Bacterial RNA Biology team

Anaïs Le Rhun
Inserm researcher (CR)

Our team aim to understand the regulation of type I toxin-antitoxin systems and hijack these systems for therapeutic purposes. More precisely, our research focuses on the regulation of gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. We are interested in understanding how small regulatory RNAs and ribonucleases affect gene expression and virulence in pathogenic bacteria using microbial genetics and RNA sequencing techniques.

Marine Baraquin
Ph.D student

Marine joined the lab in October 2025 to investigate type I toxin-antitoxin systems from Escherichia coli 

Martina Buriassi
Erasmus student
Bologna University

Pablo Embarek
Bordeaux University

Former members

Andrés Escalera-Maurer, post-doc, 2021-2025

Adriana Messineo, PhD student, 2021-2025

Maéva Conangle, Assistant engineer, 2024-2025

Cléo Berrehail, Bioinformatic engineer, 2022-2023

Students

Eva Hanušková (UCT Prague), 2025

Erika Tatiana Castaneda Sastre (University of Wageningen), 2024

Arianna Bellezza (Bologna University), 2024

Alice Virciglio (Bologna University), 2023, 2024

Elena Nicollin (Bordeaux University), 2023

Tiphaine Kervella (Bordeaux University), 2023

Maria Núria Ramos Corominas (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), 2023

Imane Maghni (Montpellier University), 2022

Matthieu Brunot (Centrale Nantes), 2022

Léa Marcos (Bordeaux University), 2021

Group pictures

Lab Life