Thomas Genais

I obtained my PhD at the Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse in 2019, where I studied blood cell formation during development using Drosophila melanogaster, the fruit fly, as a model organism. I also used cultured Drosophila cell lines in order to look more precisely into the molecular response induced by the mutation of certain genes involved in blood cell differentiation. Then, I joined the Brand lab at the Gurdon Institute in 2020, where I currently study the behaviour of malignant blood cells in a model of leukaemia in the fruit fly. When I am not in the lab I love reading and going on hikes where I can enjoy my favourite hobby which is photography.