One major objective of CENTURI is to involve engineers in the experimental and conceptual challenges of systems biology, while developing industrial partnerships.

The Multi-Engineering Platform CENTURI (UAR 2027 - US 60) has been created to provide additional expertise in image processing, bioinformatics, machine learning & data analysis, software development and mechatronics. Our engineers are here to help and advise the scientific community in their daily research questions and participate in longer term projects. By organising events and connecting different CENTURI labs, the platform hopes to build a strong cooperative spirit and facilitate the dissemination of information between the teams and the platform.

Our engineers

BIOINFORMATICS

Thomas Vannier - Bioinformatics Data Analyst - thomas.vannier@univ-amu.fr

Keywords: Bioinformatics, Omics analysis, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Proteomics, Metagenomics, Metatranscriptomics & Biostatistics.

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/t-vannier

Léa Chabot - Bioinformatics Engineer - lea.chabot@univ-amu.fr

Keywords: Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Bulk or Single-cell RNA-seq, Phylogenetics ,Next Generation Sequencing

Her profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/l-chabot/

Grégory Gimeney - Training Coordinator - gregory.gimenez@france-bioinformatique.fr

Keywords:

IMAGE DATA PROCESSING

MECHATRONICS

Mathias Lechelon - Mechatronics - mathias.lechelon@univ-amu.fr

Keywords: Mechatronics, Prototyping, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM), 3D printing, Laser cutting, CNC router, Microcontrolers, Arduino boards, RaspberryPi, Automatization.

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/m-lechelon

Fabrice Dessolis - Mechatronics Engineer - fabrice.DESSOLIS@univ-amu.fr

Keywords :

Mechanics : CAD design, manufacturing, materials, 3D printing
Electronics : CAD design, PCB soldering, microcontrollers
Programming : Python, C++ (GUI design, hardware control, automation)

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/f-dessolis/

Eve Ruiz - Mechatronics - Work-study student - eve.ruiz@univ-amu.fr

Her profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/e-ruiz

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Alumni

Audrey Comte - Software Development Engineer -audrey.COMTE@univ-amu.fr

Keywords: biology, computer development,
software and graphical interfaces.

Her profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/a-comte/

Thang Duong Quoc Le - Image
Processing & Data Analysis

duong-quoc-thang.LE@univ-amu.fr

Keywords: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Image Processing and Analysis, Image Registration, Shape Processing and Analysis, Shape Registration, Morphological Analysis.

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/t-le-duong-quoc/

Stefania Sarno - Neuroscience & Data Scientist

Her profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/s-sarno/

Pierre Bohec - Microfluidics pierre.bohec@univ-amu.fr

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/p-bohec/

Asemare Taddese - Optics & Biophotonics

asemare-mengistie.taddese@univ-amu.fr

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/a-taddese/

Thomas Boudier - BioImage Informatics thomas.boudier@univ-amu.fr

Key words: Segmentation, Image processing, Image analysis, Automation, Tracking, ImageJ, Fiji, Java.

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/t-boudier/

Benoit Dehapiot - Image processing & data analysis - benoit.dehapiot@univ-amu.fr

Key words: Biological sample imaging (optical microscopy), Fluorescence quantification, Object segmentation, Flow measurement, Signal processing

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/b-dehapiot/

Muhammad Asif - Bioinformatics Data Analyst - muhammad.asif@univ-amu.fr

Key words: Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, machine learning, Network Biology, 16s analysis, bulk or single-cell RNA seq, text mining, and node/graph embedding

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/m-asif/

Guillaume Gay - Database management and data curation - guillaume.gay.1@univ-amu.fr

Keywords: Omero, Data curation, Database, Python, SciPy, Jupyter

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/g-gay/

Sophie Brustlein - Optics & Biophotonics - sophie.brustlein@univ-amu.fr

Keywords: design setups, ensure their development in an optimal, methodical and robust way, , ensure their technological transfer, write operating, use and safety protocols and rules train users , identify specific needs, study feasibility

Her profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/s-brustlein/

Qingzong Tseng - Image processing & data analysis - qingzong.TSENG@univ-amu.fr

Key words: Traction Force Microscopy, Particle Imaging Velocimetry (PIV), Template Matching, Image Segmentation, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, Time-series Analysis, Image Cytometer, Signal Processing

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/q-tseng/

Masoud A. Sharbaf - Software developer & data analyst - masoud.aghamohamadian-sharbaf@univ-amu.fr

Keywords: Data design, Signal/ image processing, Microscopic imaging, Mathematical curiosity

His profile: https://centuri-livingsystems.org/m-sharbaf/

INTERNS

Djibril Djebali - Bioinformatics

djibril.djebali@etu.univ-amu.fr

Degree : Master 2 “Structural Biology and Genomics” at Aix-Marseille University

Project Title : MCCs Dyrk dependant transcritomic

Supervisor : Camille Boutin, IBDM

MEP Advisor : Thomas Vannier

Goals :

- Analyse differential gene expression between conditions
- Analyse differential splicing pattern
- Identify alternatively spliced sequences

Interns Alumni

Léa Chabot - Bioinformatics

Degree : Master 2 in Bioinformatics @ University of Bordeaux

Project Title : Uncovering transcriptional alterations in somatosensory cortex cell types after deletion of the autism gene Neurod2

Supervisor : Antoine de Chevigny

MEP Advisor : Thomas Vannier

Audrey Comte - Software Development

Degree : M.Sc Complementary Skills in Computer Science @ Aix-Marseille University

Project Title : OpenLabFrame - Modular and easy-to-build 3-axis platform integrating mechanics, electronics and control software

Supervisors : Thomas Boudier & Mathias Lechelon

Yahadih Yacob - Bioinformatics

Degree : Master 2 Omics and systems biology @ University of Lille

Project Title : Building a ligand-receptor interactome network of the tumor microenvironment

Supervisor : Fanny Mann

MEP Advisor : Thomas Vannier

Guillaume Hermitte - Image Data Analysis

Degree : Master Health Biology - Biomarkers and Artificial Intelligence @ Aix-Marseille University

Project Title : Development of Visualization Tool for Intracellular Organelle Movements in Developing Tissues (GitHub)

Supervisor : Léo Guignard

Our process

You have an engineering question or an issue that you canno’t solve with your platform: meet us at the open desk or contact us directly.

One of our engineers will be assigned to you and will guide you through our request management process.

We strongly encourage you to contact us as early as possible during the project. We can advise you on the acquisition of experimental data in order to facilitate future analyses.

We can also help you recruit and supervise an engineer working in your team and dedicated entirely to your projects.

Please contact us for more information.

Info feed

Presentation of the MEP CENTURI at the 2026 CENTURI SAB Meeting.

20 May 2026

At the CENTURI SAB meeting held on May 19th, 2026, the CENTURI MEP was presented by Thomas Vannier, followed by discussions with the SAB committee and a makerspace visit led by Mathias Lechelon and Fabrice Dessolis.

Course, Master Biomarkers and Artificial Intelligence: Reproducibility for “Ethics for Modern AI”

4 May 2026

Our engineers participated in the ‘Reproducibility for Modern AI Ethics’ course from the Biology and Health Master’s program at amU, which took place on April 28, 2026.