Edith Heard - Curriculum Vitae#

• Since January 2010 Director of the “Genetics and Developmental Biology Unit” UMR 3215-U934, Institut Curie, Paris, France
  
• 2008-2010 Co-Director with Prof. Spyros Artavanis Tsakonas, of the “Genetics and Developmental Biology Unit” UMR3215-U934, Institut Curie, Paris, France
  
• Since 2006 Senior Group Leader, Mammalian Developmental Epigenetics team.
  
• 2001 - 2006 CNRS ATIPE / Junior Group leader, UMR218, Institut Curie, Paris (France). Unit of Dr. G. Almouzni.
  
• 2000 - 2001 Visiting Scientist, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (NY, USA). Lab. of Dr. D. Spector.
  
• 1993 - 2000 Senior research scientist, CNRS, URA 1947, Pasteur Institute, Paris (France), Lab. of Dr. P. Avner,
  
• 1990 - 1993 Postdoctoral Fellow (HFSP and Wellcome Trust funding), URA 1968, Pasteur Institute, Paris (France). Lab. of Dr. P. Avner.
  
• 1986 - 1990 PhD degree (London University, Biochemistry) Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, (UK). Lab. of Dr. M. Fried.
  
• 1983 – 1986 Bachelor’s degree, BA Cantab (1st class) in Natural Sciences (Part II Genetics), Cambridge University, England.

• Grand Prix de la FRM (2011)
  
• ERC Advanced Investigator Award (2010)
  
• Prix Jean Hamburger de la Ville de Paris (2009)
  
• CNRS Silver Medal (“Medaille d’Argent” du CNRS) (2008)
  
• The “Otto Mangold” prize, German Society for Developmental Biology (2007)
  
• First prize of the "Fondation Schlumberger pour l’Education et la Recherche" (2005)
  
• Elected as EMBO member (2005)
  
• New Emerging Team (NET) by the EU Epigenome Network of Excellence (2004)
  
• CNRS ATIPE (Young Investigator funding) (2001-2004); ATIP plus (2004-2006)
  
• NATO award (visiting scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA) (2000-2001)
  
• Thoday Prize in Genetics (Cambridge University) (1986)
  
• Emmanuel College Prize (Cambridge University) (1986)
  
• Emmanuel College Scholarship (Cambridge University) (1986)

• Director and Co-Director of the Genetics and Developmental Biology Unit, created at the Curie Institute, since September 2008.
  
• Principal Investigator of the “Mammalian Developmental Epigenetics Team” since September 2001

• Labelisation “La Ligue” (2012-2017)
  
• ERC Advanced Investigator award (2010-2015)
  
• European FP7 Integrated Project “Syboss” (2010- 2014)
  
• European FP7 Integrated Project “MODHEP” (2010- 2014)
  
• European FP7 Network of Excellence “EppiGeneSys” (2010-2015)
  
• Funding by the Fondation de France (2009-2011)
  
• Funding by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (2009-2012)
  
• INCA (Genetics and Epigenetics of Tumors) (2008-2012)

• Workpackage coordinator “Science and Society” Epigenesys Network of Excellence (2010-2015)
  
• Breast cancer and epigenetics" Cancéropôle Ile-de-France – Workpackage leader (4 groups) (2005-2008)
  
• HEROIC EU FP6 Integrated Project – Workpackage leader (4 groups) (2005-2010)

• FRM Scientific Research Committee (since 2012)
  
• SAB of the Institut de Génétique Humaine (Montpellier, France) (since 2011)
  
• EMBO Young Investigator Program (2008-2011)
  
• ITMO Génétique Génomique Bioinformatique (since 2009)
  
• INSERM Institut de Développement et Génétique (2008-2009)
  
• Scientific Council of Albert Bonniot Institute, Grenoble (France) (since 2007)
  
• CNRS ATIP scientific board – Development section (2006-2009)
  
• INSERM CT1 (Epigenetics –Development - Cancer study section) (2003-2007)
  
• Curie Institute Research Section scientific board (since 2004)
  
• French Genetics Society board (since 2003)

• Reviewer for Cell, Science, Nature, Nature Genetics, Development, Journal of Cell Biology, Genes and Development, Journal of Cell Science and others
  
• Expert for international and national funding bodies including: BBRC, EMBO, ERC, Human Frontier of Science, Wellcome Trust (UK), Riken (Japan) and others

• Editor special issue Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology: Epigenetics and Disease
  
• Editor special issue of Chromosome Research on Dosage Compensation
  
• Editor of Henry Stewart Lecture Series on Epigenetics (CD) - 2006
  
• Editorial Board of PlOS ONE, Chromatin and Epigenetics

• EU EpiGeneSys Network of Excellence (2011-2015)
  
• EU Epigenome Network of Excellence (2004-2010)
  
• GDR Epigenetique (2002-2006)
  
• Breast Cancer and Epigenetics Canceropole IDF (2004-present)
  
• Réseau ARECA, ARC “Epigentique et Cancer” (2005-2008)

• Organiser of the Institut Curie's In House Seminar series (since 2011)
  
• EMBO Symposium on the Germline (2012) (Heidelberg, Germany)
  
• CSH Meeting on the Dynamic Organization of Nuclear Function (2012) (CSH, NY, USA)
  
• Junior Group Leaders of the Mt. St. Genevieve (2011) (Collège de France, Paris).
  
• Workshop on Epigenetics (2008) (Les Treilles, Tourtour, France)
  
• International Conference on X Inactivation (2006) (Institut Curie/ENS, Paris, France)
  
• International meeting on New Roles for RNA (2003, SFG, Pasteur Institute, Paris France)
  
• 1st Alan Wolffe EMBO Workshop on "Chromatin and Epigenetics" (2003, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany)

• Invited Seminar speaker at numerous institutions (national and international)
  
• > 70 invited speaker presentations or plenary lectures at international conferences (including Gordon conferences, CSH Symposia, ASCB meetings, FASEB and Keystone Meetings)
  
• Session chair at numerous meetings (Keystone, FASEB, EMBO and other)

• Co-ordinator of « Science and Society » workpackage in the EpiGeneSys Network of Excellence (2010-2015)
  
• Live Interview on French Radio (France inter – La Tete au Carré)
  
• Epigenetics for the public at the Curie Institute « Les Mardis de Curie » (2008)
  
• Participation in the Scientific Open Days « Journées Portes Ouvertes » at the Curie Institute
  

• Annual Lecturer for several Masters 1 and 2 courses on Epigenetics, Genetics, Reproduction
  
• Scientific committee and lecturer for various international PhD courses on Epigenetics, Developmental Biology and non-coding Genome at the Institut Curie
  
• Occasional lecturer at several international courses and PhD programs