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MeLiS — Organization chart
As of November 1st 2025
Directorate
Jean-Louis BESSEREAU — Director
Valérie CASTELLANI — Adjunct Director
Christophe MARCELLE — Adjunct Director
NeuraCel – Neurobiology and Aging of C. elegans
Team Members
- Jean-Louis BESSEREAU — PUPH, UCBL, HDR
- Allan ALCOLEI — Doctorant
- Mélissa CIZERON — CRCN, INSERM
- Manuela D’ALESSANDRO — CRCN, INSERM
- Anaïs DUMAS — Doctorante
- Evan GOUY — Chercheur, HCL
- Laure GRANGER — AI, CNRS
- Maëlle JOSPIN — MCU, UCBL, HDR
- Driss LAABID — Technicien, UCBL
- Morgane MIALON — Doctorante
- Laurent MOLIN — IE, CNRS
- Liubov PATRASH — Doctorante
- Bérangère PINAN-LUCARRÉ — CR, INSERM, HDR
- Florence SOLARI — CRCN, INSERM, HDR
SPARK – Signaling Pathways And Regulators of K+ channels
Team Members
- Thomas BOULIN — CV — DR2 CNRS, HDR
- Olga ANDRINI CV — Associate professor, UCBL, HDR
- Antoine DELINIERE — Chef de clinique, cardiologie, HCL
- Mirko FRANCESCONI — CRCN, Inserm, HDR
- Kathrin GIESELER — PREX, UCBL, HDR
- Sandra DUPERRIER — AI, CNRS
- Laura AGRESTI — PhD candidate
- Parichitran AYYAMPERUMAL — PhD candidate
- Élise CHEYNET — PhD candidate
- Sara SECHI — PhD candidate
- Nguyen MINH THU — PhD candidate
NEST – Nervous System, embryogenesis and Study of childhood Tumors
Team Members
- Valérie CASTELLANI — DR1 CNRS, HDR
- Frédéric MORET — MCU, UCBL, HDR
- Julien FALK — CRCN, CNRS, HDR
- Servane TAUSZIG-DELAMASURE — DR2, CNRS, HDR
- Maëva LUXEY — MCU, UCBL
- Muriel BOZON — AI, CNRS
- Karine THOINET — AI, CNRS
- Franck BOISMOREAU — Post-doctorant, UCBL
- Audrey PRUNET — Post-doctorante
- Maëlys ANDRE — Doctorante, UCBL
- Raphael GURY — Doctorant
- Marion MALLET — Doctorant
- Luce ROSEIRO — Doctorante
- Florian MARTIN — IE
- Emy THEOULE — IE, UCBL
- Cécile FAURE-CONTER — Oncopédiatre IHOPe, CLB
- Jérémy GANOFSKY — Bioinformaticien
3D Human – Normal and pathological human embryology
Team Members
- Alain Chédotal — PUPH, UCBL, HDR
- Anaïs FAVRE — IE, UCBL
- Qingwei LI — Doctorant, UCBL
ACDC – Centriole assembly and ciliary diversity
Team Members
- Bénédicte DURAND — Professeur, UCBL
- Véronique MOREL — Chercheuse, CNRS
- Joëlle THOMAS — MCU, UCBL
- Amélie BILLON — Doctorante, UCBL
- Marine BRUNET — Doctorante, UCBL
- Alison CARRET — Doctorante, UCBL
- Emilie FONTAINE — Doctorante, UCBL
- Julien PERRICHET — Technicien, UCBL
- Hajer MAARCHA — Stagiaire M2, UCBL
- Sarah DE FREITAS — Stagiaire, UCBL
MDR – Myogenesis in Development and Repair
Team Members
- Christophe MARCELLE — PU, UCBL
- Clémence ALIBERT — Doctorante
- Chloé BONNOT — Doctorante
- Emilie DELAUNE — MCU, UCBL
- Kathrin GIESELER — PU, UCBL
- Inès LATREILLE — IE, CNRS
- Yoann LE TOQUIN — Doctorant
- Valérie MORIN — IE, CNRS
- Gauthier TOULOUSE — Doctorant
- Zoé MOINI — Master 2, UCBL
- Daria TEPORDEI — Master 2, UCBL
ZeNeB – Zebrafish Neurogenetics and Behavior
Team Members
- Owen RANDLETT — Researcher, INSERM, HDR
- Dominique BAAS — Assistant Professor, UCBL
- Abdel RAHMAN EL HASSAN — PhD Student, CNRS
- Adrià MARTÍNEZ PÉREZ — PhD Student, UCBL
- Andrew HSIAO — Technician, INSERM
SynatAc – Synaptopathies and auto-antibodies
Team Members
- Jerome HONNORAT — PUPH, UCBL-HCL
- Lucie ALIOUANE — Chercheur, UCBL
- Jean-Christophe ANTOINE — PUPH, CNRS
- Sarah BENKEDER — Doctorante, INSERM
- Roger BESANCON — MCU, UCBL
- Nadia BOUTAHAR — MCU-PH, CNRS
- Pauline BOUVET — Doctorante, INSERM
- Jean-Philippe CAMDESSANCHE — PH, CNRS
- Naura CHOUNLAMOUNTRI — Technicien, CNRS
- Sterenn CLOSS — Technicien, CNRS
- Kassandre COMBET — Doctorante, CNRS
- Priscille DE GEA — Doctorante, CNRS
- Virginie DESESTRET — PUPH, CNRS
- Le Duy DO — Chercheur, CNRS
- Fabrice FAURE — IE, CNRS
- Bastien JOUBERT — Chercheur, CNRS
- Mathilde MILLOT — Chercheur, CNRS
- Claire MEISSEREL — Chercheur, INSERM
- Christian MORITZ — Chercheur, CNRS
- Olivier PASCUAL — Chercheur, INSERM
- Veronique PELLIER-MONIN — MCU, UCBL
- Géraldine PICARD — Chercheur, HCL
- Elise PETER — Chercheur, UCBL
- Antonio FARINA — Chercheur, HCL
- Macarena GARCIA — Chercheur, INSERM
- Anne-Laurie PINTO — Chercheur, HCL
- Mélisse ROBERT — Doctorante, HCL
- Veronique ROGEMOND — Chercheur, HCL
- Yannick THOLANCE — MCU-PH, UCBL
- Marine VILLARD — Chercheur, HCL
- Clementine VINCENT — Post-doctorante, INSERM
- Valentin WUCHER — Post-doctorant, UCBL





