towards the tip of the cell pole and the outer/inner curve
We hypothesize that there is a certain capacity of HubP molecules at a cell pole
given accumulation of HubP molecules (presumably synthesized throughout the cell cycle)
for transition from uni- to bi-polarity of HubP
The cap-shaped structure is likely an ‘overflow’ of overexpressed HubP molecules
here we provide means to create accurate cell outlines for super-resolution analyses of both cytoplasmic and periplasmic proteins
this analysis lacked information relative to the cell pole; since we could only use 2 colours in our PALM experiments
we were not able to draw precise cell outlines when two proteins were labelled with FPs
our novel outlining technique and Vibio pipeline allows analysis of precise subcellular localization of molecules from dozens of super-resolution microscopy images and hundreds of cells while taking into account cell orientation correctly
these methods could provide better landscapes of the subcellular organization of other cellular machineries in small bacterial cells
bacterial cells are grown in LB broth or agar (1.5%) and antibiotics are used at the following concentrations when appropriate: Ampicillin 100 µg/mL
Cells were grown in the M9 minimal media supplemented with glucose (0.2%)
casamino acids (0.1%) and thiamine (1 µg/mL) at 37 °C with agitation (170 rpm)
fluorescent protein fusions encoded on overexpression plasmid were induced with 0.02% arabinose for 1 hour except HubP-PAmCherry which was induced with 0.2% arabinose for 4 hours
1.5H) were pre-cleaned with acetone then plasma-cleaned for 10 min at 40 W with the ELMO glow discharge system (Cordouan Technology)
Agarose pad (1% in 1x M9 media) was mounted on the slide glass using Gene Frame (Thermo Fisher)
Thermo Fisher) were pretreated by dilution with sterile purified H2O (1:1000) followed by sonication for 5 min
1 µL of cell culture and 1 µL of beads solution were spread on the agarose pad then covered by the plasma-cleaned cover slip for microscopy
Imaging was performed at the Imagif facility (Gif-sur-Yvette
All images were acquired with Nikon-Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (N-STORM) at room temperature
The N-STORM was equipped with a CFI Apo TIRF SR 100 x oil immersion objective (NA 1.49)
Coherent lasers emitting at 405 nm (100 mW)
561 nm (150 mW) and built-in Nikon Perfect Focus system
Raw data were taken in a field of 256 × 256 pixels (40960 nm x 40960 nm) with an Andor iXon Ultra DU897 EM-CCD camera at a rate of 55 frames per second
The camera and microscope were controlled with the NIS-Elements Advanced Research software (version 5.01.00)
Transmission z-stack containing 32 BF images covering positions from 1.6 µm below to 1.6 µm above the focal plane were performed before and after the molecule detection
Sequential acquisition option (one frame activation with 405 nm laser and one imaging with 488/561 nm lasers
sequentially) used for molecule detection during 2500–5000 frames
The overlapping peaks option was used to detect molecules that were in close proximity
Drift correction feature in NIS-Elements was applied to image analysis and the molecule list of each colour was exported in two different text files
The results were plotted with GraphPad Prism 7.0c
Molecule list of the protein of interest and the cell outline information were subsequently combined by Vibio for further analysis
Vibio is a Matlab based software with a graphical user interface
It was confirmed to run with Matlab R2015b and R2012b versions
The code is available in supplementary information (zip)
the output of multifield data is not automatic but requires the manual integration of single-field data (which contains data from multiple cells)
Combined data were visualized with Matlab (histograms) and Wolfram Mathematica 11 (scatter density plots)
dual color PALM data were exported into two files depending on the labelling (channel)
7–10 PALM images for each construction were analysed to calculate the number of isolated and coupled molecules as well as the average distance
To examine cell size and morphology of different strains
cells were grown in the M9 minimal media as for PALM imaging and 1 µL of culture was spotted on the agarose pad
Phase contrast images were taken with a Zeiss axio observer Z1 microscope
and Evolve EM-CDD camera (Roper) and Axio vision software
Image analysis was performed with MicrobeTracker
The datasets generated during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request
Subcellular Organization: A Critical Feature of Bacterial Cell Replication
Establishing polar identity in gram-negative rods
Localisation of DivIVA by targeting to negatively curved membranes
Negative membrane curvature as a cue for subcellular localization of a bacterial protein
a bacterial protein that anchors chromosomes to the cell poles
A novel component of the division-site selection system of Bacillus subtilis and a new mode of action for the division inhibitor MinCD
A function of DivIVA in Listeria monocytogenes division site selection
Clostridial DivIVA and MinD interact in the absence of Min
DivIVA affects secretion of virulence-related autolysins in Listeria monocytogenes
Genetic Dissection of DivIVA Functions in Listeria monocytogenes
Dynamic interplay of ParA with the polarity protein
coordinates the growth with chromosome segregation in Streptomyces coelicolor
Dynamic gradients of an intermediate filament-like cytoskeleton are recruited by a polarity landmark during apical growth
Coiled-coil protein Scy is a key component of a multiprotein assembly controlling polarized growth in Streptomyces
Coordination of Chromosome Segregation and Cell Division in Staphylococcus aureus
Bacterial scaffold directs pole-specific centromere segregation
Caulobacter PopZ forms an intrinsically disordered hub in organizing bacterial cell poles
Modularity and determinants of a (bi-)polarization control system from free-living and obligate intracellular bacteria
A Localized Complex of Two Protein Oligomers Controls the Orientation of Cell Polarity
Two small GTPases act in concert with the bactofilin cytoskeleton to regulate dynamic bacterial cell polarity
Bactofilin-mediated organization of the ParABS chromosome segregation system in Myxococcus xanthus
A multidomain hub anchors the chromosome segregation and chemotactic machinery to the bacterial pole
Late assembly of the Vibrio cholerae cell division machinery postpones septation to the last 10% of the cell cycle
The role of FlhF and HubP as polar landmark proteins in Shewanella putrefaciens CN-32
Regulates Flagellar Number by Assisting in the Proper Polar Localization of FlhG in Vibrio alginolyticus
Localization and domain characterization of the SflA regulator of flagellar formation in Vibrio alginolyticus
The peptidoglycan-binding protein FimV promotes assembly of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus secretin
The Conserved Tetratricopeptide Repeat-Containing C-Terminal Domain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa FimV Is Required for Its Cyclic AMP-Dependent and -Independent Functions
A scaffold protein connects type IV pili with the Chp chemosensory system to mediate activation of virulence signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Both chemotaxis and net motility greatly influence the infectivity of Vibrio cholerae
Insights into Vibrio cholerae Intestinal Colonization from Monitoring Fluorescently Labeled Bacteria
A Periplasmic Polymer Curves Vibrio cholerae and Promotes Pathogenesis
Use of fluorescence microscopy to study intracellular signaling in bacteria
Fluorescence imaging for bacterial cell biology: from localization to dynamics
Applications of fluorescence microscopy to single bacterial cells
Genome-scale quantitative characterization of bacterial protein localization dynamics throughout the cell cycle
subpixel precision analysis of bacterial morphogenesis and intracellular spatio-temporal dynamics
Oufti: an integrated software package for high-accuracy
high-throughput quantitative microscopy analysis
analysis and lineage tracking of bacterial cells
a tool for high throughput bacterial cell detection and quantitative analysis
BactImAS: a platform for processing and analysis of bacterial time-lapse microscopy movies
Introduction to super-resolution microscopy
Self-organization of the Escherichia coli chemotaxis network imaged with super-resolution light microscopy
Single-molecule DNA repair in live bacteria
Single molecule super-resolution imaging of proteins in living Salmonella enterica using self-labelling enzymes
High throughput 3D super-resolution microscopy reveals Caulobacter crescentus in vivo Z-ring organization
SR-Tesseler: a method to segment and quantify localization-based super-resolution microscopy data
Differential Management of the Replication Terminus Regions of the Two Vibrio cholerae Chromosomes during Cell Division
The MinD membrane targeting sequence is a transplantable lipid-binding helix
A multi-layered protein network stabilizes the Escherichia coli FtsZ-ring and modulates constriction dynamics
How bacteria maintain location and number of flagella
ParP prevents dissociation of CheA from chemotactic signaling arrays and tethers them to a polar anchor
Coupling chemosensory array formation and localization
Segregation of molecules at cell division reveals native protein localization
Characterization and development of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins for single-molecule-based superresolution imaging
A practical guide to evaluating colocalization in biological microscopy
Mapping molecular assemblies with fluorescence microscopy and object-based spatial statistics
Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases
Mutation in ESBL Plasmid from Escherichia coli O104:H4 Leads Autoagglutination and Enhanced Plasmid Dissemination
Nanoscale Architecture of the Axon Initial Segment Reveals an Organized and Robust Scaffold
ThunderSTORM: a comprehensive ImageJ plug-in for PALM and STORM data analysis and super-resolution imaging
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We are grateful to Romain Le Bars and Laetitia Besse at the Imagif facility for their assistance on PALM
for technical assistance and discussion on the project
We thank Sahand Hariri for Mathematica script and Drs
Nicolas Olivier for critical reading the paper
This project was supported by IDEX “Biologie Intégrative des Génomes”
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC)
Graduate School of Structure and Dynamics of Living Systems
conceived and designed overall research project
Molecular and genetic experiments were performed by I.A
Microscopy experiments were carried out by I.A
wrote Vibio script with tight communication with I.A
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The first anthological exhibition in Spain dedicated to Fernand Léger (Argentan
considered a "modern classic" of the avant-garde
In a career spanning more than fifty years
to which he incorporated influences from other avant-garde movements
towards what has been called a "new realism"
a singular figuration with a special sense of monumentality
industrial development and the landscape and inhabitants of the modern city
The exhibition presents 101 works - 44 oil paintings and 57 drawings and gouaches - produced between 1912 and 1955
Starting with a painting with Cubist roots
the exhibition traces the artist's path towards the geometrisation
Urban landscapes - Discs in the City (1920) - and monumental figures with solid volumes - Woman with Flowers (1922) - became the main subjects of his work
which acquired dynamism towards the end of the 1930s with more sinuous lines
and the predominance of themes like dancers
the iconography of the labour and leisure of the working classes
seen in works like his series The Builders (1950) as the announcement of a happy future
became the central theme of his art during his final years