People
Irmak Avci
M1 Intern
With a background in biology and AI, I focus on reproductive biology—especially infertility—and how AI aids diagnosis and modeling. I'm exploring how developmental biology informs reproduction and am learning deep learning to reconstruct Parhyale hawaiensis cells from microscopy videos.
Mariam Dynar
Postdoc
I’m a Doctor in Biophysics from Grenoble Alpes University. My research focused on living systems, where I applied simulations, experiments, and computational methods to study blood dynamics. Currently, I’m a postdoctoral researcher at the IBDM in Marseille, working under the supervision of Léo Guignard.
Alumni

Gesa Loof
Postdoc
Molecular biologist passionate for early embryonic development. Interested in unravelling the secrets of lineage decisions and pluripotency, using sequencing and imaging-based approaches.
Follow-up position:
Research Software Engineer @ Max Delbrueck Center, Berlin

Luìsa Vieira da Silva
M1 Intern
I’m an Engineer by training, with a degree from UFRJ in Brazil and am currently pursuing a master's in Computational and Mathematical Biology at Aix-Marseille University. My journey to France was driven by the desire of learning more about programming and algorithms specifically to address complex biological challenges, but also to meet new people, new cultures and travel. Currently, I’m doing a three month internship focused on lineage trees.
Follow-up position:
Master student in Marseille

Giannis Liaskas
L3 Intern
Giannis is a physicist interested in the intricate processes that take place during the development of an embryo. Using physics, computer science and biology Giannis aims to uncover the fundamental mechanisms that govern the final form of an organism.
Follow-up position:
Master student in Heraklion Greece

Riccardo Cova
Erasmus Intern
Bioengineer interested in applying and developing computer vision algorithms to study embryogenesis
Follow-up position:

Polina Soloveva
M1 Intern
Having received an education in applied mathematics and physics with an emphasis in biotechnology, I became interested in machine learning in biology, so now I am actively learning how to build and train neural networks, especially those related to the biological application of computer vision algorithms
Follow-up position:
Master student in Paris

Isabella Bicalho
Ph.D. student
A biologist trying to squeeze out the answers of biological phenomena using every possible analytical tool under my belt, from math to artificial intelligence.
Follow-up position:
Data analist freelance

Nessim Louafi
M2 Intern
Biochemist by training and big believer in interdisciplinarity in biology. Currently a Master student in quantitative biology in Montpellier I am particularly interested in imaging approaches and exploring development in multicellular organisms at different scales.
Follow-up position:
Ph.D. student in Luca Giorgetti's lab, FMI, Basel, Switzerland