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Children

Cadherin is looking for a friend. Story of a protein

by Dr Olga Markova

Available for free as:

Collection : Curious Minds

Age: from 3 years old
Pagination: 32 pages
Size: 210 x 210 mm
Binding: Hardback
Language: French
Publication: December 2018
Price: 8,90 € (book available from the Actine association)
ISBN: 978-2-914686-90-7

Cadherin is a small protein waking up one day and feeling terribly alone near her house named “Golgi”. She refused much longer her loneliness and start a journey across this universe called “Cell”, looking for a friend…

About the author-illustrator

Biophysicist at École Polytechnique, Olga Markova works at the interface between physics and biology, on the functioning of the cell. She also graduated from the Kiev School of Art and exhibits her paintings in France and Ukraine.

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