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Interested postdoctoral candidates with a strong CV, who are willing to apply for funding, are welcome to contact Marlen Knobloch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marlen Knobloch, Associate Professor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marlen Knobloch has obtained her PhD at the University of Zurich in the Group of Prof. Nitsch, where she developed and characterized a novel mouse model for Alzheimer\u2019s disease. During her PhD, she furthermore contributed to an innovative immunization approach against Alzheimer\u2019s disease, which has been further developped by Neurimmune\/Biogen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Knobloch moved on to do her postdoc in the Group of Prof. Jessberger at the University of Zurich, where she has been studying the metabolic requirements of adult neural stem cells. Her work has uncovered important novel mechanisms how lipid metabolism controls neural stem cell activity. She has further been a guest postdoc at EPFL in the Group of Prof. Luetolf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, Dr. Knobloch has obtained an assistant professorship in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Lausanne where she has established the Laboratory of Stem Cell Metabolism. She has been promoted to Associate professor on the first of March 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Vanille Maillard, Laboratory technician<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vanille joined the Departement of Biomedical Sciences in 2017. During the two years of her apprenticeship, she were trained by the group of Marie-Gabrielle Zurich, Christian Widmann and the Platform of Metabolomics. Currenty, she is the lab technician working for both Marlen Knobloch\u2019s lab and Marie-Gabrielle Zurich\u2019s lab. She is involving in cell cultures of iPSCs, NPCs, human 3D brain culture, human brain organoid culture, in enzymatic activity analyses, real-time RT-PCR, immunostaining, immunoblotting and in metabolic profiling using Seahorse technology. She manages the lab and is involved in numerous projects with all group members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Francesco Petrelli, PhD, Research Associate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Francesco obtained his Master- and PhD degree in Italy at University of Calabria, studying the roles of glial cells in neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. Afterwards, he moved as a Post-Doc in Paola Bezzi\u2019s Lab at the University of Lausanne, where he studied the role of astrocytes in the modulation of dopamine levels during postnatal cortex development. Thereafter, he joined the lab of Jean-Claude Martinou at the University of Geneva, as a Research Associate, where he is investigating, in collaboration with Marlen Knobloch\u2019s lab, the effect of Mitochondria Pyruvate Carrier 1 deletion on astrocytes and neural stem cells. Francesco has joined Marlen Knobloch\u2019s lab as a Research Associate in April 2020 and is currently working on lipid metabolism of glial cells in physiological and pathological conditions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Carlotta Gilardi, PhD, postdoctoral fellow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carlotta obtained her master\u2019s degree in Neuroscience at the University of Trieste. During her master\u2019s thesis at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, in Wieland Huttner\u2019s lab (with Dr. Nereo Kalebic), she explored the functional role of human-specific genes and the morphology of neural stem cells on neocortex development in mouse, ferret, and human. Afterwards, she joined Prof. Gerhard Schratt at ETH Zurich as a PhD student to investigate the role of microRNAs in the onset and progression of mood disorders. Carlotta joined the lab in August 2024 to investigate lipid metabolism in the developing human brain in physiological and pathological settings.  
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Marie Igelb\u00fcscher, PhD-student<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Marie obtained her Bachelor in Applied Biology and her Master in Molecular Biology and Bio-technology at the University of Bonn. During her master thesis project in Volker Busskamp\u2019s Lab she worked on establishing a transcription factor driven differentiation protocol to obtain microglia from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). She joined Marlen Knobloch\u2019s group in September 2022 as a PhD student to investigate lipid droplet (LD) dynamics and function in the developing mouse and human brain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Diana Panfilova, PhD-student<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Diana obtained her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Biochemistry at the University of Halle-Wittenberg and her Master\u2019s degree in Molecular Life Sciences at the University of Jena. During her master\u2019s thesis in Alessandro Ori\u2019s lab, she studied the impact of the proteasome inhibition on the ubiquitin profile of iPSC-derived human neurons (iNeurons) using liquid chromatography linked mass spectrometry (LC-MS). Diana joined Marlen Knobloch\u2019s lab in November 2022 as a PhD student and is currently investigating the role of LDs in cellular identity.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Alicia Rey, PhD-student<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alicia obtained her Bachelor in Biology and her Master\u2019s degree in Medical Biology at the University of Lausanne. She joined Marlen Knobloch\u2019s lab in April 2022 to complete her Master\u2019s thesis on the role of astrocytic fatty acid beta-oxidation (FAO) in postnatal brain development and in Alzheimer\u00b4s disease. She remained in the lab as a research Intern where she was involved in optimizing lipid droplet staining techniques for five months. In December 2023, she returned to the lab as a PhD student to study the role of brain lipid droplets in ageing and disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ece Trak, Laboratory technician<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ece completed her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics at Istanbul Technical University, followed by a Master\u2019s degree in Neuroscience at the University of Geneva. During her Master\u2019s thesis in Olivier Baud’s lab, she focused on the role of oxytocin on reactive microglia in a mouse model of pediatric traumatic brain injury. Ece joined Marlen Knobloch\u2019s lab in August 2024 as a Lab Technician and is currently working on the project investigating the role of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier in Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jocelyn Fleurimont, Laboratory technician apprentice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jocelyn is a third\u2011year apprentice laboratory technician. So far, he has worked in two different groups of the DSB at UNIL, under Marie\u2011Gabrielle\u202fZurich and Francesca\u202fAmati and has been trained in a variety of techniques. Previously, he graduated from high school with a focus in Biology and Chemistry. During that time, he also worked for several years in a pharmacy laboratory, which inspired him to pursue an apprenticeship as a laboratory technician in biology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Livia di Martina, Laboratory technician apprentice and laboratory technician 2024-2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fo’Aad Yassin Hussein, Master student 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Yoshihito Hayashi, visiting scientist 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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