Jean-Yves Bouet was trained in Microbiology at the University of La Rochelle (France) and in Molecular Genetics at the University of Toulouse (France). He then developed his expertise in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology by completing a Ph.D. (1992-96) at the University of Toulouse (France). To pursue his interest in bacterial chromosome organization and segregation, he joined Dr. B.E. Funnell’s lab at the University of Toronto (1996-99) to study the molecular aspect of P1 prophage partition system and to undergo training in Protein Biochemistry. In 2000, he was hired at the CNRS (French agency for fundamental research) to unravel the mechanism of bacterial chromosome segregation at the molecular level. In 2011, he became team leader at the LMGM-CBI (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Laboratory, Centre de Biologie integrative, Toulouse, France) and pursues his interest on bacterial chromosome segregation.