Biography

I found my way into research during my bachelor’s degree in biology doing large scale experimental evolution in the team of Jonas Warringer at the University of Gothenburg. In this project I was investigating the reproducibility of evolution as well as aiding in the development of a phenotyping platform. From there I continued with Jonas during my Master’s, looking into the effect of standing genetic variation on the speed of evolution. During this time, I acquired an Erasmus scholarship to work with Gianni Liti at the IRCAN in Nice allowing me to further improve my molecular biology skills. I was granted the opportunity to enroll in the Labex Signalife PhD program in Nice and I started my PhD in Gianni Liti’s lab, focusing my efforts on the relationship between genotype and phenotype. I am now a postdoctoral fellow with Christian Landry, using my expertise in yeast genetics, molecular biology, high throughput experiments and data analysis to answer questions about de novo gene formation.

Research interests

My interests extend to most corners of genetics. However, I have a predisposition towards evolution and genotype to phenotype relations. My current research focuses on the mysterious origination of new genes from non-coding sequences, a previously unrecognized cog in the evolutionary machinery that is gaining ground.