Christophe Leterrier's CV

Contact Information

Laboratoire de Neurobiologie des Canaux Ioniques
Université de la Méditerranée INSERM UMR 641
IFR Jean Roche
Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord
Université de la Méditerranée CS80011
Bd Pierre Dramard
13344 Marseille Cedex 15
Phone: +33 (0)4 91 69 89 30
Fax: +33 (0)4 91 09 05 06
Email: christophe.leterrier@univmed.fr

Professional Positions

2006-2010 Postdoctoral fellow in the "Neurobiology of ionic channels" lab (Inserm UMR 641, Marseille, France). I work in the "Neuronal Polarity and ionic channels" team led by Dr Bénédicte Dargent. It is a cellular neurobiology team devoted to the study of the axonal initial segment and the intracellular targeting of Nav sodium channels (see Research).
ANR posdtoctoral (2006-2008), ARSEP (2009) and NMSS (2010-2011) fellowships
2002-2006 PhD in the "Neurobiology and cellular diversity" lab (ESPCI-CNRS UMR 7637, Paris) with Dr Zsolt Lenkei. I studied the trafficking and targeting of the neuronal cannabinoid receptor CB1. In neurons, this receptor is expressed on the axonal surface as the result of a selective endocytosis in the somatodendritic compartment (see Research).
Engineer PhD fellowship (2002-2005), Assistant professor (ATER, 2006)

Education

2006 PhD in Neurosciences, with honors.
Université Paris VI
2002 DEA "Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule". Cellular and Molecular Biology Undergraduate obtained with honors.
Université Paris VI-VII-XI.
2002 Diplôme d'ingénieur.
Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris.
1998-2002 Engineering studies, with a research-oriented physics and chemistry cursus. Two research internships in academic laboratories in 2001 (organic chemistry, neurobiology) and an industrial internship at the Rhodia research center in Cranbury, USA in 2000.
ESPCI, Paris.

Research skills

Biology Cellular biology: cell culture, low-density culture hippocampal neurons, transfection, immunocytochemistry, immunohistochemistry.
Molecular biology: PCR, subcloning, vector design.
Microscopy Setup and use of a multimodal widefield/TIRF/FRAP microscope.
Fluorescence live cell imaging (widefield, TIRF, FRAP, SPT).
Confocal and multiphoton microscopy (lab equipment responsabilities).
Imaging software Use of various acqusition software (Leica LFS/LS, Zeiss Axiovision, Metamoph).
Power user of the ImageJ program (processing, analysis, macro writing).
Active member of the ConfocaList and ImageJ mailing lists.

Honors

2005 Jean Langlois PhD award, a prize for ESPCI PhD students honoring research done during PhD.

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