Ramesh Pillai

Ramesh Pillai is a Full Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. His research focuses on RNA modifications and non-coding RNAs in gene expression regulation, utilizing animal and cell culture models alongside protein biochemistry, structural biology, and bioinformatics.

Research Interests

• RNA Modifications
• Non-Coding RNAs
• piRNA Biogenesis
• Nuclear Silencing Machineries
• Structural Biology
• Bioinformatics

Students and Collaborators

• Current PhD Students: Nancy Allahib, Julie RIGHI, Wanying Zhang, Xin Hu, Gonçalo ROSA FERNANDES
• Past PhD Students: Michaela DOHNALKOVA, Kyrylo KRASNYKOV, Lingyun LI, Mateusz MENDEL, Sara MOREIRA DA SILVA, Joanna WENDA
• Lab Members: Fabienne Burger Guevara, Pascal Gos, David Homolka, Elena Delfino, Nicole Raad, Graeme Wells, Carmen Fernandez Rodriguez, Harsha Raheja

The lab is currently recruiting for two research projects on RNA modifications in gene expression and structural biology of piRNA biogenesis.