Our team
Many dedicated individuals work together to ensure that iPOP-UP enhances the bioinformatics landscape within Université Paris Cité.
Steering Committee
The major decisions of iPOP-UP are made by its Steering Committee.
Heads of Founding and Supporting Structures
- Valérie Doye is the Director of the Institut Jacques Monod. A CNRS research director, she also leads the “Non-Conventional Functions of Nuclear Pores” team, studying the role of nucleoporins in intracellular transport, cell division, and gene regulation. After completing her PhD on neuronal differentiation (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 1991) and a postdoc in Heidelberg, she joined the CNRS in 1994. Recognized for her groundbreaking work, she was awarded the CNRS Silver Medal in 2009. At the Institut Jacques Monod since 2008, she uses models like stem cells and organoids to investigate how nucleoporin anomalies are linked to hereditary diseases.
- Franck Letourneur, a molecular biologist at Université Paris Cité, is a research engineer and manager of the GENOM’IC platform at the Institut Cochin (INSERM U1016). This IBiSA-labeled facility specializes in transcriptome analyses using next-generation sequencing methods, producing and processing data.
- Valérie Mezger is a CNRS research director and head of UMR 7216 “Epigenetics and Cell Fate” at Université Paris Cité. She completed her PhD in 1991 at Université Paris-Sud, focusing on thermal stress response and its effects on gene regulation, followed by a postdoc at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Harvard Medical School). Her work centers on epigenetic mechanisms and their roles in cellular plasticity, differentiation, and pathologies. Under her leadership, UMR 7216 has enhanced its international reputation through high-level collaborations and innovative approaches.
- Pierre Tufféry, Director of Research at INSERM, leads the Computational Modeling of Protein-Ligand Interactions team in the Functional and Adaptive Biology unit (BFA). His research focuses on protein-peptide interactions and peptide design. He is also the founder of the RPBS platform, which he directed from 2004 to 2021.
Consulting Members
- Bertrand Cosson, Professor of Molecular Biology at Université Paris Cité, specializes in gene expression regulation, particularly through high-throughput sequencing data analysis. His research explores mRNA stability and translation during cell cycles and development in various organisms. Recently, he highlighted the role of co-translational mechanisms in glucose response in pancreatic beta cells. He has been the Scientific Director of iPOP-UP since October 2024 and is also the academic lead of the DU “Creation, Analysis, and Valorization of Omics Data.”
Scientific Committee
- Nicolas Chevrollier is a research engineer at Inserm, affiliated with the “Computational Modeling of Protein-Ligand Interactions” team within the Functional and Adaptive Biology Unit (BFA) at Université Paris Cité. His work focuses on modeling protein-ligand interactions, contributing to the understanding of key molecular mechanisms in biology. He is also involved in training students in bioinformatics and computational biology, thereby strengthening Université Paris Cité’s scientific expertise in these fields.
- Yves Clément (Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Cité) is an assistant professor in the “Stem Cells, Development, and Evolution” team, focusing on comparative genomics and functional genomics to study regeneration variability among animals. He also teaches biostatistics and omics data analysis.
- Magali Hennion (Université Paris Cité), CNRS research engineer and head of the BiBs platform, supports bioinformatics and biostatistics for the Epigenetics and Cell Fate unit. She specializes in high-throughput sequencing data analysis and develops tools to ensure reproducible and accessible analyses.
- Nikolaos Konstantinides, head of the “Comparative Developmental Neurobiology” team at the Institut Jacques Monod, investigates neuronal diversity during embryogenesis and its evolution. His work leverages single-cell sequencing and genetic tools in Drosophila to explore neurodevelopmental mechanisms.
- Joël Marchand, CNRS research engineer at the Institut Jacques Monod (IJM), was awarded the CNRS Crystal Medal in 2002. He is a key advocate for sustainable practices at the IJM and has significantly contributed to the Mathrice network, supporting IT services for the mathematics community.
- Julien Rey, CNRS research engineer in the “Computational Modeling of Protein-Ligand Interactions” team (BFA, Université Paris Cité), co-manages the IBiSA-labeled RPBS platform. His work includes developing bioinformatics tools for peptide-protein interaction analysis.
- Benjamin Saintpierre (Université Paris Cité), bioinformatician at the GENOM’IC platform (Institut Cochin), oversees RNA-Seq and scRNA-Seq project analysis. He supports researchers with the latest techniques, supervises bioinformatics trainees, and manages the bioinformatics HUB at Institut Cochin.
- Jacques Van Helden, Professor of Bioinformatics at Aix-Marseille Université (AMU) and Deputy Director of the Institut Français de Bioinformatique (IFB), has expertise in transcriptional regulation analysis and systems biology. He contributes to the coordination of IFB’s national bioinformatics platforms, fostering collaborations at European and international levels.
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The Epigenetics and Cell Fate lab BiBs facility provides a broad range of services related to bioinformatics. We support staff in their bioinformatics and biostatistics analyses, promoting their skills development and developing their autonomy.