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Family name, First name: Vassilopoulos, Stéphane

Researcher unique identifier(s) (ORCID): 0000-0003-0172-330X

Date of birth: 02/11/1979

Nationality: French/Greek

• EDUCATION

2016      Habilitation to direct research Diploma*, University Paris 5 René Descartes

2007      PhD Diploma in Cell and Molecular biology. “Role of Triadin isoforms in muscle cell physiology”. Advisor: Dr. Isabelle Marty. Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, Inserm Grenoble France.

2000      Master in Cell and Molecular Biology, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble France.

• CURRENT POSITION(S)

2014 – now     Research Project leader at INSERM – Myology Research Center, INSERM, Sorbonne Université, Institute of Myology, Paris, France.

• PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2010 – 2014    Research scientist at INSERM – Therapy of muscle diseases unit, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Institute of Myology, Paris, France.

2009 – 2010    Post-doctoral researcher – Myology research unit, INSERM, Paris France.

2007 – 2009    Post-doctoral researcher, UCSF, San Francisco, CA USA with funding from Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale.

• FELLOWSHIPS

2015 – 2018      ANR Young investigator award

2014 – 2018      ED515 PhD fellowship to A. Franck and E. Lemerle (Sorbonne Université).

2007 – 2008      Post-doctoral fellowship (one year funding) from FRM to work in the Frances Brodsky laboratory (University of California San Francisco, CA, USA).

2005 – 2006      Co-op exchange PhD student program, six months collaboration in Prof. Kevin Campbell’s laboratory (Department of Biophysics, University of Iowa, IA, USA).

2003 – 2006      36 months doctoral fellowship from French government.

• SUPERVISION

2015 – 2018    Total PhDs: 2; total MSc: 2; total postdocs: 1

Total PhD defence commitees: 2 (Institut Curie, Paris; Institut de Génétique, Biologie Moléculaire et Céllulaire, Illkirch; Grenoble Neuroscience Institute, Grenoble)

•       TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2018                CNRS electron microscopy course: “Metal-replica EM in the 21st century”. (Gif-sur-Yvette, September 2018).

2017                9th international Cytoskeleton course (Institut Curie, April 2017).

• INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED SCHOOL 

2017                MyoGrad Summer school for Myology PhD students, Paris-Berlin, “Imaging cells using electron microscopy” .

•       INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2017 – 2023    Electron Microscopy Imaging facility scientific manager, Myology Research Center, INSERM, Sorbonne Univeristé, Paris, France.

2014 – 2018    Elected as research staff representative, Myology Research Center, INSERM, Sorbonne Univeristé, Paris, France.

•       REVIEWING ACTIVITIES

Journal review: Journal of Cell Biology (1), Traffic Journal (2), Molecular Biology of the Cell (2), American      Journal of Physiology (4), American Journal of Medical Genetics (1), Plos One (1).

Thesis committee: 3 (Institut Curie, Paris (2); Grenoble Neuroscience Institute, Grenoble (1)).

Habilitation to direct research committees: 2 (Grenoble Neuroscience Institute, Grenoble; Université de            Bordeaux).

• MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

2007 – 2009    American Society for Cell Biology Member

2017 – now     French Society of Cell Biology Member (2017-now).