Charles Durand

Charles Durand received his PhD in Developmental Biology from the

University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC, Paris). He did his PhD in the

laboratory of Prof. Jacques Charlemagne where he studied the development of

the immunesystem in the amphibian embryo. 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 MSc

Stem Cell Biology at UPMC.