After an international call and a highly selective process, ParaFrap recruited 11 new PhD students and 8 new post-docs. They will enroll the Doctoral or Post-Doctoral programs in October, 2016.
Find below the list of selected candidates :
| PhD Students | |||
|
Selected Candidates |
PIs | Institutions | Topics |
| Dass Sheena |
Cyrille Botté (& Y. Yamaryo-Botté) |
University Grenoble Alpes |
Membrane biogenesis in Toxoplasma gondii: Characterization of novel enzymes responsible for the lipid processing pathway. |
| Du Manoir Milena |
Antoine Berry |
University Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, Toulouse | Plasmodium falciparum resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Central Africa: new insight from the field to the atom |
| Farhat Dayana |
Mohamed-Ali Hakimi |
University Grenoble Alpes |
Uncovering the function of two apicomplexan-specific histone acetylation marks located at the nucleosome dyad in both Toxoplasma and Theileria |
|
Grand |
Salah Mécheri (A. Scherf's group) |
Pasteur Institute, Paris |
Investigation of the protective response against pre erythrocytic stages of malaria parasite in hosts with induced liver inflammation |
| Gurung Pratima |
Jose-Juan Lopez-Rubio | University of Montpellier |
G-Quadruplexes - mediated regulation of Plasmodium falciparum virulence |
| Isch Charlotte |
Mélanie Bonhivers (D. Robinson's group) |
University of Bordeaux | Detailed analysis and study of the biogenesis of the trypanosome FPC cytoskeleton |
| Khobragade Vrushali |
Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet | University of Starsbourg | Development of a selective activity-based probe for NADPH-dependent flavoproteome analysis in malarial parasites |
| Langlois Anne-Claire |
Olivier Silvie | UPMC, Universités Sorbonne, Paris |
Role of host receptors during Plasmodium and Toxoplasma host cell invasion |
| Ruivo Margarida |
Maryse Lebrun | University of Montpellier | Characterization of host Moving Junction Partners involved in invasion of Apicomplexan parasites |
|
Villafraz |
Frédéric Bringaud |
University of Bordeaux | Role of the unusual peroxisomal/glycosomal sequestration of cytosolic metabolic pathways in trypanosomes |
| Yagoubat Akila |
Sterkers Yvon (P. Bastien's group) |
University of Montpellier |
Unravelling the molecular processes leading to flexible gene dosage by mosaic aneuploidy in Leishmania. |
| POST-DOCS | |||
|
Selected Candidates |
PIs | Institutions | Topics |
| Aquilini Eleonora |
Maryse Lebrun | University of Montpellier |
Functional characterization of rhoptry secretion mechanisms in Plasmodium and Toxoplasma |
| Batista Gomes Anna Rita |
Jose-Juan Lopez-Rubio |
University of Montpellier | Development of new CRISPR-Cas9 tools to study malaria parasite virulence mechanisms |
| Cordon Carlos |
Artur Scherf | Pasteur Institute, Paris |
Role of cis genetic elements in monoallellic expression of Plasmodium falciparum |
|
Fernandes |
Olivier Silvie |
UPMC, Paris |
Functional characterization of Plasmodium sporozoite transient vacuoles |
| Jain Vitul |
Mohamed-Ali Hakimi | University Grenoble Alpes |
Identification of new compounds with activity against Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium. Applications to develop new anti-parasitic agents directed to novel targets. |
| Katris Nicholas |
Cyrille Botté | University Grenoble Alpes | Plasmodium falciparum: Characterization of novel enzymes responsible for the lipid processing pathway |
| Sinha Dipto |
Marie-France Cesbron-Delauw | University Grenoble-Alpes | Identifying parasite gene(s) triggering resistance to toxoplasmosis in the rat model |
| Tajeri Shahin |
Gordon Langsley | CNRS, INSERM, University Paris Descartes |
EHMT1-mediated gene silencing in virulent Theileria-infected macrophages |
