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Pierre Gönczy received his PhD from Rockefeller University, New York, USA, in 1995. He joined the laboratory of Tony Hyman at EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany, as a postdoctoral fellow in 1996. In 2000, he started his own laboratory at ISREC. He became an Associate Professor at EPFL's School of Life Sciences in 2005 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2009. Gönczy has extensive expertise in cell division, particularly in aspects like polarity and asymmetric division, centrioles, and microtubules, often using C. elegans as a model organism. He teaches various courses, including Cell Developmental Biology for engineers, where students learn fundamental concepts, and Life Sciences Engineering, focusing on genome functions. His lab is involved in practical teaching that allows students to understand the mechanisms of cell division processes through hands-on experience. Gönczy has supervised numerous PhD students, contributing significantly to the field of life sciences.
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