I obtained his PhD from the Paris Descartes University and the Freie University of Berlin working on nuclear positioning during skeletal muscle development. I then performed his post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Pura Munoz in Barcelona studying how myofibers respond to discrete injuries. In parallel, I lead the tissue engineering MyoChip team in Lisbon aimed at supplementing neurons and a vasculature to in vitro muscle culture. After a short stay at Stanford University to apply imaged-based spatial genomic techniques to muscle specimens, I began his laboratory on intercellular communication within the muscle organ at Monash University in Australia in 2023.

I am interested in seeing biology unfold infront of me. Throughout my training, I developed in vitro muscle systems to observe and manipulate cells in real time. My work focuses on complexifying in vitro systems to generate multi-cell type cultures with which we can answer fundamental biological questions and model diseases for drug screening.

I recently published a paper in which we identify a novel mechanism of muscle repair which is independent of stem cells. This finding could redefine strategies of how we preserve muscle function in exercise, muscle diseases and aging. Alongside my work on intercellular communication, I hope to decipher the mechanisms underlying this muscle self-repair program. 

Our lab is interested in understanding how cells communicate to establish the architecture of skeletal muscle. We use cell biology, tissue engineering and spatial transcriptomics to study how specialized regions such as the neuromuscular and myotendineous junctions develop and operate in exercise, disease and aging

The lab is currently growing and we are recruiting at all levels. I am very keen on building an inclusive and dynamic environment for labmembers. My mentoring philosophy aims to give mentees the basic tools to perform the research they are passionate. By faciliating their scientific and personal development, I hope to empower them to pursue their aspirations their way.