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OUR TEAM

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From left to right: Dylan, Manuela, Roman P., Rucha, Roman U., Emilie,

Richard, Zhoubo, Bikram, Nicolas, Florence, Neha, Scott.  

Our team
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Prof. Roman Ulm
Group Leader

PhD, University of Basel, Switzerland (2002)

@UNIGE since 2010

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Zhoubo Hu
Postdoc

PhD, University of Cologne, Germany (2018)

Joined the lab in 2019

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Yuanke Liang
Postdoc

PhD, University of Ghent, Belgium (2023)

Joined the lab in 2023

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Rucha Kulkarni
PhD Student

MSc, IISER Bhopal, India (2021)

Joined the lab in 2021

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Florence Ares-Orpel
Laboratory Assistant

Joined the lab in 2010

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Emilie Demarsy
Senior Lecturer

PhD, CNRS/Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France (2007)

@UNIGE since 2017

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Bikram Pandey
Postdoc

PhD, University of Vienna, Austria (2021)

Joined the lab in 2021

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Esther Cañibano
Postdoc

PhD, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain (2023)

Joined the lab in 2024

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Matteo Arrighi
PhD student

MSc, University of Milano, Italy (2022)

Joined the lab in 2022

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Richard Chappuis
Laboratory Assistant

Diplôme de Laborant, CPTA et CMU, Geneva, Switzerland

Joined the lab in 2012

Former lab members

FORMER TEAM MEMBERS

Charlotte Grometto, MSc student (2023-2024; thesis director: Emilie Demarsy); Geneva, Switzerland

Marie Dannay, PhD student (2019-2023; co-supervised with Emilie Demarsy, and Guillaume Allorent and Giovanni Finazzi, Grenoble, France); Grenoble, France

Dr. Neha Rai, Postdoc (2020-2023); Research Scientist, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Helsinki, Finland; now Valoya (Greenlux Lighting Solutions), Helsinki, Finland

Dylan De Sa Pinto, MSc student (2021-2023); Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Manuela Leonardelli, Postdoc (2018-2022); Field Application Scientist, Labgene Scientific SA, Switzerland

Celeste A. Fiorenza, M2 MSc project 6-months internship (2022, supervised by Dr. Emilie Demarsy) (MSc degree in Plant Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy & Université Grenoble Alpes, France); PhD Student, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland (Marie Barberon lab)

Roman Podolec, MSc Student & PhD Student & Postdoc (2014-2022); Postdoc, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA (Mary Gehring lab)

Scott Murphy, MSc Student (2020-2022); Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Nicolas Tissot, Postdoc (2017-2022); Responsable technique environnement, FREDON Auvergne Rhône Alpes, Lyon, France

Timothée B. Wagnon, MSc Student (2018-2020) & Research Assistant (2020/2021); Professeur de SVT au Collège et Lycée Saint-Francois, France

Dr. Marie Pireyre, Postdoc (2017-2021); Clinical application product Sr. Specialist, SOPHiA GENETICS, Geneva, Switzerland

Pierrick Métral, MSc Student (2019-2021); Research Associate, Invaio Sciences, Switzerland

Dr. Song Chen, Postdoc (2016-2020); Director R&D department, Xiamen Jiangping Biology Substrate Technology CO.,LTD, Xiamen, China

Eleni Tavridou, PhD Student & Postdoc (2014-2019); Catalyst & Consultant at LIVEsciences AG, Basel, Switzerland

Adriana B. Arongaus, PhD Student & Postdoc (2011-2018); Global Project Management Associate, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland

Dr. Kelvin Lau, Postdoc (2015-2018, co-supervised with Michael Hothorn); Scientist, Protein production and structure core facility, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland

Mariya Y. Skvortsova, PhD Student (2013-2018); Senior Scientist at REM Analytics, Lausanne, Switzerland

Dr. Ruohe Yin, Postdoc (2011-2017); Associate Professor, Department of Plant Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Melanie Binkert, MSc Student & PhD Student & Postdoc (2009-2017); Safety Data Associate, United BioSource Corporation (UBC), Geneva, Switzerland; now Regional Study Coordinator, Covance, Geneva, Switzerland

Christophe Buser, Research Assistant (2015-2016); Fasteris, Geneva, Switzerland; now PhD student, University of Geneva (Luis Lopez-Molina lab)

Dr. Carlos D. Crocco, Postdoc (2013-2016); Assistant Research Scientist, CONICET-IFEVA, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Carlos Ballaré lab)

Dr. Sarah Raffelberg, Postdoc (2013-2016); Roche Pharma AG, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany

Marie-Charlotte Benagli, MSc Student (2012-2014) & Research Assistant (2015); Regional Study Coordinator, Covance, Geneva, Switzerland; now Clinical Trial Lead, Debiopharm, Lausanne, Switzerland

Marine Barthélemy, MSc Student & Research Assistant (2012-2014); Lab Technician, Biochemistry Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland (Marcos Gonzalez-Gaitan lab)

Dr. Kimberley Tilbrook, Postdoc (2011-2014); Postdoc, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia (Craig Wood lab); now Freelance Science Editor (Plant Editors & KT Scientific Editing)

Dr. Marc Heijde, Postdoc (2008-2013); Postdoc, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium (Lieven De Veylder lab); now Scientific Advisor at VIB International Plant Biotechnology Outreach, Ghent, Belgium

Marina A. González Besteiro, PhD Student (2008-2012); Postdoc, Fundación Instituto Leloir (FIL), Buenos Aires, Argentina (Vanesa Gottifredi lab)

Luca Rizzini, PhD Student (2007-2011); Postdoc, NYU Cancer Institute, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA (Michele Pagano lab)

Markus Funk, Laboratory Assistant (2002-2010); Lab Technician, Botanical Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland (Thomas Boller lab)

Dr. Jean-Jacques Favory, Postdoc (2006-2010); Maître de Conférences, University of Perpignan, France (Jean-Marc Deragon lab)

Sebastian Bartels, PhD Student (2006-2010); Postdoc, Botanical Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland (Thomas Boller lab); now Lab Manager, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany (Robert Thimme lab)

Henriette Gruber, PhD Student (2005-2009); Coach, Coaching4Future, Bildungsnetzwerk Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Project Manager, Staatliches Weinbauinstitut Freiburg, Germany (Hanns-Heinz Kassemeyer lab); now Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Germany

Arlette Tais, Diploma Student (2008-2009); PhD Student, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany (Sabine Rospert lab)

Luise Wolf, Diploma Student (2008-2009, co-supervised with Dr. Stefan Rensing); PhD Student, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland (Erik van Nimwegen lab)

Ruth Merkle, Diploma Student (2008-2009); PhD Student, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany (Ursula Klingmüller lab)

Agnieszka Stec (-Brzezinska), PhD Student (2004-2008); Postdoc, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Germany (Marius Ader lab); now Process Developer, SimulateFirst, Dresden, Germany

Attila Oravecz, PhD Student (2002-2007); Postdoc, Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Illkirch, France (Susan Chan and Philippe Kastner lab)

Dr. Alexander Baumann, Postdoc (2002-2005); Account Manager, MP Biomedicals; now Senior Director Screening & Profiling Services, DiscoveRx, Germany

Dr. Zoltán Máté, Postdoc (2002-2003); Szeged, Hungary

Former guests:

  • Théo Vasseur, M1 internship (2022), MSc Student Biology Agroscience, University of Bordeaux, France

  • Nejma Mouzaoui, Summer Student (2017)

  • Joël Nicolet, Laboratory Assistant (2014)

  • Prof. Moez Hanin, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Tunisia (2013, SNSF International Short Visit)

  • Katarzyna Krynicka, visiting student (Socrates/Erasmus) (WS07/08)

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