JEAN-LEON MAITRE
Research experience
2016 Group leader at the Institut Curie (Paris, France) in the Genetics and Developmental Biology unit CNRS UMR3215, INSERM U934
2013 Postdoc fellow in the lab of Dr Hiiragi at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg, Germany) studying the mechanics of pre-implantation mouse embryos.
2007 PhD student in the lab of Prof Heisenberg at the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics (Dresden, Germany) and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Klosterneuburg, Austria) studying the mechanics of zebrafish germ layer progenitors.
Funding and awards
2024 Richard Lounsbery award from the French and American Academies of Sciences
2023 ERC Consolidator Grant
2021Award from the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller
2020Bronze medal from the CNRS
2019EMBO Young Investigator
2019Claude Paoletti award from the CNRS
2018Award from the Fondation Schlumberger pour l'Éducation et la Recherche
2017 ERC Starting Grant
2016 Young scientist award from the Societe de Biologie Cellulaire de France
2016 ATIP-Avenir
2014 Marie Curie IntraEuropean Fellowship
2013 EMBO Long Term Fellowship
