Irène Tanneur

Irène Tanneur

PhD candidate in synthetic biology and computational biology

French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment

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Biography

I am a PhD candidate in Computational and Synthetic Biology. I currently work on directed evolution with Bacillus subtilis, a sympathetic Gram-positive bacterium with an emphasis on computational modelling of directed evolution. Therefore, I share my time between biology at the bench - “wet-lab” - and bioinformatics - “dry-lab”.

I also have an interest in science communication and journalism, and I am always eager to find ways contribute to science popularization.

Interests

  • Bioinformatics and computational biology
  • Synthetic biology
  • Experimental evolution

Education

  • PhD candidate in Computational and Synthetic Biology, started in October 2019

    French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment

  • Master's Degree in Biochemistry and Biotechnologies, 2019

    Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (France)

Skills

R

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C++

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Git

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Microbiology & genetics

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Science communication

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Facilitator of science workshops for children aged 8 to 15

Maison d’Initiation et de Sensibilisation aux Sciences (MISS)

Oct 2020 – Sep 2021 Orsay
Conducted scientific workshops for primary and secondary school students. During lockdown periods (school outings prohibited), writing, filming and editing of a video using elements from the “Science and Ships” workshop (in French)
 
 
 
 
 

PhD candidate

French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment

Oct 2019 – Present Jouy-en-Josas
 
 
 
 
 

Science communicator

Paris-Saclay University

Oct 2019 – Sep 2020 Saclay
Wrote articles about the latest research advances and the distinction won by people at University Paris-Saclay. Prepared and conducted interviews with ≈ 20 researchers about topics ranging from AI to virology to sociology.

Recent Posts

Long Term Evolution Experiment : evolving bacteria since 1988

What a beautiful (evolutionary hi)story : an experiment has been going on for more than thirty years at the University of Michigan. At the time, no one could have guessed how long it would last, nor the considerable importance it would have on the field of evolutionary biology. Let’s try to summarize this experiment - known as LTEE, Long Term Evolution Experiment - and its importance for the scientific community.
Irène Tanneur
Oct 4, 2020 4 min read

Portfolio

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All Science articles and communication Other

ComSciCon

ComSciCon is a workshop training PhD students of all fields in science communication. I participated to the first edition of ComSciCon France in 2020 and contributed to the organization of the second edition in 2021

Science Comedy Show

Street theater performance during Fête de la Science 2021 - see this article (in French)
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Je Science donc Je Suis

During the spring of 2020, I joined the science communication association Je Science donc Je Suis (JS2). I became during the fall head of the podcast division of JS2. You can find more information in French.
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Papier Mâché

In 2020, I wrote an article (in French) for the science popularization site Papier-Mâché, on the 1943 paper by Luria and Delbrück Mutations of bacteria from virus sensitivity to virus resistance.
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La Bio Au Labo

In July 2020, I curated the collaborative Twitter account La Bio au Labo to share my daily life in the lab. You can find my tweets here (in French).

Scientific Communication Mission for Paris-Saclay University

During the academic year 2019-2020, I had the chance to work for the communication service of Paris-Saclay University. This page enumerates the articles written during this year.

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Exploring mutational landscapes of Bacillus subtilis strains with increased replication error rate and - or impaired mismatch repair

Jun 18, 2021 7:15 PM

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