Camille Puginier wins prize for her PhD research
We are proud to announce that Camille Puginier, a postdoctoral researcher in the Talbot group, was awarded the Madeleine Lecoq prize from the French Academy of Sciences for her PhD work.
Camille did her PhD at the Research Laboratory in Plant Sciences in Toulouse, France. There, she worked on lichens, symbiotic organisms resulting from the association between fungi and photosynthetic microorganisms. She focused on microalgae involved in this symbiosis, using a combination of genomic and molecular biology approaches to explore their evolution and what distinguishes them from non-symbiotic algae.
Camille says, "This award is a real honour for me. I am delighted that lichen research is in the spotlight, as these fascinating organisms still hold many mysteries. This recognition strengthens my resolve to continue studying them and deepen our understanding of these symbioses."
Her research on lichens continues at TSL in the Talbot group, where she works on Xanthoria parietina. She characterises fungal effectors found in Xanthoria parietina using molecular biology, and she develops novel genomic approaches to study lichen development in single cells. She also wants to better understand the initial stages of lichenization by combining transcriptomics and proteomics approaches.
The lichen that Camille works on at TSL, Xanthoria parietina.
Professor Nick Talbot, Group Leader and Executive Director of The Sainsbury Laboratory, says "I am really proud to see Camille receive this incredible honour from the French Academy of Sciences. It is thoroughly well deserved and I am very excited about the expertise in lichen biology that Camille has brought to my group at TSL. Her work is pioneering."
We are delighted that Camille has chosen the Talbot group at TSL for her postdoctoral research, and we warmly congratulate her on her prize.
