Vaitea Opuu

CNRS researcher (Chargé de recherche) in computational biology, BIOC, École Polytechnique

Research positions

2024 to present
CNRS researcher (Chargé de recherche), Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale de la Cellule (BIOC), École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Ranked 2nd of about 100 applicants
2022 to 2024
Postdoc in AI applied to RNA, ESPCI, Paris, France. Advisor: Philippe Nghe
2020 to 2022
Postdoc in computational RNA folding and design, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Advisor: Matteo Smerlak

Education

2017 to 2020
PhD: computational design of proteins and enzymes, École Polytechnique, France. Advisor: Thomas Simonson
Defended 29 October 2020
2015 to 2017
Master in bioinformatics, Université Paris-Saclay, France

Funding

2025 to 2028
PSL ChemAI program, €142k
2025 to 2027
IPGG Booster and Institut Carnot, €15k + €15k