Our Team
We present Abcell-bio’s team of experts: multidisciplinary and at your service, attentive to you and your projects.
Mélanie Lavergne
General Manager
Mélanie holds a Master Pro in Tissue, Cell and Gene Therapy and a PhD in Medical Engineering from the University of Evry. She has an extensive knowledge of cell culture, stem cells and bioengineering. She has held various positions within Abcell-bio: after joining the company in 2008 as a PhD student, she worked on R&D projects and was then responsible for regulatory affairs and partnership development. Thanks to her experience and knowledge of the company’s various business areas, she is now the company’s General Manager.
Laetitia PIDIAL
Laboratory Manager
Laetitia joined the Abcell-bio team in 2020. Holder of a professional Master’s degree in Tissue, Cell and Gene Therapy, she has strong skills in cell culture, imaging and bioengineering acquired during her previous experiences at PARCC (Paris Cardiovascular Research Center), a joint research unit of Inserm and Paris Descartes University. For more than 10 years she worked first in a research team specialized in angiogenesis imaging and then in a team specialized in cell therapy of cardiac and vascular pathologies.
Laetitia is now in charge of the production laboratory and R&D.
Vaïté Lucas
Sales Representative
Vaïté is a Biotechnology Engineer graduated from Sup’biotech school. She also holds an MSc2 Brand Management & Marketing Strategy from the Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG) in Paris. Thanks to her double competence in biotechnologies and marketing, she is your privileged interlocutor for your commercial requests.
Julie Vendomele
Scientific Project Manager
After a bachelor’s degree in Biology, Julie integrates a master in Immunology at the Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris. Then she joined Genethon laboratory, where she passes her PhD in Immunology in 2018. After an experience as a site manager in a private school, she joins ABCell-Bio as Sales Manager.
