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We are a group of mouse neuroscientific researchers who work together to characterize gene function using an integrative approach from mouse genetics and systems biology to brain phenotyping, neuronal biology, animal behaviour and bioinformatics. We work in collaboration with the GAD team and clinicians worldwide to enable direct comparisons between mice and patients harbouring similar variants, offering unique insights into conserved neurodevelopmental processes.

 

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Members of the YALCIN Team in February 2023

 

Dr Binnaz YALCIN Assistant Professor

Dr Binnaz YALCIN (CV_Binnaz_YALCIN_Longversion_Sept2023)

Email: Binnaz.Yalcin@inserm.fr Phone: +33 3 80 39 66 60

Dr Yalcin have contributed to important aspects of disease genetics using high-throughput genetic, genomic methodologies and mice as genetic models of cognitive disorders. Her ambition has always been to pursue her career in functional and translational disease genetics at the highest level. Dr Yalcin received her D.Phil in November 2007 from the University of Oxford under the supervision of Profs Flint and Mott. During her postdoctoral training (2007-2011), she became interested in outbred mice for genetic studies. She discovered the complexity of genomic structure in mice and how it relates to phenotypic variation. In 2011, she secured an EMBO Fellowship allowing her to move to Switzerland. For her own independent career, she obtained an Ambizione Fellowship in 2013 to work on the neurobiology of intellectual disability. She set up her own laboratory in 2016 at the IGBMC (Strasbourg, France) through an international call. One year later, the High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education scored her team as “excellent to outstanding with great future prospects”. She presented her work at 49 International Conferences of which 11 were under a formal invitation. She has received 17 awards/prizes, the most recent being the International Mary Lyon Award in recognition for an early-stage independent female researcher. To fund her research, she raised and managed a cumulative sum of 3.0 million EUR and employed four PhD students, two postdoctoral fellows, one engineer and six research assistants (since 2016). She hosted in her laboratory more than 60 students worldwide at all levels (MSc, BSc, Intern, Assistants and ERASMUS). In 2019, she secured a tenured INSERM position (Assistant Professor equivalent) after being ranked Major in a national competition. She has 15 years of experience in mouse neurobiology and joined the Governance Board of the International Research Consortium for the Corpus Callosum and the International Mammalian Genome Society.

 

Dr Stephan COLLINS Senior Lecturer

Dr Stephan Christopher COLLINS (Full CV)

Email: Stephan.Collins@u-bourgogne.fr Phone: +33 3 80 39 66 68

Stephan holds a D.Phil from Oxford University in genetics of diabetes and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics working on metabolic syndrome and morbid obesity. After several years as an electrophysiologist in Prof Rorsman’s lab, he became interested in neurogenetics and joined Dr Yalcin’s team in 2016 to study mechanisms underlying comorbidities between cognition and obesity. Dr Collins has been a lecturer at the University of Burgundy-Franche-Comté since 2012. He provides a 196-hour service teaching in cell biology and animal biology for BSc students with additional teachings in genetics and neurosciences for MSc students. He has extensive experience in high-speed neuroanatomical data analysis, statistical analysis, project and database management and 3D imaging technology development.

 

Charlotte MONTILLOT PhD student

Charlotte MONTILLOT

Email: Charlotte.Montillot@inserm.fr Phone: +33 3 80 39 66 11

Charlotte joined the Yalcin lab in October 2019 where she is preparing her thesis. The general aim of her doctoral work is to understand the roles of VPS13B in the mammalian brain. Charlotte obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Burgundy-Franche-Comté and a Master’s degree in Neurobiology at Nice Sophia Antipolis University.

 

Lucile TONNEAU Technician

Lucile TONNEAU

Email: lucile.tonneau@iut-dijon.u-bourgogne.fr Phone: +33 3 80 39 66 11

Passionate about experimental work, Lucile joined the Yalcin lab in September 2022 to work on the genetic and functional characterization of WDR genes in the central nervous system using histology, animal behavior and electrophysiology.

 

Alumni members and their positions after leaving the lab

 

Visiting Professor

2016-2017                    Christel Depienne

Postdoctoral fellow

2017-2018                    Efil Bayam, IGBMC, Strasbourg, France (in collaboration with Dr J. Godin)

Graduated PhD students

2016-2021                    Perrine Kretz, University of Strasbourg, France (10/03/2021)

2012-2016                    Meghna Kannan, University of Strasbourg, France (23/11/2016)

2013-2017                    Anna Mikhaleva, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (02/10/2017)

Engineer

2021-2022                    Clémence Alibert, Inserm U1231 Dijon (currently PhD NeuroMyoGène)

Research Assistants

2020-2022                    Sylvie Nguyen, CHU Dijon, France (in collaboration with Pr C. Thauvin)

2016-2019                    Marie-Christine Fischer, IGBMC, Strasbourg, France

2016-2018                    Christel Wagner, IGBMC, Strasbourg, France

2015-2016                    Anais Duret

2015-2016                    Helen Whitley (Medical student)

2014-2016                    Rebecca Balz

Graduated MSc students (since 2016)

2022                             Emilia Skutunova, University of Montpellier

2021                             Benazir Peerally, University of Sorbonne, France

2021                             Zineddine Allaoua, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté (Novolyze)

2021                             Adam Lahmar, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2021                             Axel Brocard, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France (Provepharm)

2020                             Maxence Milhau, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté (Leyton, Canada)

2020                             Bryan Capi, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2020                             Jules Roussey, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2019                            Charlotte Montillot, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (currently PhD)

2019                             Axel Da Costa Sousa, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2018                             Marion Gaborit, University of Strasbourg (currently PhD INCI Strasbourg)

2017                             Mathilde Kobler (Medical student), University of Strasbourg, France

2017                             Maxime Meylan, University of Strasbourg (PhD 2022 Sorbonne University)

2017                             Sebastian Ciscares-Velazquez, University of Strasbourg, France

2017                             David Gualberto, University of Strasbourg, France (Merck)

2017                             Gilles Leininger, University of Strasbourg, France

2016                             Perrine Kretz, University of Strasbourg, France (PhD 2021)

2016                             Nestor Demeure, University of Strasbourg (PhD 2021 ENS Paris-Scalay)

2016                             Jonathan Delevoye, University of Strasbourg, France

2016                             Laura Durieux, University of Strasbourg (PhD 2021 LNCA Strasbourg)

2016                             Somasekhar Jayaram (currently PhD Geneva)

Graduated BSc students (*Awarded the UNIL Summer Undergraduate Research Programme)

2023                             Manon Lescutier, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2022                             Rim Elmahjri, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2022                             Marion Bouiller, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2022                             Lola Tanneur, Magistère Européen de Génétique, Paris Diderot

2021                             Juliette Delmas, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2021                             Juliette Henna, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2021                             Salama Bou, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2021                             Flavie Theveny, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2021                             Suzie Lebee, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2021                             Marie Thirion, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2021                             Marity Dessolain, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2020                             Gael Fleury, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2020                             Gaspard Boursier, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2019                             Nawal Yahiaoui, University of Strasbourg, France (MSc Institut Pasteur)

2018                             Clara Bonnet, University of Poitiers, France (currently PhD Institut Curie)

2018                             Paula Hahn, University of Strasbourg (currently PhD Karolinska Institutet)

2018                             Maria Ossipenko, University of Strasbourg, France (MSc 2021)

2017                             Sophie Lottiaux, University of Strasbourg, France (Clinical Manager Lyon)

2016                             Dylan Huynh, University of Strasbourg, France (MSc 2019)

2016                             Clara Casana Rico, University of Strasbourg, France (AbbVie Medical Affairs)

2016                             Elizabeth Ramos-Morales, University of Strasbourg, France (PhD 2021)

2015                             Luc Reymond (EPFL Lausanne)

2015                             Sarah Arthur* (PhD 2021 Canada)

2015                             Amicie De Pierrefeu (PhD 2018 CEA Paris, now at Ipsen)

Graduated Intern students

2023                             Océane Musset, University of Troyes, France

2023                             Emeline Richter, University of Troyes, France

2023                             Elisa Mischler, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2022                             Khadija Bayou, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2021                             Maylis Joly, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, France

2020                             Narjisse Kenani, University of Paris 18th, France

2019                             Elisia Isturiz, Supbiotech, Paris, France (Veracyte IO)

2019                             Nina Pigeonneau, University of Strasbourg, France

2017                             Emeline Aguilar, University of Strasbourg, France

2016                             Mariane Litt, University of Strasbourg, France (Transgene)

2016                             Saranya Ott, University of Strasbourg, France

2016                             Léo Gagliardi, University of Strasbourg, France (Syngenta)

2015                             Kevin Navarro (Manager Account, Lausanne)

Student Assistants

2015                             Mélina Gailly

2015                             Isabelle Herr

2015                             Amandine Delay

2015                             Livia Chrast (Medical student)

2015                             Lisa Haerri

Visiting International ERASMUS students (*Awarded the IGBMC Summer Research Internship Programme)    

2018                             Gulsah Evyapan, PhD student, Turkey

2018                             Emina Makedona*, BSc student, Greece

2017                             Ananya Pathak*, BSc student, India (Engineer New Delhi and Dublin)

2017                             Ezgi Mehmetoglu, BSc student, Turkey

2016                             Durna Kumruoglu, BSc student, Turkey

 

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