Christina Andréa VERNANT
Vincent SAUVEPLANE
Vincent Sauveplane research interest is to decipher the rules driving gene expression in the gram-positive bacterium B. subtilis. His project will complete our knowledge of the biology of B. subtilis and will allow future rational designs of genetic circuits dedicated to biotechnological and synthetic biology applications. To summarize the project, we are interested in building […]
Anne-Gaëlle PLANSON
Anne-Gaëlle Planson’s research interests lie in the field of synthetic biology, with a particular focus on genome engineering, metabolic engineering and the engineering of synthetic consortia. Her projects involve both the construction and optimization of cellular chassis for the production of compounds of industrial and pharmaceutical interest, and the understanding of the fundamental molecular mechanisms […]
Stephen MC GOVERN
Within the SyBER team, Stephen McGovern implements methodological expertise in molecular biology, genetics, and protein biochemistry. His activities specifically involve setting up genetic engineering methods (gene insertion or deletion by lambda red recombination) in synthetic biology projects. He also conducts work aimed at characterizing, both in vivo and in vitro, the composition and functioning of […]
Ingrid ADRIAANS
I am working on in vitro reconstitution assays using biomimetic membranes and the actin homologue MreB from Bacillus subtilis. My focus will be studying the dynamics and biophysical properties of MreB on Supported Lipid Bilayers (SLBs) using TIRF microscopy.
Rut CARBALLIDO LOPEZ
Research Director at INRA, Rut heads the ProCeD team. She also animates the Systems and Synthetic Microbiology (MSS) research pillars and is Deputy-Director of the Micalis Institute. Rut received her PhD from the University of Oxford, UK, where she was instrumental in the landmark discovery that bacteria possess homologues of eukaryotic actin, namely MreB proteins, […]
Cyrille BILLAUDEAU
Our team is investigating the role of the bacterial actin cytoskeleton (MreB) in various fundamental cellular processes, including cell wall biogenesis, but also cell division, competence, viral infection, secretion, … Our research activities mainly focus on the description and understanding of molecular mechanisms and the machineries involved in these different processes to establish a complex […]
Armand LABLAINE
Bacillales spores are among the most intriguing life forms: unbelievably resistant, sticky, elusive for our macrophages and sometimes encased in an extravagant balloon-like exosporium. Spores also have an unavoidable impact on our societies. On the one hand, they are the causative agents of fatal diseases such as anthrax and are frequently responsible of food poisoning. […]
Dimitri JUILLOT
I started my post-doctoral project in 2024 and I work on Streptococcus pneumoniae and Bacillus subtilis.
Matteo GERARD
I am Mattéo Gérard, I arrived in the ProCeD team of Micalis on the 1st of December 2023. I started a thesis supervised by Rut Carballido-López, during which I will study interactions between two histidine kinases (HK) GacS and RetS involved in virulence modulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This Gram-negative bacterium is responsible for healthcare-associated infections, […]