Group Members

Liz Hoss Gschwend
Administrative Assistant

Isabel Zwicker
Administrative Assistant

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

Luis de Sousa
Apprentice

Research Topic: Microtubule plus-end condensates and nuclear positioning during mating 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

Wei-Han Lin

Visiting PhD  Student (11.2024-04.2025)

Currently PhD student in Microbial Genomics at National Chung Hsing University, TW

Research Topic: mechanisms of rejuvenation in yeast, with focus on the mechanisms of lateral diffusion barrier assembly at the mother-bud neck

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: Mechanism(s) of recognition and mitigation of non-self DNA in budding yeast

Mihailo Mirkovic
Postdoc

PhD Cell Biology, Istituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Portugal
MSc Molecular Biology & Physiology, University of Belgrade, Serbia
BSc Molecular Biology & Physioliology, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Research Topic: Mechanisms governing chromosome segregation in ageing and stress

Tom Peskett
Postdoc

PhD Structural Cell Biology, University of London, UK
MRes Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University College London, UK
MChem Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK

Research Topic: Adaptive protein condensates and their role in ageing

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