| AVENDANO VEGA | Roberto |   | UNIL | E‑Mail | Engineering bacterial self-organizing living materials | Prof. Yolanda Schaerli Prof. Stephan Gruber
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			| BATSCH | Maxime |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Investigating microbial interactions and community assembly in soil communities using picoliter droplets cultivation | Jan Roelof van der Meer |  | 
    		    		
			| BENEDETTI | Jérôme |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Ecological and genetic determinants of host specificity in the gut microbiota of social bees | Philipp Engel | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| BENIGNO | Valentina |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Environmental cues controlling integrative and conjugative element transfer | Jan Roelof van der Meer | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| BONI | Emanuele |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Synthetic gene regulatory networks for spatio-temporal pattern formation | Yolanda Schaerli | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| BORICH | Anna |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Clinical research on patients using Magnetic Resonance Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MRgHIFU) for liver treatment, and translational studies on HIFU sonosensitizers that produce non-linear amplification of acoustic absorption via the catalyst of cavitation. | Pr Rares Vincent SALOMIR | 2028 | 
    		    		
			| BOUCHARD | Auréline |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Bacterial-fungal interactions | Pilar Junier | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| BOURBON | Alixia |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Glucosidases as effectors of intracellular killing of bacteria in Dictyostelium discoideum | Pr. Pierre COSSON | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| BOVAY | Baptiste |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Plant-insects relationship under climate change focusing on asynchronous migration of functional groups of species toward higher elevation | Sergio Rasmann | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| BRANDENBURG | Lisa |  | UNIBE | E‑Mail | Exploring microbial homochirality as a potential biosignature in extraterrestrial environments | Prof. Dr. Brice-Olivier Demory Prof. Dr. Pilar Junier
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			| BUFFI | Matteo |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Electrical signalling in filamentous fungi / Recovery of precious metals from sewage sludge | Pilar Junier Saskia Bindshelder
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			| BURNIER | Jessica |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Identification of virulence factors and cell cycle proteins in Staphylococcus aureus | Jan-Willem Veening | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| CADENA CANALS | Jasmine |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Grapevine Flavescence dorée: epidemiology, cultivar susceptibility and cultivar defense mechanisms | Olivier Schumpp (Agroscope Changins) Roman Ulm
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			| CAPELLA | Giulia |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Encapsulation of microbial consortia for agricultural application | Saskia Bindschedler |  | 
    		    		
			| CHOUNG | Mi Sun (Ruth) |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Gene Therapy Approaches for Retinal Degeneration in Cohen Syndrome | Prof Thomas Wolfensberger Dr Muhammad Ansar
 | 2025 | 
    		    		
			| CONVERS | Anthony |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Environmental cues controlling ICEclc activation and transfer | Jan Van der Meer | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| CORSET | Margaux |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Effect of light on the growth of cyanobacteria and toxine production | Pilar Junier Diego Gonzalez
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			| COSTANTINI | Anna Beatrice |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Ethology and endocrinology | Zegni Triki | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| CRESP | Lisa |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Encapsulation of bacterial-fungal consortia for agricultural applications | BINDSCHEDLER Saskia JUNIER Pilar
 | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| CRÉZÉ | Margaux |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Dynamic of the gut microbiota early in life in the context of infant and maternal malnutrition | Prof. Pascale Vonaesch |  | 
    		    		
			| CUENAT | Sheryl |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Characterising the biological roles of two novel restriction-modification systems in Caulobacter crescentus | Justine Collier | 2029/30 | 
    		    		
			| DE BRUIN | Dieuwertje |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Spatiotemporal regulation of mycomembrane assembly in Corynebacterium | Andrea Vettiger Justine Collier
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			| DE LA RUË DU CAN | Odile |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Hydrogeologie & Cryosphère | Philippe Renard Clement Roques
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			| DE VILLIERS DE LA NOUE | Hugues |   | UNIL | E‑Mail | SUPPLY: SUperfast Photonic detection of bacterioPhage Lysis | Dr. Gregory Resch | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| DEBAS | Meron |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Self-assembled nanostructures |  |  | 
    		    		
			| DELFINO | Alexandre |   | UNIL | E‑Mail | Innovative diagnostic methods for urogenital infections | Prof. Gilbert Greub | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| DEMARIA | Francesca |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Bioremediation of micropollutants applied to wastewater plan | Philippe Corvini Pilar Junier
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			| EBERHARDT | Lukas Wilhelm |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Culturing and functional characterization of divergent gut communities from different bee species | Philipp Engel | 2028 | 
    		    		
			| ECOCHARD | Florette |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Identifier l’importance des infrastructures écologiques et les cartographier | Sergio Rasmann Claire Le Bayon
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			| EWANY | Jaspher |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Soil–legacy effects of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbionts on plant performance and resistance | Ted Turlings Ricardo Machado
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			| FRUND | Mélissa |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Cell division in Acinetobacter species. (provisional) | Coralie Fumeaux Coralie Fumeaux
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			| GANDELIN | Alison |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Gut-Brain Axis | Pr. Claire Bertelli Not yet defined
 | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| GANGA | Emma |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Signalling mechanisms of malaria parasites | Pr Mathieu Brochet | 2025 | 
    		    		
			| GARBE | Klara-isabell |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Phage therapy | Thilo Köhler |  | 
    		    		
			| GARCIA | Méline |   | UNIL | E‑Mail | Role of microbial interactions during community assembly of the gut microbiota | Pr Philip Engel | 2028 | 
    		    		
			| GESLAIN | Sandra |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | RNA decay in Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Pr. Martina Valentini | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| GHAZISOLTANI | Giti |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Regulation of developmental cycle in Chlamydia and Waddlia | Gilbert Greub |  | 
    		    		
			| GILLON | Alisson |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | The ability of Swiss Actinomycetes to protect potato and tomato plants from phytopathogens. (provisional title) | Prof. Laure Weisskopf Dr. Ola Abdelrahman
 | 2029 | 
    		    				    		    		
			| GOSSELIN | Ophélie |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | How does the SMC motor work? Identifying different states and how it binds to DNA | Prof. Stephan Gruber Prof. Markus Seeger
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			| GUEX-CROSIER | Sylvain |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | The role of the RNA degradosome in Pseudomonas aeruginosa's adaptation to the human airway epithelium | Prof. Martina Valentini |  | 
    		    		
			| GUPTA | Ishita |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Coexistence of multispecies microbial communities | Sara Mitri |  | 
    		    		
			| HACKMANN | Amke |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Characterization and localization of the Plasmodium berghei ookinete conoid | Mathieu Brochet | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| HEIMAN | Clara Margot |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Towards building microbial consortia for pest control: exploring adaptation to insect hosts and intraspecific diversity of pathogenicity
and competition traits in insecticidal pseudomonads | Dr. Christoph Keel |  | 
    		    		
			| HOPE | Rachel |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Spatiotemporal regulation of bacterial cell wall hydrolases | Andrea Vettiger |  | 
    		    		
			| HOUMEL | Maya |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Studying Telomere Protection in Bacteria | Prof. Dr. Stephan Gruber | 2025 | 
    		    		
			| HUTTMAN | Julien |   | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Characterisation of Enterococcus regulatory mechanisms during diabetic chronic wound infections | Prof. Kimberly Kline | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| IGNOTO | Benjamin |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Environmental economics | Prof. Bruno Lanz |  | 
    		    		
			| JAGGI | Cyril Andrea |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Deciphering the molecular mechanism of mitochondrial retrograde signalling in yeast | Claudio De Virgilio |  | 
    		    		
			| JANDRASITS | Damian |  | UNIBE | E‑Mail | Establishment of the CRISPR-CAS system for rapid diagnostics and the development of antiviral strategies | Prof. Michael Hothorn (UNIGE depuis 2023) Prof. Mauro Tonolla (UNIGE / SUPSI Bellinzona TI)
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			| JERJEN | Livia |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Understanding and enhancing expression of biocontrol traits in plant-associated bacteria | Prof. Laure Weisskopf | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| KOSZTI | Szilamér |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Substrate identification of essential apicoplast transporters of Toxoplasma gondii | Dominique Soldati-Favre Joachim Kloehn
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			| KRAVCHUK | Ekaterina |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Studying the structure and molecular interactions of corynephage Cog with its host by single particle cryo-EM and cryo-ET | Prof. Paula Navarro Prof. Stephan Gruber
 | 2028 | 
    		    		
			| LAIGLE | Alice |     | UNINE | E‑Mail | Deciphering the dynamics of 3D genome organization in Zymoseptoria tritici and its impact on gene expression during wheat infection | Prof. Daniel Croll |  | 
    		    		
			| LAURENT | Guylian |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Lithium bioextraction from geothermal brines | Dr Saskia Bindschedler Prof. Pilar Junier
 | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| LE BISSONNAIS | Sandra |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Interactions between mosquitoes and their associated mocrobiota | Jacob Koella |  | 
    		    		
			| LEITNER | Nina |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Identification and characterization of host dependency factors and host restriction factors of influenza A virus | Mirco Schmolke |  | 
    		    		
			| LI | Wanlan |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Cell Mating Prediction Using Deep learning and Spatial-Temporal Analysis in Fission Yeast | Sophie Martin | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| LISSANE EDDINE | Fatima Zahra |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Identification of innovative antivirals | Valeria Cagno | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| LÓPEZ TAVARES | Alejandro |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Role of phosphorylation in the regulation of symbiotic hemoglobin activity | Didier Reinhardt |  | 
    		    		
			| LOUVET | Marine |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Adaptive stress mechanisms in relevant pathogenic fungi | Frédéric Lamoth | 2025 | 
    		    		
			| MAHMOUD-ELKAMOUNY | Basma |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Chlamydia vaughanii, a novel bacteria isolated from fish | Professor Gilbert Greub |  | 
    		    		
			| MAMTA | Mamta |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Elucidating the role of Pan1 protein during clathrin- mediated endocytosis in budding yeast | Prof Marko Kaksonen |  | 
    		    		
			| MARTYSIUK | Ustina |  | UNIBE | E‑Mail | Microbiology | PD Dr. Markus Hilty | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| MATOS | Solange |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Gut microbiota | Gilbert Greub | 1st july 2028 | 
    		    		
			| MCHUGH | Sarah |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Causes and consequences of early life malnutrition in later life | Pascale Vonaesch Jan-Willem Veening
 | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| MOHIT | Mohit |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells co-cultured with retinae ensure neuroretinal cell preservation with retained synaptic connectivity enabling electroretinal recording | Prof. Dr. Gabriele Thumann Prof. Dr. Orsolya Barabas
 | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| MONACHON | Mathilde |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Analyses and characterization of the treatment - Artificial degradation of wood samples to study biological treatment to extract iron and sulfur from waterlogged wood | Edith Joseph |  | 
    		    		
			| MORENO SANCHEZ | Sandra |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Exploiting apicomplexan diversity to discover vulnerabilities in metabolite
acquisition | Amandine Guérin | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| MULIYIL | Arunima |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Characterizing the structural and functional differences in HS-dependent and HS-independent variants of Enterovirus A71 | Prof. Caroline TAPPAREL Dr. Sophie CLEMENT-LEBOUBE
 | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| MÜLLER | Nora |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Title: Mineral shelter for beneficial bacteria
Domain: Plant Protection | Prof. Laure Weisskopf |  | 
    		    		
			| NDIAYE | Mam Malick Sy |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Phage-bacteria interactions in animal-associated microbial communities | Philipp Engel |  | 
    		    		
			| ORY | Benjamin |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Morphologie et Phylogénie des Hyalosphenidae | Pr. Edward MITCHELL |  | 
    		    		
			| OZÁEZ ARMIJOS | Sandra |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Multi-omics analysis of the human and mouse metabolically active gut microbiota in early life malnutrition | Pascale Vonaesch Philipp Engel
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			| PANDEY | Shashank |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Single-cell studies of filamenting cells in S. cerevisiae to observe the dynamics of switch from vegetative to filamentous growth | Dr. Serge Pelet |  | 
    		    		
			| PARK | Jung Hun |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Optogenetics to study synthetic gene circuits producing spatiotemporal patterns (provisional) | Yolanda Schaerli | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| PETRASZ | Patrycja |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Biosorption of dead fungal biomass as a green alternative for chloride removal treatment for archaeological iron. | prof Pilar Junier prof Edith Joseph
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			| PETSIOU | Georgia |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Developping biosensors for the gut microbiome as part of NCCR | Professor Yolanda Schaerli |  | 
    		    		
			| PICHON | Vivien |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Research of a probiotic cure to potato late blight. | Prof. Laure Weisskopf Dr. Laurent Falquet (unifr)
Dr. Brice Dupuis (Agroscope)
 | 2022 | 
    		    		
			| PUTHENPURACKAL | Annet |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Secreted proteins in Cryptosporidium | Amandine Guérin | 2028 | 
    		    		
			| RAWAT | Deepti |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Mechanisms of Enterococcus faecalis intracellular persistence and replication during infection | Kimberly KLINE | 2028 | 
    		    		
			| RIHA | Melvin |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Mechanisms of flagellin glycosylation and flagellin binding by assembly and regulator factors | Patrick Viollier Silvia Ardissone
 | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| RIVERA | Camilo Armando |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | evolutionary entomology |  |  | 
    		    		
			| ROBATEL | Steve |  | UNIBE | - | Highly multiplexed, spatially resolved immunophenotyping of pancreatic cancer for biomarker discovery and identification of therapeutic targets. |  |  | 
    		    		
			| RODRIGUEZ ROZO | Daniel |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Aberrant bodies: characterizing the mechanisms underlying the persistence of chlamydiae | Gilbert Greub | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| ROH | Noémie |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Identifying Host Factors Involved in Hepatitis E Virus Replication | Gouttenoire Jérôme | novembre 2026 | 
    		    		
			| SAJEEVAN | Aiswarya |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Role of Cdc42 in fission yeast cell-cell fusion | Prof. Sophie Martin | 2028 | 
    		    				    		    		
			| SARKAR | Lona |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Characterization of Not condensates | Prof. Martine Collart |  | 
    		    		
			| SCAMARCIA | Yvonne |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Tension generation in the appressorium of M. oryzae | Robbie Joséph Loewith |  | 
    		    		
			| SCHMIDT | Tanguy |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Pyoverdine modulation upon Phytophtora exposure | Prof. Laure Weisskopf | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| SCIAMMA | Gabriele |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | The effect of sex change on brain and behaviour of reef fishes | Prof. Zegni Triki |  | 
    		    		
			| SHERYLINE | Loison |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Reduction of animal models for antiviral testing using 3D human respiratory epithelia | Dr Caroline Tapparel-Vu Dr Sophie Clément-Lebourbe
 | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| SKAKOV | Ivan |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Evolution of selfish elements in fungal mitochondrial genomes | Daniel Croll | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| TORCHIAT | Antoine |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Regulation of PER proteins phosphorylation and their interaction | Pr. Urs Albrecht | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| TRAN | Bettina |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Interaction of antimicrobial polycationic polymer with bacteria and viruses in aqueous systems towards advanced antimicrobial material | Stefan Salentinig |  | 
    		    		
			| TSENG | Yi-ho |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Iron and redox-sensitive elements' impacts on soil biogeochemistry and GHG emission | Laurel K. ThomasArrigo | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| VANNAY | Alana |   | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Studying the gut microbiota to prevent metabolic disorders and osteoporosis | Prof. Mirko Trajkovski | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| VIRAY | Jamille |  | UNIL | E‑Mail | Microbe-pesticide interactions in the Gut and their impact on bee health | Pr. Philipp Engel | 2029 | 
    		    		
			| VÖGELI | Camille |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Relationship between greenhouse gas fluxes in peatlands and testate amoeba communities | Edward Mitchell | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| XIA | Yiruo |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Harmful benthic cyanobacterial blooms in freshwater ecosystems: seasonal development, chemical control and trophic transfer of anatoxins | Bastiaan Willem Ibelings Anna Carratala Ripolles
 | 2028 | 
    		    		
			| YERSIN | Simon |   | UNIL | E‑Mail | Metagenomic profiling of the gut microbiota of stunted children | Pasccale Vonaesch Philipp Engel
 | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| YESODHA SUBRAMANIAN | Bibin |  | UNIFR | E‑Mail | Extracellular vesicles in the regulation of host-pathogen interactions during malaria pathogenesis. | Pierre-Yves Mantel | 2025 | 
    		    		
			| ZEIN EL DINE | Hiba |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Role of proteases in Dictyostelium discoideum phagosomes | Pierre Cosson | 2027 | 
    		    		
			| ZHIOUA | Sami |  | UNINE | E‑Mail | Predicting and preventing the development of toxin-producing benthic cyanobacteria | Prof. Pilar Junier | 2026 | 
    		    		
			| ZWYGART | Arnaud |  | UNIGE | E‑Mail | Virology | Professor Caroline Tapparel |  |