Laure Allenbach

I've been working in quite different subject areas during the past few years.
After producing biodegradable plastic in plants, I then analysed the perception of light by plants and I also worked on heat shock proteins.
Since August 2003 I have joined the group of Ian Sanders and now I'm dealing with a new organism, which is called Glomus. It's an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and it is cute!
I like to do lab-work, which is quite similar to cooking: after having prepared a good soup of LB, with a pinch of salt and a delicious yeast powder, I prepare some Petri plates to culture some nice little beasts, which I then kill and destroy. Grrr!
Molecular biology allows you to express yourself: don't aggress your neighbor instead extract some DNA!
My current project involves screening genomic DNA libraries for variation in protein-coding genes in the AMF Glomus intraradices. I also recently extracted the genomic DNA of G. intraradices that has been used to make the small and medium insert libraries for the Glomus genome sequencing project.

Born in Lausanne (Switzerland) on the 9th of May 1973 (Bob Marley's day of death)

1993-1997
Studies in biology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

1998-1999
Diploma thesis in Yves Poirier's lab, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
"Study of the beta-oxidation pathway of fatty acids in Arabidopsis thaliana by the analysis of polyhydroxyalkanoates"

2000-2001
Diploma thesis in Christian Fankhauser's lab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
"SRR1, a novel gene involved in the phytochrome signaling pathway"

2001-2003
I prefer to forget!

Since 2003
Lab technician in Ian sander's lab, University of Lausanne, Switzerland