FORMER LAB MEMBERS (France and Germany)
Visiting Professors:
Dr. Gaskon Ibarretxe, Associate Professor at University of the Basque Country, Leioa, Spain (Saarland University; 2014)
Postdoctoral fellows:
Dr. Thiago Nakahara (INRAE Centre-Val de Loire; 2022-2024)
Dr. Raquel Lopez-Galvez (INRAE Centre-Val de Loire; 2021, currently, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain )
Dr. Anabel Pérez (Saarland University; 2012-2015, currently at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA)
Dr. Livio Oboti (Saarland University; 2011-2013, currently at RCI, Washington DC, USA)
Graduate students:
Nayima Quilez (INRA Centre-Val de Loire; 2019-2020, researcher)
Anna Pallé-Lopez (INRAE Centre-Val de Loire; 2018, PhD exchange student at Cajal Institute, Spain)
Jon Luzuriaga (INRAE Centre-Val de Loire; 2017-2019, PhD exchange student at Basque Country University, Spain)
Benjamin Stein (Saarland University; 2011-2017, PhD student, currently at Ursapharm, Germany)
Ana Martín-Sanchez (Saarland University; 2014, PhD exchange student at Valencia University, Spain)
Johanna Roth (Saarland University; 2011-2013, technician, currently at Bonn University, Germany)
Vicky Katsulidou (Saarland University; 2009-2011, currently at Roche, Mannheim, Germany)
Master students:
Yannick Teuchert (Saarland University; 2014, currently PhD student at Saarland University)
Suzana Cvijetic (Saarland University; 2010, currently at Novara University, Italy)
Bachelor students:
Mathilde Mignard (Saarland University; 2015)
Nicole Paschek (Saarland University; 2012)
Sarah Kircher (Saarland University; 2011)
SUPERVISED PHD THESES
2017 Benjamin Stein (Saarland University): “Functional characterization of vomeronasal receptors using a Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1)-derived Amplicon” (summa cum laude)
2021 Anne-Charlotte Trouillet (INRA Centre-Val de Loire): “Role of olfactory Gαi2 signal transduction mechanisms mediating reproductive and sociosexual behaviors”
2024 Elliott Trives (INRA Centre-Val de Loire): "Evaluating the role of aromatase neurons in socio-sexual behaviors following social experience: in vivo functional studies and development of tools for analyzing calcium imaging data."
SUPERVISED MASTER/BACHELOR THESES
2015 Mathilde Mignard (Bachelor Thesis; Saarland University): “Molecular characterization of vomeronasal sensory neurons stimulated with high molecular weight urine fraction by single cell RT-PCR”
2012 Nicole Paschek (Bachelor Thesis; Saarland University): “Functional analysis of VNO newborn sensory neurons by calcium imaging”
2011 Sarah Kircher (Bachelor Thesis; Saarland University): “Hormone regulation of vomeronsal function”
2010 Suzana Cvijetic (Master Thesis; University of Turin-ERASMUS Program 2009-2010): “Functional screening of ligand detection mediated by vomeronasal type 2 receptors using virus-based gene transfer in infected sensory neurons”
