Meet the Team
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Founded in mid-2025, the team is currently small, but we expect it to grow in the near future.
Sébastien Nisole
Principal investigator
After earning his PhD at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and completing a postdoctoral fellowship in London on antiviral restriction factors, Sébastien Nisole returned to France to develop his research on innate immunity and RNA viruses, first in Paris and later in Montpellier. Promoted to Research Director at INSERM (France), Sébastien was appointed Full Professor at INRS (Quebec, Canada) in 2025 and moved to Montreal to begin a new scientific and personal chapter.
Fascinated by the molecular arms race between viruses and their hosts, he combines molecular, cellular, and functional approaches to uncover how cells sense and control emerging viral threats.
Marion Cannac
Ph.D. student (Montpellier University, France)
Originally from Besançon in eastern France, Marion studied at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Lyon, where she obtained a Master’s degree in Biosciences in 2021, with a focus on immunology, microbiology, and cancer biology. She began her PhD in Montpellier and completed it in Montréal after moving with the lab to INRS.
Passionate about innate immune cells, she enjoys cell culture and flow cytometry, although she maintains a healthy skepticism toward Western blots. When she is not designing experiments, she is often running through the lab, and if centrifugation times are too short to start something new, she may be found dancing while she waits. You will probably hear her before you see her.
Thomas Acéssé
Ph.D. student (INRS, Québec, Canada)
Originally from Guadeloupe, France, Thomas developed an early interest in infectious diseases affecting tropical regions. He completed a Master’s degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology, specializing in Infectious Diseases, at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1. Before starting his PhD, he conducted research in the United Kingdom on virology and host–pathogen interactions, with a particular focus on arboviruses.
In the lab, he is known to sing while running an RT-qPCR and can spend hours watching aircraft take off, a reminder that in virology, timing and trajectory matter. A former choir singer, he approaches experiments like a musical score, preferring to have each step carefully planned before stepping up to the bench.
The Nisole Lab
Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie
531, boul. des Prairies
Laval H7V 1B7, Québec, Canada
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