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