Winners of the PhD Salary Awards 2013 - 2020
The contract of all these students is over.
2020
UNIGE affiliation in 2020
Guillaume Andrey Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of PhD project
Chromatin structure-driven control of morphogenesis
UNIGE affiliation in 2020
Luis Lopez-Molina Group - Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Science
Title of PhD project
Temperature regulation of apoplastic barriers in Arabidopsis seeds
UNIGE affiliation in 2020
Françoise Stutz Group - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
DNA-protein crosslinks: from detection to repair
Date of thesis defense
November 25, 2022
UNIGE affiliation in 2020
Patrick Viollier Group - Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Less is more: Loss of outer membrane constituents in hyperpermeable Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutants improves resistance to certain antibiotics
Date of thesis defense
April 4, 2023
2019
UNIGE affiliation in 2019
Christian Lüscher Group - Department of Basic Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Brain micro-biopsies for in vivo longitudinal investigation of compulsion in a model of addiction
Date of thesis defense
May 10, 2022
UNIGE affiliation in 2019
Brigitte Galliot Group - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
The role and regulation of the transcription factor SP5 in Hydra patterning
Date of thesis defense
June 24, 2022
UNIGE affiliation in 2019
Ramesh Pillai Group - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Gene expression regulation by the decapping enzyme NUDT12 and the RNA helicase YTHDC2
Date of thesis defense
September 2, 2022
UNIGE affiliation in 2019
Denis Jabaudon Group - Department of Basic Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine
Title of PhD project
Intrinsic and extrinsic control of progenitor transcriptional dynamics in the developing thalamus
UNIGE affiliation in 2019
Dominique Soldati-Favre Group - Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Synthesis and salvage of vitamins B5 and B6 by Toxoplasma gondii
Date of thesis defense
February 7, 2022
UNIGE affiliation in 2019
Emmanouil Dermitzakis Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Gene expression and its relationship to disease and evolutionary pressure
Date of thesis defense
June 3, 2022
2018
UNIGE affiliation in 2018
Françoise Stutz Group - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Mechanisms and persistence of chromatin-mediated antisense transcription interference
Date of thesis defense
October 16, 2020
UNIGE affiliation in 2018
Serge Nef & Emmanouil Dermitzakis Groups - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Characterizing mouse sex determination and differentiation at the single cell level
Date of thesis defense
October 31, 2022
UNIGE affiliation in 2018
Estella Poloni Group - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Étude de la diversité et de l'évolution des pharmacogènes dans les populations humaines par combinaison de données phénotypiques et génomiques
Date of thesis defense
June 3, 2021
UNIGE affiliation in 2018
Patrick Meraldi Group - Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Investigating the mitotic role of Retinoblastoma protein and its impact on chromosomal instability
Date of thesis defense
November 19, 2020
2017
UNIGE affiliation in 2017
Monica Gotta Group - Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
PQN-59 function in C. elegans: from cell division to stress granule formation
Date of thesis defense
December 17, 2020
UNIGE affiliation in 2017
Evgeny Zdobnov Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Metagenomic characterization of the virome of clinical samples
Date of thesis defense
March 23, 2020
UNIGE affiliation in 2017
Pedro Herrera Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
The elusive gamma-cell: new insights into the origin, plasticity and identity traits of pancreatic polypeptide-producing cells in mice and men
Date of thesis defense
November 13, 2020
UNIGE affiliation in 2017
Roman Ulm Group - Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
From perception to transcriptional regulation: an analysis of mutants affected in the UV-B signaling pathway in plant
Date of thesis defense
July 2, 2021
UNIGE affiliation in 2017
Mathias Currat Group - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Estimation of population admixture from paleogenomic data using spatially explicit simulations
Date of thesis defense
February 26, 2020
UNIGE affiliation in 2017
Jean-Claude Martinou Group - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Investigating the function of mitochondrial RNA granules
Date of thesis defense
December 18, 2019
2016
UNIGE affiliation in 2016
Mirko Trajkovski Group - Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Physiological adaptations to ambient temperature variations through the gut microbiota
Date of thesis defense
September 28, 2018
UNIGE affiliation in 2016
Florian Steiner Group - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Functional analysis of the histone variant H3.3 in development and disease
Date of thesis defense
May 13, 2020
UNIGE affiliation in 2016
Denis Jabaudon Group - Department of Basic Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Plasticity in neurogenic competence of cortical progenitors in the developing mouse neocortex
Date of thesis defense
April 8, 2019
UNIGE affiliation in 2016
Brigitte Galliot Group - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science
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
Date of thesis defense
June 27, 2019
2015
UNIGE affiliation in 2015
Ivan Rodriguez Group - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Molecular bases of pathogen avoidance behaviors and parasitic host manipulation
Date of thesis defense
January 20, 2020
UNIGE affiliation in 2015
Howard Riezman Group - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Cytotoxicity of neuropathy-causing lipids 1-deoxy-sphingolipids
Date of thesis defense
May 3, 2018
UNIGE affiliation in 2015
Robbie Loewith Group - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
The role of TOR complex 2 in the maintenance of plasma membrane tension homeostasis
Date of thesis defense
December 8, 2017
UNIGE affiliation in 2015
Juan Montoya-Burgos Group - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Phylogeny of denticulate catfish (Loricarioidei: Siluriformes) and their use as a new model to understand the evolution and development of dental tissue in new areas of the vertebrate body
Date of thesis defense
December 15, 2017
UNIGE affiliation in 2015
Evgeny Zdobnov Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
De novo genomics of non-model arthropods
Date of thesis defense
August 28, 2018
UNIGE affiliation in 2015
Michel Milinkovitch Group - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Uncovering the genetic basis of color pattern phenotypes and scale development in squamates through genomic and transcriptomic approaches
Date of thesis defense
May 28, 2019
UNIGE affiliation in 2015
Rabih Murr Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Super pioneer transcription factors: a new class of transcription factors that can induce DNA demethylation
Date of thesis defense
July 15, 2019
2014
UNIGE affiliation in 2014
Thomas Schalch Group - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Structural and biochemical studies on DNA packaging and replication
Date of thesis defense
27 octobre 2017
UNIGE affiliation in 2014
Stylianos Antonarakis Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Dissecting the variability of molecular phenotypes in population cell line and single cells
Date of thesis defense
March 19, 2018
UNIGE affiliation in 2014
Emmanouil Dermitzakis Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Omics Profiling to dissect complex disease
Date of thesis defense
June 20, 2017
UNIGE affiliation in 2014
Serge Nef Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Monitoring gonadal somatic cell differentiation during sex determination using single-cell RNA sequencing
Date of thesis defense
March 29, 2018
2013
UNIGE affiliation in 2013
David Shore Group - Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Role of co-activators and promoter architecture in transcription of yeast protein-coding genes
Date of thesis defense
June 20, 2018
UNIGE affiliation in 2013
Pedro Herrera Group - Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Dual role for glucagon-producing alpha-cells in diabetes: contribution to disease progression and to restoration of insulin production
Date of thesis defense
September 8, 2015
UNIGE affiliation in 2013
Denis Jabaudon Group - Department of Basic Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Becoming a new neuron in the cerebral cortex
Date of thesis defense
May 4, 2016
UNIGE affiliation in 2013
Alexandre Dayer Group - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
The role of DiGeorge Critical Region 2 in cortical circuit formation
Date of thesis defense
October 7, 2016
UNIGE affiliation in 2013
Dominique Soldati-Favre Group - Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Title of thesis
Contribution of the TCA cycle in the central carbon metabolism of apicomplexan parasites
Date of thesis defense
November 19, 2015
UNIGE affiliation in 2013
Juan Montoya-Burgos & Mathias Currat Groups - Department of Genetics and Evolution, Faculty of Science
Title of thesis
Biodiversity loss by interspecific hybridization and invasive species
Date of thesis defense
June 28, 2016
