Casini Laurent

Microbiology

First-steps project

Characterization of virulence factors contributing to pathogenicity of the plant-beneficial bacterium Pseudomonas protegens towards insects and investigation of the host colonization process.

Supervisor(s): Christophe Keel / Céline Terretaz

Master Thesis

Discovery of new toxin-antitoxin systems (TAs) in the alpha-proteobacterium Caulobacter crescentus by shotgun-sequencing.

Supervisor(s): Collier Close Justine / Frandi Antonio