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Members of the team

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Published on 5 November 2025
Current members
Christel Carles, PhD
Team leader
Professor at UGA, CV
Christel.Carles@cea.fr
Christel.Carles@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
04 38 78 05 69
Switches at the Chromatin

Robert Blanvillain, PhD
Assoc. Prof. UGA
Robert.Blanvillain@cea.fr
Robert.Blanvillain@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
04 38 78 34 84
Nucleus-Chloroplast communications

David Cobessi, PhD
CNRS Researcher
David.Cobessi@cnrs.fr
David.Cobessi@cea.fr
04 38 78 34 84
Nucleus-Chloroplast communications​

Marie Le Masson,
CNRS Engineer
Marie.LeMasson@cea.fr
04 38 78 05 69
Chromatin switches, ULT1 and PRC2 genetics

Gilles Vachon, PhD
CNRS Researcher
Gilles.Vachon@cea.fr
04 38 78 05 69
ULT1 switch functions
PhD students, Post-doc and interns​
Salim El Khouri,
PhD student
Salim.ELKHOURI@cea.fr
salim.el-khoury@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr
04 38 78 34 84
Switches at the Chromatin
Mérédith Wouters,
Post-Doc
Meredith.Wouters@cea.fr
04 38 78 34 84
ULT1 switch mechanism
Alice Poggi,
Master 2 student
Alice.Poggi@cea.fr
04 38 78 34 84
Molecular genetics of ULT1 function​
Khalpanaa MUNESBRAIN,
Master 2 student
Khalpanaa.MUNESBRAIN@cea.fr
04 38 78 34 84
ULT1 switch mechanism function​


Former Members

Laura Turchi,
CNRS Engineer (January-December 2024)​
​Bioinformatics on chromatin complexes

Vangeli Geshkovski,
PhD student (October 2012-December 2024)
Molecular analyses of ULT1 function
Filippo Battaglia,
Master 2 student, UGA/UniMi
Molecular analyses of ULT1 function
Now Lab Engineer at the University of Milano
Béatrice Berthet,
Master 2 student
Now PhD student A. Maizel, Heidelberg
Anne-Marie Boisson,
CNRS Technician
Now retired
Louise Chambon,
PhD student
PAPs functions
Now scientific graphist and teacher
Maha Chieb,
PhD student
Now Post-doc in K. Dehesh team, UC Riverside
Quentin Depeyre
Master 2 student
Nucleus-Chloroplast communications
Now PhD student at IBS
Marie Catherine Ducarre
Technician student
Nucleus-Chloroplast communications
Julia Engelhorn, PhD
Post-doc
Now Ass. Prof. with a Chair at IRD Montpellier
Kateryna Fal,
Post-doc
Rewire project
Enora Frémy,
Master 1 student
Now Bioinformatician Engineer at EdYP lab, IRIG Grenoble
François-Xavier Gillet,
Post-doc (Septembre 2018 - Août 2020)
Nucleus-chloroplast communications
Now Ass. Prof. at UCB Lyon
Yahia Hadj-Arab,
Master 1 Student Biologie Structurale, Génomique, Université Aix-Marseille, France
Huan He,
Master 1 student
Now PhD student in A. Hakimi team, IAB Grenoble
Jean-Baptiste Izquierdo
PhD student
Molecular characterization of ULT1-PRC2 antagonism
Abir Israël,
Master 2 student
Now Post-doc at LPCV
Claire Jourdain,
Master 2 student
Now PhD student in the D. Schubert group, University of Berlin
Emilien Krempf
PhD student
Switches at the Chromatin
Monique Liebers,
PhD student
Now Post-doc in the S. Hoth group, University of Hamburg
  Isaty Melogno
Master 1 student PLANT-Int Master, UGA/UniMi




Anaëlle Meunier
Master 1 student PLANT-Int Master, UGA/UniMi
Armand Michaud
L3 student Génie Bio-informatique, Université de Poitiers, France
Nucleus-Chloroplast communications
  Fanny Moreau,
PhD student,
Now teacher at Medical school




Veronica-Astrid Morlacchi,
Master 2 student
Rewiring the Chromatin
Soumiya Sankari Muthukumar
PhD student
Characterization of the PAP-PEP complex
Noor Pacha,
Master 2 student
PAPs functions
Now PhD student at IPS2, Paris-Saclay
Marie Pireyre,
Master 2 student
Now Director of Product, at SeqOne
Eugenio Reale,
Master 2 student
PAPs functions
Emmanuel Tergemina,
Master 1 student
Now Post-doc A. Hancock, MPI Cologne
Caroline Thouly,
PhD student
ULT1 interacters
Maud Turquand,
Master 2 student
PAPs functions