Zélie Savioli

Zélie Salvioli

Zélie was born in Lorient on the beautiful Breton coast. As a child, she would spend hours observing nature, trying to understand the invisible mechanisms that govern life. This insatiable curiosity only grew stronger over the years.

Naturally, after high school, she enrolled at the University of South Brittany to pursue a degree in biotechnology. Always eager to explore new horizons and impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, she chose to complete her third-year internship in Lausanne at the CHUV. There, she worked on optimizing methods related to the phase 1 clinical trial of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, a project that allowed her to link her scientific expertise to urgent public health issues.

In her master’s program, she continued to deepen her knowledge in biotechnology, microorganisms, and bioresources. During her first master’s internship, she immersed herself in developing a fermentation process for extracting chitin from crustacean shells. It was there that she discovered the fascinating role of microorganisms in bioprocess development, opening up new perspectives in industrial biology.

Her discovery of genome manipulation techniques at the Biological Station of Roscoff was a decisive turning point in her journey. This experience led her to her final master’s internship at the TBI in Toulouse, where she focused on the characterization of ELO elongases for the elongation of fatty acids in Yarrowia lipolytica, a yeast with numerous biotechnological applications.

Today, Zélie has joined the LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse, where she applies her skills in microbiology and molecular biology to research. She will be working with Morgan Delarue and the PhD students in the team on the molecular mechanisms involved in regulating yeast proliferation and survival under compressive stress.

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