Staff scientist at INSERM
Paris Area, France
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- Staff scientist at INSERM
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- Waitress at Jordan Pond House
- Summer student at Jackson Laboratories
- Education
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- Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
- University of California, Berkeley
- Wellesley College
- High school
- NNHS
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Heather Etchevers’s Summary
I've spent my entire professional life so far in basic biological research. However, in 2002 I took a valuable step towards the hospital setting. I now run research labs in two separate but collaborative hospital environments: Necker Children's Hospital in Paris, France, and Purpan Hospital in Toulouse, France. We study congenital malformations and how to improve care, diagnosis and genetic counseling. Both of my labs are underwritten by the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM: Institut National de la Sante et la Recherche Medicale). We are also supported by the American National Institute of Health as a collaborator of a laboratory at Duke University, and have been supported additionally by private foundations, a French complementary health insurance group, and by numerous patient advocacy groups. I am interested in making connections with partners in biotechnology or industrial diagnostics in order to improve patient quality of life by understanding the molecular underpinnings of the rare diseases we study in my labs.
Heather Etchevers’s Specialties:
I study neurocristopathies - a wide range of diseases due to problems in the development, proliferation, death or differentiation of embryonic neural crest cells in humans.
Heather Etchevers’s Experience
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Staff scientist
INSERM
(Government Agency; Hospital & Health Care industry)
March 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)
Group leader in human embryology, developmental genetics and fetal/congenital pathologies
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Avenir program fellow
INSERM
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 2003 — April 2006 (3 years 1 month)
New, prestigious start-up award program for beginning independent researchers. Lab management position complete with possibilities for hiring (three postdocs, two technicians) and directing (one undergraduate and one Ph.D. student; numerous interns).
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Postdoctoral fellow
INSERM
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
May 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 1 month)
First foray into human genetics in a busy children's hospital in Paris (Necker).
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Postdoctoral fellow
CNRS
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Research industry)
June 1999 — April 2002 (2 years 11 months)
Developed additional themes in developmental biology in avian models around vascular and heart development.
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Waitress
Jordan Pond House
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Restaurants industry)
July 1990 — September 1990 (3 months)
Jordan Pond House restaurant is the best-known restaurant, run by the Acadia Corporation, in the Acadia National Park. Delightful afternoon teas and a very international wait staff. We had a great time and I made some friends that are still friends, today.
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Summer student
Jackson Laboratories
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
July 1990 — July 1990 (1 month)
Summer studentship to learn to do research with mice. Surprisingly relevant to the rest of my career. Worked with Dr. Jane Barker.
Heather Etchevers’s Education
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Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
Ph.D. , Biologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire , 1994 — 1999
After qualifying exam at Berkeley, research was performed at the Institut d'Embryologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire du CNRS et du College de France and the Ph.D. was earned simultaneously at the University of Paris VI. Returned to UCB for a semester of teaching activities (3 courses).
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University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. , Molecular and Cell Biology - Neuroscience , 1992 — 1998
After qualifying exam, research was performed at the Institut d'Embryologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire du CNRS et du College de France and the Ph.D. was earned simultaneously at the University of Paris VI.
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Wellesley College
Biology, Music 1988 — 1992
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High school
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NNHS
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Heather Etchevers’s Interests:
Cross-disciplinary collaborations: basic science and applied medicine. Human genetics, embryology, congenital malformations, transcriptomics.
Heather Etchevers’s Contact Settings
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