Fellows
ESR1: Larisa Venkova
Supervisor: Dr. Matthieu Piel
The role of the actomyosin cortex in cell volume regulation
UMR 144, Institut Curie, France
Email: larisa.venkova@curie.fr
Telephone: +33 140795898
ESR2: Lokesh Pimpale
Supervisor: Prof. Stephan Grill
Torque generation by the actomysion cytoskeleton for chiral symmetry breaking in cell division
Biophysics Department, BIOTEC (TU Dresden), Germany
Email: pimpale@mpi-cbg.de / lokesh.pimpale@biotec.tu-dresden.de
Telephone: +49 351 463 40331
ESR3: Henry De Belly
Supervisor: Prof. Ewa Paluch
Plasma membrane and cell surface mechanics in embryonic stem cells
Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, UCL, United Kingdom
Email: Henry.debelly@ucl.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 20 7679 7806
ESR4: Sara Tan
Supervisor: Prof. David Strutt
Cell-cell adhesion, cell shape and cell polarity
Department of Biomedical Science, University of 91探花, United Kingdom
Email: su.tan@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 22 22372
ESR5: Nicola Pellicciotta
Supervisor: Dr. Pietro Cicuta
Fluid flow as regulator for planar polarity of cilia in epithelial cells
Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Email: np451@cam.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 7541 080547
ESR6: Claire Murzeau
Supervisor: Dr. Kai Erdmann
Regulation of the Hippo pathway in polarized cells via multi-PDZ domain proteins and identification of novel players of mechanotransduction.
Department of Biomedical Science, University of 91探花, United Kingdom
Email: c.murzeau@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 22 22364
ESR7: Arnaud Nicolas
Supervisor: Dr. Henri毛tte Lanz
Microfluidic platform development for 3D organ on a chip models
MIMETAS - The Organ-on-a-Chip company/Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Email: a.nicolas@mimetas.com
Telephone: +31 85 888 31 61
ESR8: Carlos Ure帽a Mart铆n
Supervisor: Prof. Christophe Lamaze
Caveolae mechanosensing and signaling in 3D multicelullar alginate spheroids
U1143 INSERM 鈥 UMR3666 CNRS, Institut Curie, France
Email: carlos.urena-martin@curie.fr
Telephone: +33 156 24 63 55
ESR9: Joanna Zell
Supervisor: Prof. Ludger Johannes
Glycolipid- and lectin-dependant endocytosis studies using chemical biology
UMR3666, Institut Curie, France
Email: Joanna.zell@curie.fr
Telephone: +33 156 24 66 62
ESR10: Hannes Maib
Supervisor: Prof. Elizabeth Smythe
Interpretation of cargo specific membrane properties by Clathrin Coated Pits
Department of Biomedical Science, University of 91探花, United Kingdom
Email: H.Maib@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2308
ESR11: Shada Abuhattum
Supervisor: Dr. Torsten M眉ller
Advanced integration of cell mechanical analysis in AFM application software
JPK Berlin/ BIOTEC (TU Dresden), Germany
Email: abuhattum@jpk.com/shada.abuhattum@biotec.tu-dresden.de
ESR12: Victor Jim茅nez Jim茅nez
Supervisor: Prof. Miguel 脕ngel del Pozo
Caveolin1 role as a potential integrator of cellular mechanical and metabolic cues
Integrin Signaling Group, Cellular and Developmental Biology Area CNIC, Spain
Email: victor.jimenez@cnic.es
Telephone: +34 914 53 12 00 internal code: 1158
ESR13:Qiuyu Zhuang
Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Piccolo
Assessing the Hippo transducers YAP/TAZ as cancer's master genes
Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua, Italy
Email: qiuyu.zhuang@studenti.unipd.it
Telephone: +39 049 827-6573
ESR14: Joan-Carles Escolano Caselles
Supervisor: Prof. Jochen Guck
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of macrophage mechanosensing
Cellular Machines Group, BIOTEC (TU Dresden), Germany
Email: jc.escolano@biotec.tu-dresden.de
Telephone: +49 (0)351 463 40306
ESR15: Antonio Qu铆lez-脕lvarez
Supervisor: Dr. Mar铆a Montoya S谩nchez
Development of High Content Screening cell based assays for deciphering mechanotransduction-driven disease mechanisms
Cellomics Unit, CNIC, Spain
Email: antonio.quilez@cnic.es
Telephone: +34 91 4531200
ESR16: Ilaria Di Meglio
Supervisor: Prof. Aurelien Roux
Epithelium division and growth under stress in 3D confinement
Biochemistry Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Email: ilaria.dimeglio@unige.ch
Telephone: +41 223796492
International scholarships
We offer a generous package of financial support for international students, including undergraduate and postgraduate taught scholarships worth 拢10,000 towards the annual tuition fee.
Applications are open for existing offer holders for programmes starting in autumn 2025.