Multiple positions are currently available, contact Valentina.cigliola@vanderbilt.edu for information!
Principal Investigator
Valentina Cigliola, PhD
Incoming Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology Vanderbilt Brain Institute |
Valentina has a long standing interest in the biology of tissue regeneration. After a Master degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Bari (Italy), she moved to Cambridge (UK) for a research internship at the Mitochondrial Biology Unit. She then started a PhD at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) where she characterized cell conversion mechanisms leading to regeneration of insulin-producing beta cells during diabetes. Fascinated by the field of regeneration, for her postdoc she decided to study it in the zebrafish, able to repair myriad tissues that poorly regenerate in mammals. She joined the lab of Ken Poss, at Duke University (USA), where she characterized mechanisms of heart and spinal cord regeneration using zebrafish and mouse models. She established her lab at the Institute of Biology Valrose in Nice (France) in 2023 and will move to Vanderbilt University in August 2024.
Contact: Valentina.cigliola@Vanderbilt.edu Twitter: @CigliolaLab |
Research Support
Julie Uveira
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Julie got her Master degree in Biology and Health from Bordeaux University in 2015. After working as an Analytical Technician for Merck Biodevelopment S.A.S she joined the lab of Evelyn Houliston at the Villefranche-sur-mer Developmental Biology Laboratory (LBDV). Here she studied embryonic development in Clytia, a jellyfish, and developed a strong interest in aquatic systems and organisms. Julie joined the Cigliola lab in March 2023, where she is in charge of laboratory management. She also participates to different projects in the lab, and she is developing novel imaging methods to follow regeneration. Outside of the lab, Julie loves doing long trails and be part of cultural associations. She also enjoys swimming, running, and playing board games.
Contact: Julie.Uveira@univ-cotedazur.fr |
Postdocs
Vania Lima-Fernandes, PhD
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Vânia grew up in Barcelos, a small town in the north of Portugal. She received her undergraduate degree in applied Biology from the University of Minho and her master’s degree in Developmental and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Lisbon (Portugal). For her PhD, Vânia attended the Developmental and Reproductive Biology program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (USA). The PhD thesis focused on the adaptative functions of sensory and behavior laterality in the blind cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus. In April 2023, Vânia joined Cigliola’s lab to study axon growth during regeneration in zebrafish. Outside the lab, she likes to build puzzles, running like she is escaping a zoombie apocalypse and eat everything she can find!
Contact: Vania.LIMA-FERNANDES@univ-cotedazur.fr |