Justine COLLIER, Principal investigator
Associate Professor
Vice-Director of the School of Biology
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4213-9687
PhD, University Paris-Saclay, 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)
Corentin Jaboulay, Postdoctoral researcher
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5615-7371
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.
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.
Nicolas Pellaton, Junior researcher (SNSF funded)
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2691-3294
MSc (MLS), University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2022)
Nicolas joined the team in March 2025. He contributes to several projects on DNA methylation in Alphaproteobacteria.
Jennifer Kaiser, Master student (MLS)
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6824-0899
BSc, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2024)
Jennifer joined our team in September 2025 for her Master project in the Molecular Life Sciences Master program of our University. Her project aims at understanding how the GcrA epigenetic regulator can influence gene expression and cell cycle progression in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. She works under the daily supervision of Corentin.
Amélie Besombes, Postdoctoral researcher
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6876-3475
PhD, University Paris-Saclay, France (2025)
Amélie joined our team in February 2026. Her project focuses on the replication of the complex genome of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Lou Roud, Master student (MLS)
BSc, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2025)
Lou joined our team in February 2026 for her First step Master project as part of the Molecular Life Sciences Master program of our University. She dissects the function of an original defense island in Caulobacter crescentus. She works under the daily supervision of Sheryl.