Michaël Wiederkehr
Michaël obtained his Bachelor in Biotechnology from HES-SO Valais in Sion, Switzerland. Since 2011 he has worked in different groups in the CIG. He joined our lab in October 2019.
Athena Sklias
Athena obtained a bachelor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Strasbourg followed by a Master in Plant Production Management with a specialisation in Environmental Toxicology during which she studied the effect of pesticides on cell models and honeybees. To broaden her knowledge in bioinformatics, she obtained a Master’s degree in high-throughput technologies. She pursued into a PhD to study the estrogenic regulation in breast cancer at an epigenome-wide level in the group of Epigenetics at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) in Lyon, France. She joined our lab in January 2020 to explore the role of RNA modifications upon environmental changes and the regulation of non-coding RNAs.
Guillaume Lavergne
Guillaume obtained his Master in Genetics and Physiology at the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France in 2013. He then performed his PhD thesis in the Jagla lab at the GReD Institute in Clermont-Ferrand, where he studied muscle stem cell biology during Drosophila embryogenesis at the interface between stem cell biology, neurogenesis and myogenesis. Guillaume joined our group in January 2021 to elucidate the mechanisms underlying m6A regulation in Drosophila.
Carlos Martinez Gamero
Carlos obtained his Bachelor in Biology at the University of Alcala de Henares, Spain 2017. In 2018, he started the Molecular Biology Master’s Program in Umea, Sweden, and obtained his degree in 2020. During his internship, he focused on elucidating the function of some epigenetics factors, including the chromatin remodeler LSD1 using mouse embryonic stem cells. He also studied RNA modifiers, such as the m6A writer METTL5 and ZFP207, responsible for promoting alternative splicing in mRNAs. Carlos started his PhD in 2021 funded by a Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowship. His work focuses on the impact of RNA methyltransferases in the nervous system.
Maria Guillen Angel
Hello everyone! :) I'm Maria, I was born and raised in Sevilla (Spain) where I did my bachelor's in Biotechnology. During my bachelor's, I did an Erasmus in Paris. I moved next to Barcelona to do my master's. For my master's thesis, I studied the influence of double-stranded RNA on mutation outcome in C. elegans in Dr. B. Lehner's group (CRG). I also had the chance to do a minor project in CRG, in Dr. E. Novoa's group where I study the epitranscriptomics of Xist. Since I am really interested in RNA biology, I decided to apply for the predoc fellowship of NCCR. I'm starting my two first rotations here in UNIL at Roignant's and Gatfield's groups to study the role of dihydrouridine synthase in D. melanogaster as well as its effects on circadian rhythmicity.
In my free time, I like hiking, swimming, playing volleyball, and going to art events.
See you around! :)
Vishwaja Jhaveri
Vishwaja obtained her Bachelor and Master degrees in Cell and Molecular Biology from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in India in 2018. She carried out her master’s thesis in Dr. Ravi Muddashetty’s group at the Institute of Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore, where she investigated the mechanism of miRISC mediated translation repression in rodent neurons. Vishwaja continued as a Research Fellow with Dr. Muddashetty, working on neurodegeneration and neuronal activity mediated regulation of protein synthesis using human stem cells and rodent primary cell models, before joining our group in November 2020. She now wishes to understand the impact of RNA modifications on neurodegenerative diseases using Drosophila as model organism.