Claire Chazaud

Biography

Present: PI of the team: Genetic and epigenetic control of cell lineage commitment during mouse development. 2012: DR2 INSERM, PI at the GReD 2005 : CR1 INSERM, PI at the GReD 2003 to present: PI of team n°5 at the GReD (Clermont-Fd) 2002: Recipient of an "AVENIR" grant. February 1999 to June 2003: post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Janet RossantLaboratory (Toronto, Canada). Research topics: 1- Cell lineage specification in the preimplantation mouse embryo. 2-Involvement of the Wnt/beta-Catenin pathway during A-P axis formation in the mouse. 1994-1998: PhD Université L. Pasteur,IGBMC (Strasbourg), director Dr. P. Dollé. Research topic: Characterisation of RA inducible genes expressed during mouse development (supervisors Dr. P. Dollé and Prof. P. Chambon).

Research Interest

Molecular mechanisms of cell lineage differentiation in the early mouse embryo