Jean-Marc Lemaitre
Deputy director
IRMB
France
Biography
He is currently working as deputy director for Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy (IRMB) composed of a 150 persons. He is also a leader of a INSERM research team and Director of a stem cell facility CHU (SAFE-iPSC) comprising more than 33 persons. He is mentoring 8 senior scientists (CR1, MCU, MCU/PH), 11 Ph.D. students and 3 Post-Docs, 9 technicians and engineers. Also he is an invited speaker in 48 national and international conferences and seminars in France and abroad in the last 5 years (3 plenary lectures).
Research Interest
To explore epigenetic mechanisms involved in senescence/aging impairing stem cell renewal and reprogramming, which is of major importance aging with outcomes in regenerative medicine and cell therapies.