Mohea Couturier
Mohea Couturier completed her Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at the University of Versailles in 2008, and then went on to complete her PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Evry Val d’Essonne, in collaboration with the University of Paris Sud 11, in 2013. The work encompassing her PhD thesis was focused on determining the respective functions of two reverse gyrases, peculiar DNA topoisomerases IA characterized by their unique DNA positive-supercoiling activity, present in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus P2.
Through her graduate career, she have developed an interest in the adaptation of microorganisms to their environment, especially in cellular responses involving change(s) into the structure of the DNA molecule. Thus, in 2014, she joined the Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, at the Stockholm University in Sweden, to undertake postdoctoral research focused on uncovering the pathways influencing the regulation of the cell cycle in another hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon, Sulfolobus acidocaldarius DSM639, with a focus on the involvement of DNA methylations.
Mohea became an IGB fellow in the Biocomplexity (BCXT) Theme in September 2018 where she will investigate mechanisms involved in the tight coordination of key steps composing the archaeal cell cycle in response to environmental variation. She is particularly interested by deciphering the role of DNA methylations combining flow cytometry and microscopy with long-read sequencing, genetics, biochemical and systems biology approaches.