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We are pleased to welcome Pr Arnaud Didierlaurent as a new faculty member of the iGE3.

Arnaud Didierlaurent is an assistant professor at the Department of Pathology and Immunology and the Center of Vaccinology of the Faculty of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding the role of innate immunity in vaccine response. He is also interested in exploring the mechanism of action of various vaccines technologies in animal models, and is involved in clinical research studies on respiratory viral infections through an affiliation to the Center for Emerging Viral Diseases of the HUG.

We are pleased to welcome Pr Georg Ehret as a new faculty member of the iGE3.

Georg Ehret is an assistant professor at the Department of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine, and an assistant physician at the Cardiology Division of the Geneva University Hospitals. His laboratory investigates cardiovascular traits and cardiovascular risk by genetic, clinical, and public-health approaches, with special attention paid on primary hypertension and blood lipids.

We are pleased to welcome Pr Simon Braun as a new faculty member of the iGE3.

Simon Braun is an assistant professor at the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development of the Faculty of Medicine. The goal of his group is to understand what drives brain cell diversity during development, and its aim is to gain novel insights into neurodevelopmental disorders like autism.

We are pleased to welcome Pre Camilla Jandus as a new faculty member of the iGE3.

Camilla Jandus is a tenure-track assistant professor at the Department of Pathology and Immunology of the Faculty of Medicine. Her group’s research focuses on investigating the role of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) and tumor-specific CD4 T cells in anti-tumor immunity, in order to optimize current strategies in immunotherapy.

We are pleased to welcome Pre Dominique Soldati-Favre as the new director of iGE3.

Dominique Soldati-Favre is a professor at the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine, and director of that department. She has been appointed by the UNIGE rectorate to his position of iGE3 director as of August 16, 2021. She replaces Prof. Emmanouil Dermitzakis who left the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development of the Medicine Faculty to join GlaxoSmithKline as Vice President for Computational Biology.

We would like to express to Dominique Soldati-Favre our best wishes for success in her new assignment within iGE3.

We are pleased to welcome Pre Marie Barberon as a new faculty member of the iGE3.

Marie Barberon is an assistant professor at the Department of Botany and Plant Biology of the Faculty of Science. Her group works on plant nutrition and development, and her research focuses particularly on nutrient transport in roots and plant adaptation to abiotic stresses.

We are pleased to welcome Pre Perrine Castets as a new faculty member of the iGE3.

Perrine Castets is an assistant professor at the Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism of the Faculty of Medicine. Her overall goal is to better understand the mechanisms underlying muscle homeostasis and to identify pathological changes triggering muscle decline in neuromuscular diseases and aging.

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Emmanouil Dermitzakis as the new director of iGE3.

Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis is a professor at the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development of the Faculty of Medicine, and director of the Health 2030 Genome Center at the Campus Biotech. He has been appointed by the UNIGE rectorate to his position of iGE3 director as of October 1, 2020, in replacement of Prof. David Shore who retired from the Department of Molecular Biology of the Faculty of Science.

We wish Emmanouil Dermitzakis every success in his new responsibilities within iGE3, and David Shore a long and happy retirement !

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Vladimir Katanaev as a new faculty member of the iGE3.

Vladimir Katanaev is a professor at the Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism and the Center for Translational Research in Oncohaematology (CRTOH) of the Faculty of Medicine. His research focuses on oncogenic signaling pathways, particularly the Wnt⁄Frizzled signaling pathway, which is crucial for organism development, regulating stem cell proliferation, tissue regeneration, synapse formation, and, when misactivated, cancer.