Valerie Jacquier

Past

• post-doctoral fellow in Biochemistry at Université de Montréal
• PhD student in Biophysics, Molecular and Cell Biology at EPFL
• Teaching Assistant at EPFL

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Education

• Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
• Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

• Kungliga Tekniska högskolan

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Valerie Jacquier’s Summary

I am very experienced in molecular and cell biology, as well as biochemistry and various techniques of fluorescence microscopy. I initially studied physics, where I acquired a critical and analytical way of thinking and good problem-solving skills, and then turned towards life sciences with a strong interest for projects linked to biomedical research.
I am looking for an employement which would allow me to follow these interests while deepening my understanding of human pathologies.

Technical skills:

molecular and cell biology (cloning, mutagenesis, mammalian cell culture and transfection)

biochemistry (Western blot, co-immunoprecipitation, protein purification)

fluorescence microscopy (protein labeling, confocal microscopy, single-molecule microscopy)

FACS analysis

calcium imaging

Development of cell-based functional assays

Valerie Jacquier’s Experience

• post-doctoral fellow in Biochemistry

  Université de Montréal

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2006 — August 2008 (2 years)

  Development of cell-based assays to study the function of growth factor receptors.

• PhD student in Biophysics, Molecular and Cell Biology

  EPFL

  (Research industry)

  2001 — 2005 (4 years)

  Functional characterization of human odorant receptors, using fluorescence microscopy (bulk and single-molecule) and calcium imaging.

• Teaching Assistant

  EPFL

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  October 2001 — June 2005 (3 years 9 months)

  Teaching assistant for Biotechnology courses
  
  Teaching assistant for Physical Chemistry courses

Valerie Jacquier’s Education

• Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

  PhD , Biophysics of membrane proteins , 2001 — 2005

  Title: "Functional Characterization of a Human Odorant Receptor".
  
  Study of the functional expression of human odorant receptors in heterologous systems, using calcium imaging and fluorescence microscopy.
  
  Development of a large-scale cell-based screening assay for odorant molecules.
  
  Study of the lateral mobility and turn-over of odorant receptors in living cells.

• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

  MSc , Molecular Biology and Biophysics , 2000 — 2001

  Monitoring the folding and unfolding of the green fluorescent protein (GFP)

• Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

  MSc , Physics , 1996 — 2001

• Kungliga Tekniska högskolan

  BSc , Physics , 1998 — 1999

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