Academic Education
2010-2015 PhD Degree in Virology and Immunology Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences Department of Medical Microbiology Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2008-2010 Master Degree in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Immunology Université de Strasbourg, France
2005-2008 Bachelor Degree in Cell Biology and Physiology Université de Strasbourg, France
Research experience
Since November 2020 CNRS permanent researcher within the Interactions Virus-Insect Unit, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 2000
December 2015-October 2020 Post-doctoral researcher Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Supervisor: Dr. Louis Lambrechts Topic: Functional genomics of dengue virus transmission by Aedes mosquitoes.
December 2010-September 2015 PhD student Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Supervisor: Dr. Ronald van Rij Topic: Antiviral resistance and tolerance in Drosophila
July 2009-July 2010 2nd Master apprenticeship Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology (IBMC), Strasbourg, France Supervisors: Pr. Jules Hoffmann and Dr. Hidehiro Fukuyama Topic: Immunity against Alzheimer’s disease in Drosophila
January-June 2010 1st Master apprenticeship IBMC, Strasbourg, France Supervisor: Pr. Sylvie Fournel Topic: B-cell immune modulation with CD40-like synthetic ligands
July-August 2009 Bachelor apprenticeship IBMC, Strasbourg, France Supervisors: Pr. Jean-Marc Reichhart and Dr. Vincent Leclerc Topic: Antibacterial defense in Drosophila
Fellowships and Awards
2021 ANR JC/JC (Young Investigator) Grant
2020 Labex IBEID Springboard to Independence Grant
2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
2018 ACME Young Investigator Travel Award
2018 Best Oral Presentation Award Virology day, Institut Pasteur, Paris
2017 Pasteur-Roux Post-doctoral Fellowship Grant
2014 Radboud University internationalization travel grant for the attendance of the 55th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, USA
2013 Best Poster Award Symposium on Integrated Immunology, Pulstuk, Poland
2012 Erasmus training travel grant for attendance of Drosophila Genetics and Genomics course, Cambridge, UK
Independent Coursework and training
2019 Single-cell sequencing technologies, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
2018 Leadership training form Women in Science, CEDEP, Fontainebleau, France
2017 EMBO Laboratory Management and Leadership Course, Heidelberg, Germany
2016 RNA sequencing and transcriptomics, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
2016 Statistics in R, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
2014 Academic writing, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL
2013 The art of presenting science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL
2012 Drosophila genetics and genomics, University of Cambridge, UK
Conferences Presentations
2018 67th American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, New Orleans, USA
2017 LabEx IBEID 7th Annual Meeting, Paris, France
2014 55th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, San Diego, USA
2014 Annual Dutch Virology Symposium, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Chemistry in Biology and Medical research,Veldhoven, NL
2012 Drosophila Genetics and Genomics, Cambridge, UK
Posters
2019 CNRS J.Monod Conference “Integrated insect immunology: controlling infections” – Roscoff, France
2019 Keystone Meeting “Positive-Strand RNA Viruses”, Killarney, Ireland
2017 EMBO Meeting – Molecular and Population Biology of Mosquitoes and other Disease Vectors, Kolymbari, Greece
2015 International Meeting on Arboviruses and their Vectors, Glasgow, UK
2013 Symposium on integrated Insect Immunology, Pulstuk, Poland
Institutional responsibilities
Since 2019 Member of the project group for Women in Science at Institut Pasteur
2021 Member of the organization committee for the Gender Month at Institut Pasteur
2016-2017 Scientific manager of the BSL-3/Insectary facility at Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Science communication and public outreach
2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO ambassadress communication events: Press interviews and TV recordings for French local and national press, dissemination of science on social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
2017 Scientific “speed-dating” with high-school students from Lycée Paul Bert in Paris with the “Déclics 2017” program
2016 Supervision of 2 high-school students for a small scientific project within the “Apprentis Chercheurs” initiative at Institut Pasteur
Since 2011 Science communication to scientists and general public via Twitter (@Drosophilista, >1100 followers)
Publications
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