Members

Laboratory Manager

Valentine obtained a bachelor in Biology at the University of Geneva. She then undertook a Master’s degree in Medical Biology at the University of Lausanne, specializing in Pharmacology & Toxicology. During the master project, Valentine worked at the Center for Psychiatric Neurosciences (CPN-CHUV), contributing to research studying the association of obesity and depression with the circadian rhythm in murine models. In 2022, Valentine joined the Labidi-Galy group acting as laboratory manager.

Post-doctoral Scientist

Nawel is a biochemist, having undertaken her PhD with Dr. A. De Agostini (Department of Pathology and Immunology) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva. She investigated the role of aHSPG post biosynthetic modification and its implication on endometrial cancer invasion and angiogenesis (2015-2020). She is currently doing her postdoc working on targeting BRCA mutated ovarian cancer resistant to PARP inhibitors. Nawel has been important for the development of organoid cell lines

PhD Student

Aliaksandra finished medical school in Bielorussia, obtaining the grade of Medical Doctor (MD). She then obtained a scholarship from Luxembourg to pursue a Master degree in Data Science. She is nowundertaking a PhD in Labidi-Galy lab, focusing on data analysis from collected within a cohort of ovarian cancer patients.

Master Student

Rémi graduated from University of Bordeaux in Life Science (BSc) and is now pursuing his Master degree in Physiology, Epigenetic, Differentiation and Cancerology from University of Grenoble. He is conducting his Master project in our lab, working on tumor immune infiltration as part of the translational research in the context of a clinical trial launched by Dr. Labidi-Galy.