His research, often in collaboration with Japanese colleagues, has been published in the most prestigious scientific journals(Cell, Science, Nature, Nat. Cell Biol, J. Cell Biol, PNAS, Nat. Commun, EMBO Reports)and has over 21.000 citations in Google Scholar. Yann Barrandon is also a cofounder of SEED Biosciences, a Swiss award-winning biotechnology company providing innovative solution to single-cell dispensing.