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 developmentof the immune system in the amphibianembryo. He did his postdoctoraltraining in the laboratory of Prof. Elaine Dzierzak (Erasmus Medical Center, The Netherlands) where he analyzed the molecular identity and cellularcomplexity of the AGM (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 interestsare the identification of the molecular mechanisms involved in the cross-talkbetween hematopoietic stem cells and stromal cells. He is the chairperson of theMSc Stem Cell Biology at UPMC.