
Florence Ares-Orpel
Laboratory Assistant
Joined the lab in 2010
Renato Manhente
MSc student
BSc, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2024)
Joined the lab in 2025
FORMER TEAM MEMBERS
Dr. Bikram Pandey, Postdoc (2021-2025); Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Yuanke Liang, Postdoc (2023-2025); Postdoc, Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam-Golm, Germany (Caroline Gutjahr lab)
Charlotte Grometto, MSc student (2023-2024; thesis director: Emilie Demarsy); CropXR Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Marie Dannay, PhD student (2019-2023; co-supervised with Emilie Demarsy, and Guillaume Allorent and Giovanni Finazzi, Grenoble, France); Postdoc, University of Edinburgh, UK (Attila Molnar lab)
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); Enseignant, Collège des Coudriers, 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); Enseignant, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr. Nicolas Tissot, Postdoc (2017-2022); Responsable technique environnement, FREDON Auvergne Rhône Alpes, Lyon, France; now Responsable Scientifique Jardin Botanique de 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; now Director of Product, Oncology, SeqOne
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; now Senior Specialist - Medical Affairs Operations, Incyte, Switzerland
Adriana B. Arongaus, PhD Student & Postdoc (2011-2018); Global Project Management Associate, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland; now Clinical Business Analyst, Incyte, 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 Senior Study Design Lead, Labcorp, 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); now Research Associate, CONICET-IFEVA, University of Buenos Aires, and Founder and CSO at BEAM CropTech, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Sarah Raffelberg, Postdoc (2013-2016); Roche Pharma AG, Germany; now Customer Partnering Lead, Roche Pharma AG
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), now Responsable Cours Interentreprises, Unité de Formation des Apprentis (UFA), University of Geneva
Dr. Kimberley Tilbrook, Postdoc (2011-2014); Postdoc, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia (Craig Wood lab); now Freelance Science Editor (Plant Editors & KT Scientific Editing) and Technical Manager, Eco Growth International, Queensland, Australia
Dr. Marc Heijde, Postdoc (2008-2013); Postdoc, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium (Lieven De Veylder lab); now Program Manager at VIB International Plant Biotechnology Outreach and Assistant Professor at Ghent University, 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); now People Lead, pRED Data & Analytics, Roche
Ruth Merkle, Diploma Student (2008-2009); PhD Student, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany (Ursula Klingmüller lab); now Divisional Strategy Implementation Lead, Roche Diagnostics
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:
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Théo Vasseur, M1 internship (2022), MSc Student Biology Agroscience, University of Bordeaux, France
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Nejma Mouzaoui, Summer Student (2017)
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Joël Nicolet, Laboratory Assistant (2014)
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Prof. Moez Hanin, Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Tunisia (2013, SNSF International Short Visit)
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Katarzyna Krynicka, visiting student (Socrates/Erasmus) (WS07/08)











