Nicolas Fasel
Board of Directors
Prof. Nicolas Fasel, General Secretary
Nicolas Fasel is full professor at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne. After studying biology at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and obtaining a doctoral degree at the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research working on mouse mammary tumour virus, he took up a post-doctoral position at the University of California Los Angeles working on immunoglobulin gene regulation. On his return to Switzerland, he studied post-translational modifications of cell surface antigens. As an independent researcher of the Dr Max Cloëtta Research Foundation, he had the opportunity to establish his own group investigating the molecular and cellular biology of protozoan parasites. From September 2006 to December 2016, he was director of the Department of Biochemistry. Since July 2015, Nicolas Fasel is Vice-Dean for Research and Innovation of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne.