Michael Ryckelynck

Dr. Michael Ryckelynck first acquired expertise in RNA biology during his thesis at Strasbourg’s Louis Pasteur University that was carried out under the direction of Dr. Richard Giégé (Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC) and at the end of which he obtained a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology.

He then joined, in 2006, the group of Professor Andrew Griffiths (Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering (ISIS), University of Strasbourg) as a post-doctoral fellow, and significantly contributed to the development of several key components of droplet-based microfluidics as well as the adaptation of the technology to biological applications, especially ultrahigh-throughput screening. In 2007, Michael Ryckelynck was appointed assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Strasbourg where he initiated a new series of lectures for master students, notably in the area of theoretical and practical microfluidics applied to biology. In 2013, he joined IBMC (UPR 9002-Architecture and Reactivity of RNA), initially as a member of Professor Eric Westhof’s team prior to establishing his own group in 2016. Since then, he heads the team “Digital Biology of RNA”, which is well renowned for its expertise in microfluidic-assisted functional screening of RNA libraries, especially for the discovery of new fluorogenic RNA aptamers. The team has also recently developed several new microfluidic-based single-cell analytical technologies.