MICHAEL SCHERTZER

Ph.D; Ingénieur de Recherche (IR)

I have worked with Dr. Stephen Wood (University of British Columbia, Dept. of Medical Genetics, Vancouver Canada) : Genomics

Dr. Dixie Mager (Terry Fox Lab, BCCRC, Vancouver Canada): Human endogenous retroviral mapping

and Dr, Peter Lansdorp (Tery Fox Lab, BCCRC Vancouver Canada): telomeres, RTEL1

I have also done work at Research Genetics and at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Notably I have discovered dog-1(FANCJ)  in C.elegans, and Rtel1 in mice. It is human RTEL1 that most of my work here in Paris consisted of. WHile in Vancouver I was also fortunate to be a part of the cloned cow project.

Currently I am a part of the Bost Lab studying cellular responses to viral infection.

I am also a writer and artist. I have my own gallery (Poetry is Distaster) in Morlaix (Finistere, 29) where my work and books can be found. All other information pertaining to this activity can be found at poetryisdisaster.com or on Instagram at poetryisdisaster.