Comics
Gutham City: A Malignant Story
ARTIST
PASCALE VELLEINE
Pascale Velleine, born in Luxembourg, studied at the Federal Academy of Arts Düsseldorf. She has been working as a freelance artist since 1986. Loves living in Paris since 1992.
She draws various comic series, like Paula for the women’s magazine ‘Brigitte’
and works in cooperation with Lucien Czuga on Déi Branchéiert, Ballast &
Klüger and Jamie Blond, de Spioun vun der Kroun.
Location
Paris, France
Artistic Focus
BD
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Beware the Eye in the Sky
Keeping up with the Bacteria
SCIENTISTS/AUTHORS
HUGUES ESCOFFIER
He develops computational methods to simulate the behaviour of cancer cells.
Keywords
biology, cancer, genetics, simulation, computation
Affiliation
Systems Biology & Epigenetics Group,
Department of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM),
University of Luxembourg
MARIA STEPANYAN
She studies cell interactions in colorectal cancer.
Keywords
cancer, biology
Affiliation
Molecular Disease Mechanisms Group,
Department of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences,
Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine (FSTM),
University of Luxembourg
MENTOR
JESSICA BURTON
Jessica Burton gained her PhD at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), working on the relationship between European comic transfers in the 1960s within the Popkult60 project. She previously worked as a comic editor for Titan Comics, on titles such as Doctor Who, before embarking on her PhD. She is a mentor for LUX:plorations and teaches classes on comics history at the University.
Research Focus
Comics, History, Cross-cultural Transfers, Popular Culture
SUPERVISOR
SERGE HAAN
Serge Haan is a professor of biological chemistry and Head of the Department of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (DHML) at the University of Luxembourg. His research in the Molecular Disease Mechanisms Group focusses on molecular disease mechanisms associated with the development and metastasis of colon cancer: how do cancer cells develop resistance to treatment and how do they interact with their microenvironment? His strong interest in communicating science to the public led to his founding the DESCOM project.
Research Focus
Molecular Disease Mechanisms, Cellular Signaling