Carsten Janke

Biography

 Carsten Janke, DR1 CNRS, Senior Group leader Institut Curie Education: 1993-1994: Diploma in Protein Biochemistry at the University of Leipzig, T. Arendt lab, Leipzig, Germany 1994-1998: PhD in Protein Biochemistry and Neurochemistry at the University of Leipzig, T. Arendt lab, Leipzig, Germany Research activities: 1998-1999: Postdoc in DNA Biophysics at the CBM, CNRS, M. Leng lab, Orléans, France 1999-2002: Postdoc in Molecular and Cell Biology of Yeast, Cancer Research UK, E. Schiebel lab, Glasgow, UK 2002-2005: Postdoc and staff scientist in Biochemistry at the CRBM, CNRS, B. Eddé lab, Montpellier, France 2005-2010: Junior Group Leader at the CRBM, CNRS, Montpellier, France 2010-today: Senior Group Leader at the Institut Curie, Orsay/Paris, France Distinctions: 2007: selected EMBO young investigator (EMBO YIP) 2014: elected EMBO member Selected activities: -       Regular participations as invited speakers at international conferences -       Multiple international and national scientific collaborations   -       Initiator and main organizer of the EMBO conference series on Microtubules in Heidelberg (2010, 2012, 2014) -       Organizer of a CEFIPRA-funded Indian-French workshop “Frontiers in cytoskeleton research: coordination, adaptation, fine-tuning” (2015) in Pune, India

Research Interest

 Neurology