Charles DurandCharles Durand received his PhD in Developmental Biology from the University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC, Paris). He did his PhD in thelaboratory of Prof. Jacques Charlemagne where he studied the development of the immune system in the amphibian embyo. He did his postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Prof. Elaine Dzierzak (Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands) where he analyzed the molecular identity and cellular complexity of theAGM (Aorta-Gonads-Mesonephros) hematopoietic microenvironment in the mouse embryo. Since 2005, he became Associate Professor at UPMC in the laboratory of Dr. Thierry Jaffredo. His main research interests are the identification of the molecular mechanisms involved in the cross-talk between hematopoietic stem cells and stromal cells. He is the chairperson of the MScStem Cell Biology at UPMC. Read More Read Less