After undergraduate studies at University of Belgrade in Serbia, Aleksandar obtained a PhD from the National University of Singapore under mentorship of Snezhana Oliferenko. He then moved to Sophie Martin’s group where he discovered how fungal zygotes prevent re-fertilization. Currently he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and continues to study the mechanisms of zygotic specification and development.
✆ +41 21 692 41 40
@ aleksandar.vjestica[at]unil.ch
Clàudia obtained a bachelor diploma in Biotechnology at URV, Tarragona and a master’s degree in Biomedical Research from UPF, Barcelona. She joined Elena Hidalgo and José Ayté’s groups for her doctoral studies, where she focused on the role of MAP kinases in regulating transcription and cell polarity upon stress in fission yeast. Currently, as a post-doctoral researcher, she is interested in the molecular mechanisms driving zygotic fate in fission yeast, with a particular interest in RNA-binding proteins and membrane-less organelles.
✆ +41 21 692 39 88
@ claudia.salatcanela[at]unil.ch
Celso Martins received his bachelor and master degrees in Biology and Microbiology at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He then obtained a PhD in Cristina Silva Pereira’s lab at ITQB NOVA studying the impacts pollutants exert on fungal communities. Celso joined the lab to study how re‑fertilization blocks affect the adaptive fitness in fungi.
✆ +41 21 692 3987
@ celso.martins[at]unil.ch
Following his B.Sc in Microbiology at Adekunle Ajasin University in Nigeria, Ayo obtained his Masters at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His initial work focused on functional and molecular characterisation of the adenosine nucleotide transporters in budding yeast. Ayo then became CBMnet fellow and worked on developing yeast strains to metabolise distillery waste. He joined the Vjestica’s group to study how molecular signaling drives zygotic specification in fission yeast.
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@ ayokunleoluwaseun.araoyinbo[at]unil.ch
My name is Marina Ota and I work in the Prof. Jolanda van Leeuwen’s lab as a lab technician.
I did my bachelor and master in biology in University of Geneva. I did my master’s thesis in Jean-Claude Martinou’s lab. I worked on finding the mitochondrial alanine carrier using a yeast screen and I also work with cell culture to observe the potential role of the malate-aspartate shuttle in cancer cell’s metabolism.
Nice to meet you!
✆ +41 21 692 3988
@ marina.ota[at]unil.ch
Anđela Brančić Tričković received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Molecular Biology and Physiology at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. Her master thesis characterized prostate cancer cell lines through bioinformatics analysis of genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenomic data. Anđela joined the Vještica lab to study how fertilization triggers zygote-specific transcription.
✆ +41 21 692 39 87
@ andela.brancictrickovic[at]unil.ch
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@ fawzi.ajami[at]unil.ch
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@ guillem.murcianojulia[at]unil.ch