Maëlle Bellec

This study uses real-time single-molecule imaging in zebrafish embryos to reveal non-canonical translation mechanisms of bmp2b mRNA.

This study shows zebrafish germ granules act as RNA and protein reservoirs, not sites of localized translation, and are important for germline development and fertility.

The paper improves fluorescent tools for live imaging of translation in Drosophila embryos and mammalian cells, introducing new methods like ALFA-array and MCP-tdStaygold.

This study shows that the transcription factor GAF acts as a stable mitotic bookmark during zygotic genome activation in Drosophila embryos, enabling rapid transcriptional activation after mitosis.

The paper uses Suntag to image mRNA translation in Drosophila embryos, revealing spatial heterogeneity and translation factories.

The paper uses Hi-M to study cis-regulatory loops in Drosophila development, showing they form before TADs and gene activation, and are independent of cell fate.