The winners of the 4th iGE3 PhD salary awards
Affiliation
Mirko Trajkovski Group – Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine
Nationality
France
Academic degrees
- Magistère of Biotechnologies, Université Paris Sud UFR des Sciences d’Orsay, France, 2009
- Master of Science in Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnologies, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France, 2009
- Diploma in Biology, Université Paris Sud UFR des Sciences d’Orsay, France, 2007
Date of thesis defense
September 28, 2018
Title of thesis
Physiological adaptations to ambient temperature variations through the gut microbiota
I am very grateful and honoured to be one of the recipients of the 2016 IGE3 PhD salary award. I would like to thank the committee for their interest in my project and my thesis director Prof. Mirko Trajkovski for giving me the opportunity to work on it. My gratitude also goes to all my lab members and collaborators for their help and support, with a special thanks to Dr. Ozren Stojanovic. This award will help me to keep on pursuing my research on the importance of the gut microbiota.
Affiliation
Florian Steiner Group – Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science
Nationality
Poland
Academic degrees
- Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Poland, 2015
- Visiting Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Chicago, USA, 2014
- Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Poland, 2012
Date of thesis defense
May 13, 2020
Title of thesis
Functional analysis of the histone variant H3.3 in development and disease
I am extremely honored and grateful that the iGE3 Committee has selected me for a PhD Salary Award. I’d like to thank Professor Florian Steiner for his help and enthusiasm as we developed the project, and everyone in the Steiner lab for being great colleagues that inspire me every day. Receiving this award is extremely motivating and I will work hard to translate my research into meaningful results.
Affiliation
Denis Jabaudon Group – Department of Basic Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine
Nationality
Germany
Academic degrees
- Master of Science in Biomedicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany, 2013
Date of thesis defense
April 8, 2019
Title of thesis
Plasticity in neurogenic competence of cortical progenitors in the developing mouse neocortex
I am very grateful for being selected for the iGE3 PhD salary award 2016. I think that the PhD salary awards help and encourage PhD students a lot to pursue their research projects and I am honoured to be part of this program. I would also like to thank my supervisor and all the members of the Jabaudon Lab for their support.
Affiliation
Brigitte Galliot Group - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science
Nationality
Serbia
Academic degrees
- Master of Science in Biochemistry, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, 2014
- Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, 2012
Date of thesis defense
June 27, 2019
Title of thesis
Hydra, a model for studying the role of injury-induced ROS signalling during regeneration and monitoring the autophagy flux in live animals
It is an honour to be a recipient of iGE3 PhD salary award. Genetic tools are essential to unravel and understand the basic mechanism of wound healing and regeneration, and thanks to the support of iGE3 organisation, quality of my research will be even further improved.
