Pasteur Institute team

We have the great honor to be the first iGEM team formed by the Pasteur Institute. Our team brings together about twenty Bachelor and Master students trained in fields varying from biology and chemistry to mathematics, journalism and political science. We combine our skills and expertise, exchange ideas and inspiration. A dozen of researchers supervise us; they are staff scientists, post-docs, PhD students and technicians from the Insitute, experts in various fields of research.

Advisor & instructor :

• Floriane Cherrier :

Hi, I create a new team in France. I'm a technician at Institut Pasteur in Parasitologie. Indeed I work on mosquitos who are responsable for the malaria.

• Deshmukh Gopaul :

Accompanying the Pasteur iGEM team as principal contact, and in charge of Undergraduate Studies at Institut Pasteur, I also head a group studying DNA site specific recombination by Structural Biology methods. Adaptation to the environment through genome evolution is one of my major interests.

Instructors :

• Alexander Arkhipenko :

I am third year PhD student studying Prion Protein traffic in polarized cells. I am in love with the beauty of biological systems.

• Johann Beghain :

Bioinformatics is in the place! I am an bioinformatician engineer at Pasteur Institute, working on malaria resistance.

• Jérémy Brunet :

I am a technician at the Pasteur Institute in virology and vaccinology. I am fascinated by all aspects of biology.

• Laure Coutos-Thénevot :
• Mélanie Criqui :

I am a second year master student in cancerology at Paris-Sud University and I was a member of the iGEM Paris-Saclay team last year.

• Claudia Demarta-Gatsi :

I am a third year Phd student working on malaria immunology, a field that I love! I like to find out how our body works and the idea that with science we can help people to live better!

• Muriel Gugger :

Head of the Collection of Cyanobacteria at the Institut Pasteur, Cyanobacteriologist trained during the last 15 years, and enjoying omics to decipher the puzzle of their natural products.

• Caroline Lambert :

I am a second year Phd student working on the immunological control of retroviruses in Human, and I am so excited to participate to the IGEM adventure!!

• Eric Legrand :

I am a researcher working on malaria drug resistance at Pasteur Institute.

Students :

• Mathilde Ananos :

I am a 19-years-old student in Biology, History and Philosophy of Sciences at UPMC. I like discovering new sciences and cultures. I am very happy to be a member of the iGEM Pasteur team and I hope that our Project will please you!

• Valentin Bailly :

Hi I'm Valentin Bailly, I'm 20. I study Chemistry and History of Science in Paris 6. I dream working with much of people coming from different kind of studies on a same technical project from the beginning to the end.

• Jules Caput :

Hey, I'm Jules Caput, I'm 20 years old and I'm currently studying Biology and Chemistry at UPMC university in Paris. I'm very curious and passionate about things that are complicated to understand. I've never done iGEM before, so I hope that it'll be a lot of fun!

• Alma Chapet--Batlle :

Hi, I'm Alma and I am 20. I am a second year bachelor student with a double major in Chemistry and Biology. I love learning and understanding the way the world works.

• Maxime Entremont :

Hi, I'm Maxime Entremont. I study biology and life ingenineering at UPMC. I like to learn how biology/life works and I would like to learn more about it, that's why I'm doing the iGEM competition.

• Mathieu Hubert :

Hello! I'm Mathieu Hubert and I'm 22. I study biology at University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris and I'm passionated by science. Precisely, I love virology. Finally, I'm a competitor, that's why I participate in international iGEM competition and I'm fine to create a new scientific project of synthetic biology with the Pasteur's team. See you later!

• Lucas Krauss :

Hello people!!! My name is Lucas Krauss. I am currently studying Life Sciences at University Pierre and Marie Curie. I am eager to learn new things every day and like to be challenged.

• Hayatte Mir :

Hi there! My name is Hayatte-Dounia Mir. This year I am part of iGEM Pasteur team, the parisian team! I study Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences at Pierre et Marie Curie University. I am fascinated by the complexity of the human brain and its deregulations. I would like to pursue with a phD in cellular or cognitive Neurosciences. I love travel and discover other cultures, other countries, other ways to think and share. See you soon!

• Florence Moesh :

Hi! My name is Florence. I'm currently studying biology at Pierre & Marie Curie University, and social sciences at the Paris Institute of Political sciences. I'm really interested in the major scientic issues, that's why I like the idea of working on a project with other students to find new ways of thinking and bring up innovative solutions.

• Thomas Neff :

Hello! My name is Thomas Neff and I'm 21 years old. I'm a student at UPMC. I like all sciences but I prefere Biology. I would like to do a master, but for instance, I want success our iGEM Project!

• Kévin Plouchart :

Hey! My name is Kévin Plouchart, I am 21 years old and I study at University Pierre and Marie Curie. I want to discover, understand all parts of biotechnologies and nanotechnologies.

• Sertac Tas :

Sertac TAS, 20 years old. I am Bachelor of chemistry and biology at University Pierre and Marie Curie. I wanna ameliorate the world with Science!!!

• Amélie Vandendaële :

Hi, I am an 2nd year bachelor with a double major in chemistry and biology at UPMC. I want to discover the mysteries of Science and I'm really excited about doing the iGEM competition.

• Pierre Vilela :

Hey guys! I'm Pierre Vilela, I'm currently studing at University Pierre and Marie Curie. I am 20 years old and I am in love with biochemistry and biotechnology.