2023 Transition Call – Results

Each year, the Transition call aims at financing the end of a Ph.D. (4th year) or a transition phase between the Ph.D. and a postdoc in a different lab to finalize the project and any publications.

This annual call was launched in March 2023. Twenty-four projects were submitted, and eight of them were selected by the Executive Committee for funding periods ranging from 6 to 12 months. Congratulations to the following candidates:

• Léo CARRILLO, PhD student (4th year), EDC
  “Probing the role of long non-coding RNA XIST and X Chromosome Inactivation for human extraembryonic cell fate acquisition”
• Agathe DU CREST, PhD student (4th year), IHPST
  “Evolutionary theory from biology to social sciences: ontological and epistemological stakes of the evolution of gender characteristics”
• Aurélie DUMARCHEY,PhD student (4th year), Institut Cochin
  “Plasmodium falciparum causes significant alterations in erythroid differentiation”
• Louis LAURENT, PhD student (4th year), IJM
  “Élucidation des mécanismes moléculaires de perception de la densité cellulaire dans l’épithélium, de la surface de la cellule à son noyau”
• Camille LE SCAO, PhD student (4th year), MSC
  “Dynamics of a leaf central vein”
• Sudheer Kumar PENETI, PhD student (4th year), IJM
  “Role of vimentin in epithelial collective cell migration”
• Manon COULEE, postdoctoral researcher, Institut Cochin
  “Characterization of the epigenome of human spermatozoa: impact of the age and correlation with embryonic development”
• Manon MONIER, postdoctoral researcher, IJM
  “Identity and evolution of adhesive properties in several Drosophila species”