Penaeidins are members of a new family of antimicrobial peptides isolated from a crustacean,
which present both Gram-positive antibacterial and antifungal activities. We have studied …

Since the preindustrial era, the average surface ocean pH has declined by 0.1 pH units and
is predicted to decline by an additional 0.3 units by the year 2100. Although subtle, this …

In order to explore the conservation/divergence of transcriptional regulation in the
platyhelminth parasite Schistosoma mansoni, we are studying the structures and functions of …

Disease emergence is accelerating with global changes. Understanding by which mechanisms
host populations can rapidly adapt will be crucial for management practices. Pacific …

Innate immunity is an ancient form of host defence that is activated rapidly to enable, through
a multiplicity of effector mechanisms, defence against a broad spectrum of microbial threats…

Background The interaction of organisms with their surrounding microbial communities
influences many biological processes, a notable example of which is the shaping of the immune …

Since the mid 1970s, cancer has been described as a process of Darwinian evolution, with
somatic cellular selection and evolution being the fundamental processes leading to …

Invertebrates were long thought to possess only a simple, effective and hence non-adaptive
defence system against microbial and parasitic attacks. However, recent studies have …

The co-evolution between hosts and parasites involves huge reciprocal selective pressures
on both protagonists. However, relatively few reports have evaluated the impact of these …

The Dmrt (Double sex/Male-abnormal-3 Related Transcription factor) genes have been
intensively studied because they represent major transcription factors in the pathways governing …