Metchnikoff Class (2015-2018)

Ph.D. 
Student

Undergraduate
studies

Laboratory

Thesis
Advisor

Lab Head

Doctoral School

Ph.D.
project

Jian
BAI

Zhejiang University,
China

Membrane Traffic
and Cell Division

Arnaud
Echard

Arnaud Echard

CdV

Identification
of novel genes
regulating
abscission
in animal
cell division

Bianca
BALBINO

University of São Paulo, Brazil

Antibodies in Therapy and Pathology

Laurent
Reber

Pierre Bruhns

PPT

Mechanisms
of food allergy
and oral
immunotherapy

Alexander
BELYY

Lomonosov MSU, Moscow, Russia

Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions

Undine
Mechold

Daniel Ladant

BioSPC

ExoY, a nucleotidyl cyclase toxin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Maria Lucia CARRAU
EGUÍA

University of the Republic (UdelaR), Montevideo, Uruguay

Viral Populations and Pathogenesis

Marco
Vignuzzi

Marco Vignuzzi

BioSPC

Genetic robustness
and RNA virus
evolution

Thalia
GARCIA

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, México

HIV, inflammation and persistence

Michaela
Müller-
Trutwin/

Béatrice Jacquelin

Michaela Müller-Trutwin

BioSPC

Contribution of inflammasome of monocytes/
macrophages to the induction of generalized inflammation during SIV
infection

Anand
KUMAR

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Transport

Nicolas
Reyes

Nicolas Reyes

BioSPC

Molecular bases of B-lymphocyte antigen CD20 function and pharmacology

Rostyslav MAKARENKO

Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Kiev, Ukraine

Genome Dynamic

Benoît Arcangioli/
Serge Gangloff

Benoît Arcangioli

CdV

Genetic stability during quiescence

Marta
MANSOS LOURENÇO

Universidade
de Lisboa (FCUL),
Portugal

Molecular Biology of Gene in Extremophiles

Laurent Debarbieux

Patrick Forterre

CdV

Role of virulent bacteriophages
on gut bacterial populations

Wei
OUYANG

Nanchang Hangkong University, China

Imaging and Modeling

Christophe Zimmer

Christophe Zimmer

FdV

Sparse reconstruction methods for
live cell super-resolution localization microscopy

Lucas
ROBINSON

University of Regina, Canada

Nuclear Organisation and Oncogenesis

Oliver Bischof

Anne Dejean

BioSPC

Role of Pioneer Transcription
Factor NF-YA
in Cell Fate Decisions

Ignacio SANTECCHIA

Universidad Nacional
de Rosario,
Santa Fe,
Argentina

Biology and Genetics of the Bacterial Cell Wall

Catherine Werts

Ivo Gomperts Boneca

BioSPC

Study of escape
of immune responses by Leptospira interrogans and consequences
of chronic renal colonization
in mice

Matteo
TASSINARI

University of Bologna, Italy

Structural microbiology

Francesca Gubellini

Pedro Alzari

CdV

Structural characterisation
of Type VII secretion systems involved in mycobacterial invasion

PPU – CNBG

Ph.D. 
Student

Undergraduate
studies

Laboratory

Thesis
Advisor

Lab Head

Doctoral School

Ph.D.
project

Xiongxiong
LI

Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products,
China

Molecular Retrovirology

Jean-Pierre Vartanian

Simon Wain-Hobson

CdV

Microbat and elephant APOBEC3A cytidine deaminases induce

double-strand DNA breaks and nuclear DNA hypermutation

Junjie
YANG

Lanzhou Institute of Biological Products,
China

Lymphopoiesis

Ana  Cumano

Ana Cumano

BioSPC

1. Role of the imprinted gene network in fetal hematopoiesis

2. Impact of temporally-restricted waves
of developing thymocytes in the establishment of thymic epithelium microenvironments.