Lab Members

Current Members

  • PI: Françoise HELMBACHER, PhD
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I am group leader at IBDM since 2005, with a CNRS Researcher position (CR1/CRCN, now CRHC). The team has been supported by several competitive grants, including: ANR, FRM Equipe, AFM, the Australian FSHD global organization and the FSH society.

As of january 2024, we will be affiliated to the team of Robert KELLY at IBDM, continuing our research, supported by CNRS and the MARMARA Institute at AMU.

Prior to my appointment at CNRS/IBDM, I was a Post-doctoral fellow at the Max-Plank Institute of Neurobiology, in Munich (Germany), in the lab of Dr. Rüdiger Klein (2000-2004). Before this, I completed a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology in 1999 at the Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC, Paris 6), conducting research work in the Lab of Patrick Charnay at IBENS (1995-1999).

Publication list :

Scopus Author ID: 6506307667 | orcid.org/0000-0001-6822-1246 |Google scholar profile |

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  • Dominique FRAGANO, Lab Technician

I have been trained and worked as veterinary lab assistant.

I joined the IBDM in 2004 to work in the mouse facility, and became head of the platform.

I joined the Helmbacher lab as technician in 2015.

  • Charline YTIER, Master Student

01/2024: Welcome to Charline YTIER, who’s starting a Master 2 internship in the lab. Charline is a student from the Claude Bernard University in Lyon, enrolled in the Master 2 Program “Environmental and Muscle Physiology” following the option “Muscle physiology and pathologies”

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You would like to join our team ?

As you can see, we are currently a very small team. But we are always interested in welcoming enthusiastic young scientists in our group, at any stage of your career (undergrads, PhD, post-doc, researcher), whether or not we have specific positions to offer. More information.

Former Members

Former Students

  • Salomé PATRY, Aix-Marseille Université (10-12/2022, Gap year M1/M2)
  • Pierre-Antoine Ferracci, Aix-Marseille Université (Master 2, 2018-2019)
  • Matteo Saas, Aix-Marseille Université (Master 1, 2016, Master 2, 2016-2017)
  • Aaron McMahon, Oxford University (Summer internship 2016)
  • Tarana Nigam, Vellore Institute of Technology (India), (Summer internship, 2015)
  • Alexis Danjou, Aix-Marseille Université (Master 2, 2014-2015)
  • Geoffrey Stuart-Lopez, Aix-Marseille Université (Master 1, 2014)
  • Sandrine Lacroix, Aix-Marseille Université (Master 2, 2013-2014)
  • Laetitia Marcadet, Aix-Marseille Université (Master 2, 2012-2013)
  • Simon Denadai, Aix-Marseille Université ( Master 1, 2012, Master 2, 2012-2013)
  • Agnès Tessier, Ecole Polytech, Nice (L3, summer internship, 2012)
  • Marie Lebossé, Aix-Marseille Université (Master 2, 2006, PhD, 2006-2011)
  • Nicolas Denans, Summer student (L3), 2005
  • Esra Karaca, Diploma student Aix-Marseille Université, 2005
  • Anastasia Seferiadis, Master student Aix-Marseille Université, M2 2005

Former Post-docs

  • Magali Macchi, Post-doc / ATER Aix-Marseille Université (2015-2016)
  • Angela Zimmermann, Post-doc (2011-2015) (FSH Society Fellowship)
  • Filippo Conti, Post-doc, shared with Maina Lab (2010)
  • Carine Jiguet-Jiglaire, Post-doc (2007-2009)
  • Balazs Herberth, Post-doc (2007-2009)

Former Technicians

  • Nathalie Caruso, Technician, 2005-2015, Current position: Graba Team (IBDM)
  • Krisztina Minko, Research Engineer, 2009
  • Kristel Raffaeli, technician 2008-2009
  • Julien Astier, Technical assistant Aix-Marseille Université, 2006-2008
  • Delphine Palet, Technician, 2006