Technician
After earning a two-year technological degree and a master’s degree in biology, I developed a deep interest in plants and their quirky ways of adapting to their environment. This curiosity led me to the Umeå Plant Science Centre in Sweden, where I worked in Professor Stephanie Robert’s group to validate pavement cell-related genes in Arabidopsis thaliana using confocal microscopy. In 2022, my adventures took me to Cambodia, where I joined the BRIO team from the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development. Our mission was to study the links between the microbiome and rice (Oryza sativa) resistance to parasitism, particularly by the mischievous nematode Meloidogyne graminicola. After a year in the rice fields and labs (and surviving a few A/C breakdowns), I found myself missing cheese—especially a good raclette in winter! In June 2024, I joined Professor Macarena Marín’s lab as a lab technician. Intrigued by plant-microorganism interactions, I dived into the amazing world of nitrogen-fixing bacteria and legumes, discovering it to be far more complex and fascinating than I expected.
As a hiking lover, skiing enthusiast, and climbing aficionado, Switzerland is the perfect place for me to blossom—like a Lotus japonicus flower with a little help from Mesorhizobium loti.