Jura, Switzerland
Research Scientist in Biology Better understanding and sharing scientific information Enjoy working in a team environment, developing collaborations and supporting scientists, public, customers Teacher for university students
We are exploring the plant root microbiome to find new solutions to promote plant fitness (growth and disease resistance) using the model Arabidopsis.
I am teaching foreigners and Swiss adults for French language. My interest is to provide help for the social integration of these people and get a teaching experience with another public of students than Uni students.
I am interested in the role of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by biocontrol bacterial agents in the plant disease resistance against the late blight pathogen Phytophthora: we found one which protects effectively several plant species against several serious pathogens.
• Plant innate immunity: Understanding how cells can recognize microbes using microbial patterns (PAMPs) to signal plant defense. Identification of novel receptors and co-receptor and the molecular mechanisms controlling their activity. • Experience in both independent and collaborative research including experience writing and reviewing publications and Swiss National Foundation grant applications, and similar experience in scientific communication. • Over 6 year- experience leading a team of graduate and postgraduate research scientists. • Over 10 year- experience in teaching graduate students.
Postdoctoral fellow at the Botanical Institute at the University of Basel, Switzerland, in the group of Pr. Thomas Boller, on the topic of the regulatory mechanisms of receptor kinases (pattern recognition receptors) involved in microbe recognition in plants.