Full Professor Pierre Gönczy | |
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![]() Pierre Gönczy in his laboratory in 2020 | |
Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Citizenship | Switzerland |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Geneva |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biology |
Sub-discipline |
Cell biology Developmental biology |
Institutions | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
Main interests |
Centriole assembly and function
Asymmetric cell division |
Website | https://www.epfl.ch/labs/gonczy-lab/ |
Pierre Gönczy (born 1962 in Winterthur, Switzerland) is a Swiss and Italian cell and developmental biologist. His research focuses on centriole biology and asymmetric cell division. He is currently professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), [1] where he directs the Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology. [2]
Gönczy studied biology at University of Geneva and graduated in 1987 with a diploma thesis in molecular immunology at the Department of Microbiology at University of Geneva. [3] In 1995, he received a PhD for his work on developmental biology and molecular genetics from the Rockefeller University, New York City, United States. [4] [5] [6] From 1996 to 2000 Gönczy joined the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany as a postdoctoral research fellow with Anthony Hyman to work on cell biology, cell division, and early embryonic development. [7] In 2000, he became Junior Group leader at Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2005, he was first nominated Associate Professor, and since 2009 has been a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). [1]
Gönczy's research is in the realm of cell and developmental biology, focused mainly on the questions of centriole assembly and function, as well as asymmetric cell division. [8] [9] His laboratory employs notably the model organism C. elegans and human cell lines in their research. The methods they use include functional genomics, cell biology, live imaging, super-resolution microscopy, biophysical analysis, and electron cryotomography. [10] [11] [12] He spearheaded the first ever functional genomic screening of a metazoan organism, leading to the systematic discovery of the function of the compendium of genes needed to build an embryo. [7]
Gönczy is recipient of the EMBO Young Investigator Program Award (2000). [13] In 2005, he was elected an EMBO member. [1] [14] He was co-founder of the startup company Cenix Bioscience. [15] He was a Whitman Fellow at the Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA in 2015, 2017, and 2018. [16] [17] [18]
Full Professor Pierre Gönczy | |
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![]() Pierre Gönczy in his laboratory in 2020 | |
Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
Citizenship | Switzerland |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Geneva |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Biology |
Sub-discipline |
Cell biology Developmental biology |
Institutions | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
Main interests |
Centriole assembly and function
Asymmetric cell division |
Website | https://www.epfl.ch/labs/gonczy-lab/ |
Pierre Gönczy (born 1962 in Winterthur, Switzerland) is a Swiss and Italian cell and developmental biologist. His research focuses on centriole biology and asymmetric cell division. He is currently professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), [1] where he directs the Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology. [2]
Gönczy studied biology at University of Geneva and graduated in 1987 with a diploma thesis in molecular immunology at the Department of Microbiology at University of Geneva. [3] In 1995, he received a PhD for his work on developmental biology and molecular genetics from the Rockefeller University, New York City, United States. [4] [5] [6] From 1996 to 2000 Gönczy joined the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany as a postdoctoral research fellow with Anthony Hyman to work on cell biology, cell division, and early embryonic development. [7] In 2000, he became Junior Group leader at Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2005, he was first nominated Associate Professor, and since 2009 has been a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). [1]
Gönczy's research is in the realm of cell and developmental biology, focused mainly on the questions of centriole assembly and function, as well as asymmetric cell division. [8] [9] His laboratory employs notably the model organism C. elegans and human cell lines in their research. The methods they use include functional genomics, cell biology, live imaging, super-resolution microscopy, biophysical analysis, and electron cryotomography. [10] [11] [12] He spearheaded the first ever functional genomic screening of a metazoan organism, leading to the systematic discovery of the function of the compendium of genes needed to build an embryo. [7]
Gönczy is recipient of the EMBO Young Investigator Program Award (2000). [13] In 2005, he was elected an EMBO member. [1] [14] He was co-founder of the startup company Cenix Bioscience. [15] He was a Whitman Fellow at the Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA in 2015, 2017, and 2018. [16] [17] [18]