Guillaume Lesage

Contact Info


Institute of Molecular Biology / Hemmi Lab Winterthurerstrasse 190 8057 Zurich Switzerland
 * Guillaume Lesage
 * University of Zurich
 * Contact me here: [mailto:guillaume.lesage@molbio.uzh.ch guillaume.lesage@molbio.uzh.ch]

Research interests

 * Virology
 * MicroRNAs

Current position
PhD Student in the Hemmi Lab, Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Zurich Projects:
 * Engineering of Oncolytic CRAds for Melanoma Treatment
 * Study on Potential miRNAs Encoded by Human Adenoviruses

Previous labs
Supervisors: Dr. J. Stitz, Prof. M. Fussenegger Projects: Light-inducible gene regulation system / Engineering and pseudotyping of the Duck Hepatitis B Virus (DHBV)
 * Dec 2004 - Feb 2006: Fussenegger Lab, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Supervisor: Dr. M.-Q. Xu Project: Protein transduction assays on eukaryotic cells
 * Oct 2003 - Jul 2004: New England Biolabs, Inc., Beverly, MA, USA

Supervisor: Dr. M.-Q. Xu Projects: Mutagenesis study of the Ssp DnaB mini-intein / Catalytic RNA in RNAi production
 * Jan - Sep 2003: New England Biolabs, Inc., Beverly, MA, USA

Education
Ecole supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS) (graduated September 2003 in Strasbourg, France) Tri-lingual (French, English and German) Biotechnology Masters program emphasizing practical laboratory training Institut d'Ecologie Appliquée, Université catholique de l'Ouest (graduated August 2000 in Angers, France)
 * Master Degree of Science in Biotechnology / Diplôme d’ingénieur en Biotechnologie / Diplôme d’Etude Approfondie (DEA) in Cellular and Molecular Biology
 * Diplôme d'études universitaires générales (DEUG) in Biology

Publications

 * 1) Paper3 pmid=18776931
 * 2) Paper2 pmid=17461419
 * 3) Paper1 pmid=12878593

Activities

 * Former active member of the Swiss country board of YEBN (Young European Biotech Network): Part of the organizing team of the annual meeting 2004 in Zurich and part of the sponsor recruiting team from February 2005 to February 2006
 * Active participation in the ESBS Alumni Day 2005
 * Founding member of the MicroRNA Network Zurich (MiNZ)

Useful links
Ecole Sperieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg (ESBS) Institute of Molecular Biology Zurich Ph.D. Program in Molecular Life Sciences New England Biolabs, Inc. Young European Biotech Network