Catherine Jessus

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Academic qualifications
• 1983 Ph.D. in Physiology of Reproduction, University P. & M. Curie (UPMC)
• 1982 "Agrégation" in Natural Sciences (topflight teaching certificate)
• 1980 M. Sc in Physiology, University P. & M. Curie (UPMC)
• 1978-1982 Student at the "Ecole Normale Supérieure" Ulm (Paris)

Current appointment: Research Director, Exceptional class, CNRS

Research experience

  • 1992-present. Team leader
  • 2019-2021. Director of the i-Bio Initiative, Sorbonne University Alliance
  • 2013-2019. Director of the Institute of Biological Sciences (INSB) of CNRS
  • 2004-2013. Director of the Laboratory "Developmental Biology" UMR7622, CNRS-UPMC, France
  • 1993-present. PI of the group "Biology of the Oocyte". Laboratory "Developmental Biology" UMR7622, CNRS-UPMC, France
  • 1989-1992. Post-doctoral fellow. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
  • 1988. Post-doctoral fellow. Katholieke University of Leuwen, Belgium
  • 1987. Recruited by CNRS
  • 1979-1983. PhD thesis. "Physiology of Reproduction", CNRS-UPMC, France

Total number of peer-reviewed publications in international journals: 80

Books:

  • "Etonnant Vivant – Découvertes et promesses du XXIe siècle". 2017. CNRS Éditions, Paris, France.
  • "Les vies minuscules d’Édouard Chatton". 2020. CNRS Éditions, Paris, France.

Current funding for the group : ANR, ARC

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