BioMarCell Lab
The BioMarCell Group

The BioMarCell group works on the reproduction, fertilization and development of ascidians, ctenophores, chaetognaths, cnidarians and sea urchins at the Marine Station in Villefranche sur Mer



Christian Sardet
Vintage 2004

 

- Christian Sardet Group Leader (DR CNRS) Fertilization, development and reproduction. Imaging of Cells and Embryos.
- Janet Chenevert (CR CNRS) Muscle differentiation and the mechanism of unequal cleavages in ascidians.
- Gérard Prulière (CR INSERM) Cleavage in sea urchin embryos
- François Prodon (Post Doc ANR) Molecular and Cell Biology of ascidian oocytes
-Alexandre Paix (PhD student) Structure and function of the egg cortex
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- Philippe Dru (AI CNRS) Molecular and cell biology of ascidian embryos
-Christian Rouviere (IR CNRS) Imaging, Microscopy (Webmaster).
- Mohamed Khamla (T UPMC) Imaging, Archiving (Webmaster)
- Sandra Chevallier. Molecular and cell biology of sea urchin embryos (T CNRS)

Some past members of the lab and what they do :

- Remi Dumollard is recently appointed in the lab
- Danièle Carré is now retired and living a quiet life in Villefranche
- Evelyn Houliston has her own lab in Villefranche and works on mechanisms of determinant localization in frogs, ctenophores and cnidarians
- Alex McDougall has his own lab in Villefranche and pursues his work on sperm factor, calcium signals, and the control of the cell cycle in ascidians.
- Fabrice Roegiers is doing his Post Doc in the Jan lab at UCSF in San Francisco on the mechanism of unequal cleavages in neuroblasts of Drosophila.
-Solenn Patalano is doing her thesis in Barcelona with Fatima Gebaeur from the Centre de Regulacio Genomica (Thèse européenne en co-tutelle avec Villefranche)

Images of people and event
 
   
Christian Rouvière Gérard Prulière Janet Chênevert Alex McDougall François Prodon Sandra Chevallier mohamed khamla Philippe Dru