Current position
2025 - present: Principal Engineer, Emma Haapaniemi Group, NCMBM
Tasks:
- Hematopoietic stem cell culture
- CD34⁺ cell isolation (cord blood),
- PBMC isolation
- CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing
Research Experience
2023–2025: Principal Engineer, High-throughput Chemical Biology Screening Platform, NCMBM
- Operated & maintained automated liquid handling robotic systems
- Transferred bench-top assays to automated, robot controlled high-throughput screening formats
2023: Research intern/laboratory assistant, Emma Haapaniemi group (NCMBM)
- Tasks: Training in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing and T-cell immunophenotyping (flow cytometry)
2019 - 2021: MSc Student, Mirco Schmolke group, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland
- Project title: Defining the molecular interface of Influenza A virus Protein PB1-F2 with the host inflammasome NLRP3
2016 - 2019: BSc Student, Hereditary & Congenital Diseases Department at Charles-Nicolle Hospital, Tunisia
- Project Title: The Genetic Study of WT1 gene in three cases of nephroblastoma (Wilms Tumour)
Education
2019 - 2021: Master’s degree in Biology, University of Geneva – Faculty of Science – Switzerland
2016 - 2019: Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sidi Thabet (ISBST) - Tunisia