DrSc. Justine COLLIER, Principal investigator
Associate Professor
Vice-Director of the School of Biology
PhD, University Paris XI, France (2004)
Postdoc, Stanford University, USA (2004-2008)
Assistant Professor, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2008-2014)
Senior group leader and lecturer (MER1), University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2015-2024)
Vice-Director of the School of Biology at University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2021-now)
Associate Professor, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2024-now)
DrSc. Florian FOURNES, Senior Research Scientist
PhD, University Toulouse III, France (2016)
Florian joined the team in January 2022 to study the impact of adenine methylation on genome replication and segregation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7763-7478
Anna Puzyrko, Master student (UNIL)
BSc, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2023)
Anna joined our team in September 2024 for her Master project in the Molecular Life Sciences Master program of our University. Her project aims at understanding how DNA methylation can influence DNA replication in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. She works under the daily supervision of Florian.
DrSc. Corentin Jaboulay, Postdoctoral fellow (SNSF funded)
PhD, University Lyon I, France (2021)
Corentin joined our team in October 2024. His project aims at better understanding how the Agrobacterium tumefaciens cell cycle is regulated by epigenetic mechanisms of regulation.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5615-7371
Sheryl Cuenat, PhD student
MSc, University of Geneva, Switzerland (2024)
Sheryl joined our team in February 2025. Her project aims at studying the impact of Caulobacter RMS on horizontal gene transfers and phage protection.
Roman Ollier, MSc student (University of Namur, Belgium)
BSc, University of Namur, Belgium (2023)
Roman joined our team in February 2025 for his short MSc project. His project aims at uncovering the role of methylated cytosines on the Caulobacter genome. He works under the daily supervision of Corentin.
Nicolas Pellaton, Junior researcher (SNSF funded)
MSc (MLS), University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2022)
Nicolas joined the team in March 2025. He contributes to several projects on DNA methylation in Alphaproteobacteria.