Hi everyone! I’m Juliette, a new PhD student in the Larsch group. 

I recently completed my master’s degree in neuroscience in Paris. If my face seems familiar to you, it’s because I did my master’s internship half a year ago in the same group. I was working on neural activity variability between zebrafish in a social context. Can we find an area, a circuit, a population of neurons that is more active when fish are more social? That was my main interest. I didn’t find the answer, so here I am, starting my PhD with the same question in mind. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to keep working on a subject that I love with an amazing research model and team.

I’m excited to get to know all of you! See you around wine and cheese. (beer and pizza work as well)

Hello! My name is Guillem Murciano Julià and I am joining Aleksandar Vjestica’s lab as a postdoc.

I come from Vidreres (a small town in Catalunya next to Lloret de Mar). I obtained my Bachelor degree in Human Biology at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona. Afterwards I did a Master in Multidisciplinary Research at the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (UPF-BSIT) where I worked with embryonic kidney development using kidney organoids as a working model. Then, I went back to UPF to obtain my PhD, where I worked with Schizosaccharomyces pombe to study cell cycle and meiosis regulation under the supervision of Prof. José Ayté. There I studied the cell cycle regulation of the MBF complex (E2F in mammals), I developed a cell cycle reporter strain to monitor cell cycle progression in unperturbed conditions and I performed several omics experiments to gather data for a better understanding of meiosis progression. Afterwards, I decided to join Aleksandar Vjestica’s lab to enhance my knowledge in meiosis regulation, as well as moving into the study of protein-mRNA interaction and improve my microscopy acquisition and analysis skills.

Outside the lab, I like enjoying a good meal/beer/wine, reading fantasy and sci-fi and playing videogames. I am very excited to begin this new stage and see you around!

Hello! 

My name is Burhan, and I am very happy to start my PhD studies in Christian Fankhauser’s team ! 

Previously, I did my bachelor’s in molecular biology and genetics at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, where I come from. Then, I completed my master studies in the lab of Luis Lopez-Molina in the University of Geneva, studying the seed coat anatomy in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Here, I will continue to work on Arabidopsis, focusing on the regulation of air channel formation in their hypocotyl. 

I also like cooking, playing basketball, and birdwatching. 

I am looking forward to meeting you all!