Lab Members
In January 2022, Rémi Mounier, PI in the team, opened is own research team at Institut NeuroMyoGène – Physiopathologie et Genétique du Neurone et du Muscle. Until the team opens his own website, here is the page of the Mounier lab.
Bénédicte Chazaud
PI – Director of research – Team leader
Email: benedicte.chazaud@inserm.fr
@BenChazaud
Education: PhD in Cell Biology
Bench revolution: Macrophages that switch color depending on their inflammatory state
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: With beer…and a bit of running!
Favorite saying: N’importe quoi ! (Nonsense!)
Julien Gondin
PI – Researcher – Group leader
Email: julien.gondin@univ-lyon1.fr
@GondINMG
Education: PhD in Physiology
Position: PI – Researcher – Group leader
Project: Neuromuscular electrical stimulation and cachexia
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?)
Gaëtan Juban
Post-doc
Email: gaetan.juban@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology
Project: Inflammation and muscular dystrophies
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)
Dieu-Huong Hoang
PhD student
Email: dieu-huong.hoang@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: Master degree in Genetic, Cellular Biology and Pathologies
Project: Interaction between endothelial cells and muscle stem cells in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Bench revolution: Endothelial cells that secrete colorful molecules
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Running in my dreams
Favorite saying: Bibbidi bobbidi boo
Aliki Zavoriti
PhD student
Email: aliki.zavoriti@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: International Master degree in Cancer Biology
Project: NeuroMuscular Electrical Stimulation to counteract skeletal muscle cachexia
Bench revolution: A magic mixture allowing only muscle stem cells to grow rapidly and differentiate efficiently
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Climbing the stairs every single morning all the way up to the lab
Favorite saying: Du coup (So)
Xhorxhiana (Georgiana) Panci
PhD student
Email: xhorxhiana.panci@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: Master degree Integrative Biology and Physiology: from gene to pathology
Project: Roles of FibroAdipogenic Precursor cells in degenerative myopathies
Bench revolution: A machine to isolate the different skeletal muscle cells from whole dissected muscle, by pushing a button
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Going up and down (and up and down), in the stairs of the institute
Favorite saying: …Ας πούμε (…Let’s say)
Clara Bernard
PhD student
Email: clara.bernard@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: Master degree Signalisations and integrated Systems in Biology
Project: Roles of muscle stem cell environment after physiological muscle injury
Bench revolution: A stimulating machine that detects the exact number of damaged fibers, number of macrophages, level of molecules…
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: With a Compex NMES
Favorite saying: D’acc (Oki)
Charline Jomard
PhD student
Email: charline.jomard@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: MSc school of biological engineering
Project: Sex influence on the muscle regeneration process after injury
Bench revolution: Automatic ovarian cycle detector
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: A complex balance between good sport routine and total laziness watching Netflix
Favorite saying: No problem, only solutions!
Pawandeep Singh
PhD student – MSCA fellow in ITN RENOIR (UE H2020)
Email: pawandeep.singh@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: Master of Science in Biology
Project: Role of macrophages in degenerative myopathies and fibrosis
Bench revolution: Conglomeration between machine learning, bioinformatics, transcriptomics and biology
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Walking around the city and weightlifting
Favorite saying: I do not speak French…
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!)
Charline Jomard
Engineer assistant
Email: aurelie.fessard@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: BSc in Biology and Biotechnology
Bench revolution: A robot that can genotype by itself
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Visiting new places with friends… and good drinks and food
Favorite saying: Pas de problème (no problem) Name: Fessard
Xu Cheng
Visiting researcher
Email: xu.cheng@univ-lyon1.fr
Education: DDS, PhD in oral biology
Bench revolution: A microscope software that takes pictures and exports the analyzed data automatically
Muscle homeostasis maintenance: Milk and fish
Favorite saying: Merci (thanks)
ALUMNI
Post-doc – researchers
Rémi Mounier (2010-2021),
Director of Research at CNRS, team leader at Institut NeuroMyoGène
Guy Mouchiroud (2014-2020),
Director of Research at Inserm, now retired
Anita Kneppers (2018-2021),
Post-doctoral researcher, now post-doctoral researcher in Rémi Mounier team
Isabelle Desguerre (2009-2014),
Professor at Paris Descartes University and Necker Hospital (Paris, France)
Houda Yacoub-Youssef (2008-2010),
Postdoctoral researcher, then senior scientist in Pasteur Institute (Tunis, Tunisia)
PhD students
Hà My Lý
“Role of AMPK-related kinases in myogenesis” (2019-ongoing)
now PhD student in R. Mounier lab (Institut NeuroMyoGène, Lyon)
Lola Lessard
“Genetic and metabolic alterations of myogenesis in inflammatory myopathies” (2021-ongoing)
now PhD student in R. Mounier lab (Institut NeuroMyoGène, Lyon)
Jimmy Massenet
“Harnessing epigenetics to improve Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy satellite cell function” (2016-2020) cosupervised with Jeff Dilworth, OHRI and University of Ottawa
then post-doc in P.L. 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
Joseph Touma
Visiting student from Fred Relaix’s lab, Université Paris-Est “Distribution and regenerative potential of muscle stem cells in patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia” (2019-2020)
then clinician at Hopital Henri Mondor and Institut Mondor de Recherche Biomédicale
Thibaut Desgeorges
“Crosstalk of Glucocorticoid Receptor and AMP-activated protein kinase in macrophages during skeletal muscle regeneration” (2015-2019),
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),
then post-doc in I. Lossos lab (Miami, USA)
Aurélie Trignol
“Role of RGTA in skeletal muscle regeneration” (2015-2019),
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)
Emmeran Le Moal
“Oxidative stress and muscle regeneration” (2013-2016),
then post-doc in F. Bentzinger lab (Sherbrooke, Canada)
Claire Latroche
“Interactions between satellite cells and endothelial cells in skeletal muscle” (2011-2015),
then post-doc in L. Naldini lab (Milan, Italy)
Marine Théret
“Role of AMPK in skeletal muscle homeostasis” (2011-2015),
then post-doc in F. Rossi lab (Vancouver, Canada)
Cyril Gitiaux
“Vascular remodeling during myopathies in the child” (2013-2015),
then Associate Professor at Paris Descartes University and Necker Hospital (Paris, France)
Marielle Saclier
“Role of macrophages in skeletal muscle regeneration” (2011-2014),
then post-doc in G. Messina lab (Milan, Italy)
Rana Abou-Khalil (2005-2009),
then post-doc in A. Brack lab (Boston, USA)
Ludovic Arnold (2004-2007),
then post-doc at Pasteur Institute (Paris, France)
Technical staff
Sarbina Ben Larbi
Research Technician (2015-2021),
now Research Technician 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
- Audrey Saugues (Master 1) (2021)
- Enora Kerhervé (BTEC) (2021)
- Ambre Maillard (BTEC) (2021)
- Carole Dabadie (Master 2) (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) (Collaboration with Julien Courchet’s lab, INMG)
- Louise Fairey (Master ) (2019) (Collaboration with Julien Courchet’s lab, INMG)
- 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 Master 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
- Masoud Rahmati, Associate Professor at Lorestan University, Iran (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)