Jean-Marc Lemaitre
Director
University Montpellier
France
Biography
Ph.D. in Molecular and cellular biology of development, senior scientist since 2014 and awarded in 2006 for an AVENIR INSERM Team program on aging, he is currently Deputy Director at the Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Biotherapy (IRMB), the leader of a INSERM research team and Director of a stem cell facility CHU (SAFE-iPSC). He was invited speaker in 48 national and international conferences and seminars in France and abroad in the last 5 years.
Research Interest
To explore epigenetic mechanisms involved in senescence/aging impairing stem cell renewal and reprogramming, which is of major importance in aging with outcomes in regenerative medicine and cell therapies. His team demonstrated the possible reversibility of cellular aging