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Welcome to Néfis Djélassi who has joined our Research Unit as a PhD student since the 1st of October 2026. Néfis is graduaded from Nantes University. His thesis project deals with the therapeutic potential of bacterial extracellular vesicles used to modulate the gastro-intestinal and behavior disorders associated with autism in the neonatal period. Néfis is supervised par Odile Tresse in collaboration with Martial Caillaud from the UMR INSERM Tens.

Welcome to Flavie Simon who joined our Research Unit on industrial project. Flavie is graduated of the University of Toulouse, she holds a Master’s degree (M2) in Biotechnology, specializing in Microbiology, with a focus on Biotechnology and Microorganism Diagnostics. As part of her degree, she completed an internship investigating the effects of the supernatant and extracellular vesicles of health-promoting bacteria on the intestinal immune response. She joined the Unit as a Research Engineer in Microbiology under the supervision of Odile.

Agathe Debruille holds a thesis in Veterinary Medicine and joined Phan in September 2026 to carry out her doctoral thesis. She is studying omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in breeding bitches and its impact on puppy development. The main objective is to is to determine whether puppies whose mothers were fed a supplemented diet experience less anxiety, have better cognitive abilities and are less prone to illness during the pre-weaning period (0–2 months). Agathe’s PhD thesis is co-supervised by Gwenola Le Dréan at PhAN and Blandine Lieubeau at IECN (INRAE-ONIRIS). Alongside her PhD, Agathe teaches a course on the nutrition of domestic carnivores at Oniris and carries out veterinary nutrition consultations at the CHUV.