Lab Members
Bénédicte Chazaud
PI – Director of research – Team leader
Email: benedicte.chazaud@inserm.fr
X/twitter: @BenChazaud
Education: PhD in Cell Biology
Bench revolution: Macrophages that switch color depending on their inflammatory status
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: With beer… and a bit of skiing and hiking!
Favorite saying: N’importe quoi ! (Nonsense!)
Julien Gondin
PI – Director of research – Team leader
Email: julien.gondin@univ-lyon1.fr
X/twitter: @GondINMG
Education: PhD in Physiology
Bench revolution: An electrical stimulator eliciting strong, non-fatiguing and painless muscle contractions
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Running and drinking wine from Burgundy (Of course!)
Favorite saying: T’es sûr? (Are you sure?)
Nazanine Modjtahedi
PI – Director of research
Email: nazanine.modjtahedi@cnrs.fr
Education: PhD in Molecular Biology
Project: Mitochondrial biogenesis and muscle stem cell homeostasis
Bench revolution: Easy catching protein partners
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Long hours of walking
Favorite saying: I have several favorite sayings! It depends on my mood of the day!
Gaëtan Juban
PI -Researcher
Email gaetan.juban@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Project: The resolution of Inflammation in regenerating muscle
Bench revolution: Single cell Transcription Factor ChIP-Sequencing
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Watching sport on TV
Favorite saying: C’est pas mal (That’s not too bad)
Laure Gallay
PI -Researcher & Doctor of Medicine
Email: laure.gallay@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MD, PhD
Project: Definition of the generative niche in idiopathic myopathies – implication in the myogenesis defect
Bench revolution: Set up an easy device to sort MuSC, FAPs, and macrophage from muscle sample
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Biking everyday, favoring stairs to elevator, drinking cucumber juice or other pleasant smoothies
Favorite saying: “L’important n’est pas ce que l’on a fait de nous, mais ce que l’on a fait de « ce que l’on a fait de nous » (“What matters is not what has been done to us, but what we have done with « what has been done to us »”)
Stéphanie Gobert
Associate Professor
Email: stephanie.gobert@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Project: Intracellular signaling in muscle fibroadipogenic precursors
Bench revolution: Teleportation between the university and the lab
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Running to go drinking with friends
Favorite saying: C’est pas grave… (That’s all right…)
Antonio Moretta
Post-doc
Email: antonio.moretta@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MSc in Chemical Sciences; PhD in Applied Biology
Project: Functions of the extracellular matrix in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Bench revolution: A tag revealing the main function of proteins
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Cooking and eating food without checking the kcal/mol
Favorite saying: Mamma mia! (Oh my God)
Ananga Ghosh
Post-doc
Email: ananga.ghosh@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: PhD in Cell Biology
Project: Role of macrophages in muscle regeneration
Bench revolution: Making the efferocytosis
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Chilling at home, Binge watching Netflix !
Favorite saying: That’s amazing
Jules Guillemaud
PhD student
Email: jules.guillemaud@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MSc in molecular biology, tissue biology and imaging
Project: Roles of resident macrophages during muscle regeneration and hypertrophy
Bench revolution: An universal resident macrophage marker
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Skiing with friends
Favorite saying: Ah d’accord (Ah okay)
Eurydice Lamirault
PhD student
Email: eurydice.lamirault@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MSc in Physiology, Pathologies and Pharmacology
Project: NeuroMuscular Electrical Stimulation training as a strategy to minimize sepsis-induced muscle dyfunctions
Bench revolution: Automatic extraction and quantification of Extracellular Fluid from muscle sample !
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Spending time in the countryside with my chickens and my cat, and finding my mice when I come back to Lyon ! And for my colleagues homeostasis, bring cakes for the coffee break.
Favorite saying: Oh la tuile ! (Literaly “Oh the tile”, meaning “We have a problem!”)
Orane Mercier
PhD student
Email: orane.mercier@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MSc in Cells Genetics and Pathologies
Project: Deciphering the roles of macrophages in extracellular matrix remodeling during muscle regeneration and in degenerative myopathies
Bench revolution: Being able to perform immunofluorescence in one hour instead of two days
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: My muscle cells stay balanced thanks to daily motivational speeches : “You’re stronger than you think !” followed by an intense 10-minute nap. Motivation and rest, the perfect combo !
Favorite saying: “On va quand même pas se mettre la rate au court bouillon” (Literaly “We’re not going to put our spleen in the broth.”, meaning “Don’t stress, don’t rush”)
Charlotte Lagarrigue
PhD student
Email: charlotte.lagarrigue@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Project: Role of macrophages in muscle regeneration in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Bench revolution: A machine that quickly extracts macrophages and muscle stem cells
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Walking and then lying down on the sofa
Favorite saying: Mais non c’est vrai ? (No way, really?)
Camille Koenig
PhD student
Email: camille.koenig@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MSc in molecular and cell biology, imaging
Project: Roles of resident macrophages during inflammation and pathologies
Bench revolution: An universal resident macrophage marker
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Coffee with firends, fresh air and books
Favorite saying: Soyons fous (Let’s go crazy!)
Michele Weiss-Gayet
Engineer
Email: michele.weiss-gayet@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: PhD in Biology
Bench revolution: Cells that exhibit directly their phenotype avoiding cell sorting
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: With friends and beer….
Favorite saying: C’est sûr ! (For sure!)
Léa Delivry
Bio-informatic Engineer
Email: lea.delivry@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: PhD in Physiology and Physiopathology
Bench revolution: Making bioinformatics appealing to everyone
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Go on an adventure to discover new places and good restaurants
Favorite saying: On se détend (Let’s relax !)
Natacha Boyer
Engineer
Email: natacha.boyer@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MSc in Cancer Biology
Bench revolution: Be able to synchronise female mice at the snap of a finger
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Riding horses, travelling to discover new places and
spending time with my friends over a drink and a good meal!
Favorite saying: Let’s go! (C’est parti on y va!)
Aurélie Fessard
Engineer assistant
Email: aurelie.fessard@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: BSc in Biology and Biotechnology
Bench revolution: A robot that genotypes by itself
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Visiting new places with friends… and good drinks and food
Favorite saying: Pas de problème (no problem)
Luca Garcia
Engineer assistant
Email: luca.garcia@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MS in Pharmacology
Bench revolution:
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Eating, sleeping, waking…
Favorite saying: C’est presque parfait (this is almost perfect)
Alumni
Researchers & Post-doc
Whilhelm Bouchereau (2022-2024)
Post-doctoral researcher (PI: P Lomonte and B Chazaud), then post-doc in V Pasque lab at KU Leuven, Belgium
Anita Kneppers (2018-2020)
Post-doctoral researcher (PI: R Mounier), then researcher in R Mounier team
Guy Mouchiroud (2014-2020)
Director of Research at Inserm, now retired
Rémi Mounier (2010-2020)
Director of Research at CNRS, now team leader at Institut NeuroMyoGène (from 2021)
Isabelle Desguerre (2009-2014)
Professor at Paris Descartes University and Necker Hospital (Paris, France)
Houda Yacoub-Youssef (2008-2010)
Post-doctoral researcher (PI: B Chazaud), then senior scientist at Pasteur Institute (Tunis, Tunisia)
PhD Students
Charline Jomard
“Towards a better understanding of the impact of sex on the cellular mechanisms involved in post-injury muscle regeneration” (2019-2024, PI: J Gondin), then consultant for Sanofi (Lyon)
Dieu-Huong Hoang
“Characterization of vascular features in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy” (2018-2023, PI: B Chazaud), then post-doc in A. Pyle lab (UCLA, USA)
Clara Bernard
“Skeletal muscle resident macrophages during regeneration after exercise-iunduced muscle damage” (2019-2023, PIs: J Gondin & B Chazaud), then consultant at Inneance (Paris)
Aliki Zavoriti
“Muscle stem cell environment in cancer-induced cachexia” (2019-2022, PI: J Gondin), then post-doc at Edouard Herriot Hospital (Lyon)
Xhorxhiana (Georgiana) Panci
“Fibroadipogenic precursors in normal and dsytrophic regenerating muscles” (2019-2022, PI: B Chazaud), then associate clinical manager at Medpace (Lyon)
Hà My Lý
“Role of AMPK-related kinases in myogenesis” (2019-2020, PI: R Mounier), then PhD student in Rémi Mounier team (Institut NeuroMyoGène, Lyon)
Jimmy Massenet
“Harnessing epigenetics to improve Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy satellite cell function” (2016-2020, PIs: Jeff Dilworth, OHRI and University of Ottawa & B Chazaud), then post-doc in PL Puri lab (San Diego, USA)
Laure Gallay
“Myogenic precursor cell impairment in dermatomyositis and other myositis” (2017-2020), then clinician at Hospices Civils de Lyon and Université Claude Bernard de Lyon
Thibaut Desgeorges
“Crosstalk of Glucocorticoid Receptor and AMP-activated protein kinase in macrophages during skeletal muscle regeneration” (2015-2019, PIs: R Mounier & B Chazaud), then post-doc in K De Bock lab (Zurich, Switzerland)
Jessica Bouviere
“Roles of selenoprotein P and glutathion peroxidase 3 in macrophage phenotype during skeletal muscle regeneration” (2016-2019, PI: R Mounier), then post-doc in I Lossos lab (Miami, USA)
Aurélie Trignol
“Role of RGTA in skeletal muscle regeneration” (2015-2019, PIs: Sébastien Banzet, Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées & B Chazaud), then researcher at Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées
Linda Gsaier
“Role of cell-autonomous regulation of metabolism on muscle stem cell fate and skeletal muscle homeostasis” (2015-2018, PI: R Mounier)
Emmeran Le Moal
“Oxidative stress and muscle regeneration” (2013-2016) (PIs: R Mounier & B Chazaud), then post-doc in F Bentzinger lab (Sherbrooke, Canada)
Claire Latroche
“Interactions between satellite cells and endothelial cells in skeletal muscle” (2011-2015, PIs: F Chrétien, Institut Pasteur & B Chazaud), then post-doc in L Naldini lab (Milan, Italy)
Marine Théret
“Role of AMPK in skeletal muscle homeostasis” (2011-2015, PI: R Mounier), then post-doc in F. Rossi lab (Vancouver, Canada)
Cyril Gitiaux
“Vascular remodeling during myopathies in the child” (2013-2015, PI: B Chazaud), then Associate Professor at Paris Descartes University and Necker Hospital (Paris, France)
Marielle Saclier
“Role of macrophages in skeletal muscle regeneration” (2011-2014, PI: B Chazaud), then post-doc in G. Messina lab (Milan, Italy)
Rana Abou-Khalil
“Interactions between satellite cells and vascular cells within the skeletal muscle : implications for myogenesis and self-renewal” (2005-2009, PI: B Chazaud), then post-doc in A. Brack lab (Boston, USA)
Ludovic Arnold
“Role of macrophages during skeletal muscle regeneration” (2004-2007, PI: B Chazaud), then post-doc at Pasteur Institute (Paris, France)
Technical staff
Yseult Cardona
Research Technician (2021-2024), then research technician at Healshape
Sarbina Ben Larbi
Research Technician (2015-2020), then Assistant Engineer in R. Mounier lab (Institut NeuroMyoGène, Lyon)
Peggy Del Carmine
Engineer (2017-2020), then Engineer at Institut NeuroMyoGène (Lyon, France)
Eugénie Moulin
Assistant Engineer (2018-2019), then Research Technician at Cypath (Lyon, France)
Sylvain Cuvellier
Research Technician (2011-2014), then Research Technician at Institut Cochin (Paris, France)
Mélanie Magnan
Assistant Engineer (2010-2013), then Assistant Engineer at UMR 1137 (Paris, France)
Undergraduates
- Solène Daumas (Master 2) (2024)
- Eurydice Lamirault (Master 2) (2024)
- Damien Tasse (Master 2) (2024)
- Andrés Matamoros (Master 1) (2024)
- Marie Theuillon (Master 1) (2024)
- Mathilde Pereira-Gobaut (BTEC) (2024)
- Anaïs Perrey (BSc) (2024)
- Elsa Briault (BSc) (2024)
- Gilles Bompart (BTEC) (2024)
- Jade Maréchal (BSc) (2024)
- Jules Guillemaud (Master 2) (2023)
- Orane Mercier (Master 2) (2023)
- Anaïs Corneloup (Master 1) (2023)
- Tayra Tasciogullarindan (Master 1) (2023)
- Natacha Boyer (Master 1 and 2) (2022)
- Maëva Roullat (Master 1) (2002)
- Julio Viñuales (BSc) (2022)
- Eulalie Nicolas (BTEC) (2022)
- Enora Kerhervé (BTEC) (2021)
- Ambre Maillard (BTEC) (2021)
- Lou Maitrejean (BTEC) (2021)
- Cloé Paret (Master 1) (2021)
- Alexane Nohales (BTEC) (2021)
- Adèle Kalfon (BSc) (2021)
- Tiffany Nosree (Medical School) (2021)
- Anthony Facchin (BSc) (2021)
- Elina Coquery (BTEC) (2020)
- Kenza Rehouma (BTEC) (2020)
- Léa Bedja–Iacona (Master 1) (2020)
- Cécile Fermon (Master 2) (2019)
- Hà My Lý (Master 1) (2019)
- Louise Fairey (Master ) (2019)
- Louis Valensi (BTEC) (2019)
- Cloé Paret (BTEC) (2019)
- Charlène Bellet (BTEC) (2019)
- Olivia Garnier (Master 1) (2019)
- Emilie Charles (Master 1) (2019)
- Ines Chaabani (Master 1) (2019)
- Nina Margot (Master 2) (2018)
- Tess Valin (Master 2) (2018)
- Anatole Guillon (BTEC) (2018)
- Roxane Cuzin (BSc) (2018)
- Sophie Liot (Master 2) (2015, 2017)
- Mathilde Lapoix (Master 1) (2017)
- Alix Kemmel (Engineer student) (2017)
- Clémence Baure (BTEC) (2017)
- Marie Robert (Master 2) (2016)
- Camille Boisson (Master 1 and 2) (2016-2017)
- Tifany Bouchet (BTEC) (2016)
- Hugo Jarrin (Master 1) (2016)
- Linda Gsaier (Master 2) (2015)
- Thibaut Desgeorges (Master 2) (2015)
- Abdus Anwar (BSc) (2015)
- Elsy Ondo-Minkue (Master 2) (2014)
- Niranjani Mahendran (Master 2) (2014)
- Christelle Tamisier (Master 1) (2014)
- Matthieu Chambouvet (BTEC) (2014)
- Amel Kernou (Master 2) (2013)
- Sabrina Mohamed (Master 2) (2013)
- Marion Levi (Master 1) (2013)
- Diaminatou Touré (Master 1) (2013)
- Hamida Ardjoune (Master 2 and Assistant Engineer) (2012-2013)
- Adrien Foucal (Engineer) (2012)
- Gauthier Sobczak (Engineer student) (2012)
- Paul Bardot (BSc) (2012)
- Miliça Denic (BTEC) (2012)
- Xan Errecart (Engineer student) (2011)
- Valentin Leducq (Master 1) (2010)
- Diane Paul (Master 1) (2010)
- Estelle Bastien (BTEC) (2009, 2010)
Scientific visitors
- Liam Colley, PhD student (Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca) (2024)
- Riccardo Gamberale, PhD student (Università degli Studi di Milano – Bicocca) (2023)
- Cristina Rodriguez, PhD student (IGB-CNR Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, Naples) (2020-23)
- Carolina Cane, PhD student (University of Naples “Federico II”) (2023)
- Pawandeep Singh, PhD student (MSCA fellow in ITN RENOIR) (2020-23)
- Xu Cheng, Associate Professor at Sichuan University (2022)
- Masoud Rahmati, Associate Professor at Lorestan University, Iran (2020)
- Joseph Touma, PhD student, Université Paris-Est (2019-2020)
- Casper Sødenbroe, PhD student at Copenhagen University, Denmark (2020)
- Jyoti Jaiswal, Professor at University of Washington, USA (2019)
- Federica Venezia, MSc student at University of Modena, Italy (2019)
- Nicolo Baranzini, PhD student at University of Insubria, Italy (2019)
- Giorgio Caratti, Post-doc researcher at Ulm University, Germany (2019)
- Fatima Zohra Nourreddine, Associate Professor at M’hamed Bougara Boumerdes University and Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene University, Algeria (2018)
- Trirupa Chakraborty, BSc/MSc student at Indian Institute of Science, Education and research, Mohali, India (2018)
- André Minari, PhD student at Federal University of São Paulo, Brasil (2017)
- Tamas Varga, Post-doc researcher at Debrecen University, Hungary (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- Abigail MacKey, Associate Professor at Copenhagen University, Denmark (2012)
- Katarina Pegan, PhD student at Ljubljana University, Slovenia (2009)