Group Members
Yves Barral
Group Head
Postdoc Cell Biology and Genetics, Yale University, US
PhD Biology, Pierre and Marie Curie University, France
MSc Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, France
BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Pierre and Marie Curie University, France
Isabel Zwicker
Administrative Assistant
Iris Barbier
PhD Student
MSc Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Canada
BSc Biotechnology Engineering, ESBS, France
Research Topic: Molecular mechanisms of cellular memory in yeast
Théodore Bourquard
PhD Student
MSc Molecular and Biological Chemistry, EPFL, Switzerland
BSc Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland
Research Topic: Defense mechanism against foreign DNA in eukaryotic cells
Sandra Bruderer
PhD Student
MSc Cell Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
BSc Biochemistry with a year in Research, Imperial College London, UK
Research Topic: Mechanisms of Genetic Immunity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Madhurima Choudhury
PhD Student
MTech Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India
BTech Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
Research Topic: Microtubule plus-end condensates and spindle positioning in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Aliaksandr (Alex) Damenikan
PhD Student
MSc Biology (Biochemistry), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
BSc Molecular Biology, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Research Topic: Mechanisms of cellular memory in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hiro Ebina
Postdoc
PhD in Science, Waseda University, Japan
Master in Science, Waseda University, Japan
Bachelor in Science, Waseda University, Japan
Research Topic: Genome immunity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Ana-Maria Farcas
Scientific & Technological Coordinator
PhD Biochemistry, University of Oxford, U.K.
MSc Molecular Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
BSc Biology, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Research Topic: Microtubule plus-end condensates and spindle positioning in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Lina Heistinger
Postdoc
PhD Biomolecular Technology of Proteins, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria
MSc Biotechnology, BOKU Austria
BSc Food- and Biotechnology, BOKU, Austria
Research Topic: Mechanisms of hybrid formation in yeast
Jordan McCarthy
PhD Student
MSc Biology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology + Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
BA Spanish, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Research Topic: Mechanisms governing chromosome segregation in ageing and stress
Rachel Mellon
PhD Student
MSc Interdisciplinary Approaches to Life Sciences, The University of Paris, France
BSc Molecular Genetics, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Research Topic: Mechanisms of genetic immunity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Michaela Remisová
PhD Student
MSc Molecular and Cellular Biology, UHZ, Zurich, Switzerland
BSc Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Organisms, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Research Topic: Microtubule plus-end condensates and nuclear positioning during mating in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Grazia Gonella
Scientific Coordinator
PhD Materials Science, University of Genoa, Italy
MSc Physics, University of Genoa, Italy