Christel GENOUD PhD, Pr, MER, Head of EMF / email / +41 21 692 52 48 / office 1219
- Responsible of the facility
- CEO of the Dubochet Center for Imaging
- Adjunct Professor at EPFL, Life Science
- From 2009 to 2020, Head of Facility for Imaging and Microscopy at Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel (a Novartis Research Foundation affiliated to the University of Basel) based on volume SEM techniques.
- During the period 2016-2020, head of the FMI cryo-EM facility shared with Novartis.
- PhD at UNIL in 2006 studying the plasticity of the mouse cortex by TEM serial sections
Jean DARASPE Msc, Expert scientist, deputy head / email / +41 21 692 50 61 / office 1217
- manager of the division « cryo » of the facility
- expert in cryo-CLEM and cryo-electron tomography
- Expert in TEM, FIBSEM, tomography
- Coordination of the maintenance of all instruments, the booking system, billing system and IT infrastructure
- Master’s degree in plant sciences at the University of Paris XI in 2005
- EM expert in the group of Dr. Jean-Marc Verbavatz at the CEA in Saclay, France.
- Research scientist at EMF since 2008.
Antonio MUCCIOLO HES engineer, / email / +41 21 692 50 69 / office 1214
- Responsible for SEM, cryo-SEM, environmental SEM and EDX
- expert in classical TEM sample prep and imaging
- Safety correspondent (COSEC)
- Engineer HES (cours du soir) in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.
- EMF member since 2004.
Damien DE BELLIS MSc laboratory scientist, Plant expert / email / +41 21 692 46 68 / office 1214
- 40% affiliated to the group of N. Geldner for service in EM
- Responsible for all projects in plant science
- Expert in sample prep, imaging and image analysis for plant samples
- Training of users and workshops
- Msc in biology from the UNIL, Switzerland, in 2014
- Lab technician at EMF since 2014
- Lab scientist since 2023
Alexandra Schmitt MSc laboratory ¨technician, / email / +41 21 692 50 52/ office 1217
- Lab technician in formation
- expert in HPF and cryosubstitution
- Training of users and workshops
- Msc in biology from the UNIGE, Switzerland, in 2024
- Lab technician at EMF since 2024
Nathalie CHAVANNES Secretary / email / +41 21 692 50 50 / office 1110
- Administrative assistant of the EMF at 40% since 2011.
- Responsible of ordering, issuing the bill every month
- Responsible for HR admin in collaboration with HR dept
From April 2024, Irina Kolotueva is lab scientist in the group of the Pr. F. Langlet in DSB, UNIL