Malou Coche

Background: In 2020 I graduated as a chemical science engineer from Chimie ParisTech (PSL university) and I obtained a master’s degree in molecular chemistry from PSL University. In 2019 I did a 5 months placement in Prof. Annie Castonguay’s research group in Montreal on ruthenium complexes bearing triazole ring with potential anticancer or antifungal properties.

Research project title: Development of synthetic molecular scissors for artificial gene editing

Brief project description: Antigene technology will be developed by hybridising a probe strand (e.g. a TFO) with specific metal complexes that can either damage DNA through oxidative processes or through crosslinking.

Funding body: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 861381.