Yann Barrandon#
| Membership Number: | 3023 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2011 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://cellules-souches.eu/laboratoire/yann-barrandon |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2002 Professor of the Joint Chair of Stem Cell Dynamics, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Université de Lausanne (Unil), Switzerland
- 2002 Head, Department of Experimental Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1990 - 2001 Head of the Epithelial Cell Differentiation Laboratory, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
- 1989 - 2001 Director of Research, Inserm, Paris, France
- 1985 - 1990 Research Associate, Laboratory of Prof. Howard Green, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- 1983 - 1985 Research Fellow, Lab. of Pr. Howard Green, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- 1982 - 1983 Research Fellow, Lab. of Prof Marvin Karasek, Department of Dermatology, Stanford Medical School, Stanford, USA
- 1981 - 1982 Dermatologist: Dept of Dermatology, Chairman Prof. Jean Civatte, Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris. France
Fields of Scholarship
- Hair follicle
- Thymus
- Stem cells
- Cell and gene therapy
- Skin
- Keratinocytes
- Niche
- Transplantation
- Regeneration
- Morphogenesis
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Best Teacher in Life Sciences EPFL
- 2009 Elected Member of the EMBO
- 2009 Honorary Member of the Italian Association for Stem Cell Research
- 2008-2009 Visiting professor, Department of Ophthalmology Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Japan
- 2008 Winner CTI- Medtech Award, Switzerland
- 2006 WU Visiting Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chinese university Hong-Kong
- 2006 Best Teacher in Life Sciences EPFL
- 2001 Eloi Collery Award, French Academy of Medicine, France
- 1983 - 1985 Fellow of the “Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale” (International fellowship), France
- 1982 - 1983 Fellow of the “Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer”, France
- 1982 Fellow of the “Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale”, France
- 1979 - 1981 Fellow of the “Délégation Générale à la Recherche Scientifique et Technique”, France
