Meet the team
Team members
Cléa Villette
Organization Leader
No information escapes our organization manager's attention. Cléa is a very methodical person: she has even redecorated the walls of the laboratory with her large information sheets. Out of the lab, she sets the dance floor on fire!
Pakindame Boabekoa
Wet Lab Leader
Pakindame is impressive as he has all the protocols in mind and is able to answer all our questions at any time. Our Wet Lab leader is also called Mister Crocs, he surprises us with a new pair every day. For him, comfort is essential when working!
Jeanne Burdin
Dry Lab Leader
Jeanne leads the model with ambition. She is the personification of efficiency and a precious writer as she becomes very inspired when it comes to selling the project. She is so fast that even Lucky Luke can’t follow her shadow.
Héloïse Olivier
Human Practices Leader
Héloïse is our Human Practices Leader as she is very sociable and talkative. She is also the team's mom, always taking care of everyone. Anyway, she won't miss an afterwork with friends.
Marie Laverdure
Entrepreneurship Leader
As our Entrepreneurship Leader, Marie enjoys spending time at events, even more so if there is a buffet. Full of life and environmentalist at heart, she has the last word, especially to motivate the team to do sport with her.
Mathieu Ropert
Finance Leader
Mathieu is our Finance Leader. He has a list of contacts bigger than he is (and that is not easy!) and oversees every team expense. Even if he loves us, we have to be strategic to make him smile in group pictures!
Koloina Rabemanantsoa
Wiki Leader
Koloina is our Wiki Leader and a pro at debugging. Concentrated in front of her computer when she is not experimenting, the Wiki had better watch out! Just never forget to give her one last dance before going home!
Bayane Saï
Communication Leader
Bayane is our Communication Leader. She is super creative when it comes to creating insta posts or working on the video. Queen of memes, she also delights us with her famous brownie.
Instructors
Christophe Danelon
Principal Instructor
Christophe is our PI and our favorite expert in liposomes. He impresses us with his optimism and patience, answering the hundreds of emails we send him every day. With him, each day has its philosophical statement.
Brice Enjalbert
Human Practices Instructor
Brice is a researcher and teacher at INSA. His research works aim to explore how microorganisms adapt to fluctuations in their environment. He knows the competition inside out and doesn't hesitate to push us to give our best. Hidden talent: artist.
Ambre Jousselin
Wet Lab Instructor
Ambre represents the UPS side and works on the stability of messenger RNAs in Staphylococcus aureus. She's patient and kind enough to come and check up on us every morning, but be careful not to get into mischief in front of her!
Pierre Millard
Modeling Instructor
Pierre is a researcher at TBI, studying the organization, functioning and regulation of natural and synthetic metabolic systems. He is always in a good mood and a precious ally to develop the model thanks to his skills in computational biology.
Cédric Montanier
Finances Instructor
Cédric is a research manager at TBI, studying the mechanization and structure-activity relationships of enzymes. He is our official supplier of reagents and enzymes. Even if his sense of humor isn't for everyone, all of his knowledge is a great help, especially concerning protein purification!
Denis Jallet
Wet Lab Helper Instructor
Denis is a scientific researcher at TBI, studying microbial metabolic networks and their regulation. When he’s not in his lab, you’ll probably see him running and wearing an iGEM Toulouse shirt!
Stéphanie Heux
Entrepreneurship and Communication Instructor
Stéphanie is director of research at TBI. She is working on building efficient microbial cell factories. She helps us get in touch with experts in entrepreneurship, HP and communication strategies.
Advisor
Lucie Barthe
PhD student
Lucie is a PhD student at TBI. She is very resourceful and always provides a lot of advices every time she visits us in the lab. Lucie is also our favorite spectator, helping us when we are preparing for a presentation.
