Dr. Stephanie Blandin

Education

• 1997 – 2001
  École Normale Supérieure de Paris (ENS Ulm)
  
  

• 2004
  Joint Ph.D, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg Germany – Université de Strasbourg. Supervisors: Profs. Fotis Kafatos and Jules Hoffmann
  
  

• 2010
  Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université de Strasbourg, France
  
  

Training

• 1999
  6 month-training in the laboratory of Prof. Max Cooper, UAB CCC, Birmingham, USA
  
  

• 2001 – 2004
  Teaching assistant at the University of Strasbourg, France
  
  

• 2000 – 2004
  PhD training in the laboratory of Prof. F. Kafatos, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
  
  

• 2005 – 2006
  Postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. E. Levashina, IBMC, Strasbourg, France
  
  

• Blandin SA, Wang-Sattler R, Lamacchia M, Gagneur J, Lycett G, Ning Y, Levashina EA, Steinmetz LM (2009). Dissecting the genetic basis of resistance to malaria parasites in Anopheles gambiae. Science 326, 147-150.

• Fraiture M, Baxter RH, Steinert S, Chelliah Y, Frolet C, Quispe-Tintaya W, Hoffmann JA, Blandin SA, Levashina EA (2009). Two mosquito LRR proteins function as complement control factors in the TEP1-mediated killing of Plasmodium. Cell Host Microbe 5, 273-284.

• Blandin SA, Marois E, Levashina EA (2008). Antimalarial responses in Anopheles gambiae: from a complement-like protein to a complement-like pathway. Cell Host Microbe 3, 364-374.

• Blandin S, Shiao SH, Moita LF, Janse CJ, Waters AP, Kafatos FC, Levashina EA (2004). Complement-like protein TEP1 is a determinant of vectorial capacity in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Cell 116, 661-670.

• Blandin S, Moita LF, Kocher T, Wilm M, Kafatos FC, Levashina EA (2002). Reverse genetics in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae: targeted disruption of the Defensin gene. EMBO Rep 3, 852-856.

• Genetic analysis of mosquito resistance to malaria parasites.

  Subversive redox substrates to block malaria parasite development in mosquito vectors.

• Reviewer for scientific journals: PLoS, Science, Cellular Microbiology Trends in Parasitology, BMC, Immunology and Cell Biology, Acta Tropica, J. Insect Physio., Brain Research, Wiley-VCH

• Reviewer for grant agencies: ANR (France, as a referee and as a member of a selection committee), Wellcome Trust (UK), Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal)

• Two of my publications (as first author) received a large coverage from the media: I gave two interviews for the German television, and several interviews for local and international radio stations (BBC program "Science in Action", Columbian National Public Radio, German SWR2 Campus Radio). These studies were also covered by many international scientific journals, magazines, newspapers and websites including: This week in Science, Bioworld International, Science Daily, Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), Aerzte Zeitung (Germany), Der Bund (Switzerland), Sciences et Avenir (France), Publico (Portugal and Spain), Correio Braziliense (Brazil), El Dictamen (Mexico), Daily India (India)...

• Since 2013: Direction of Inserm unit U963, IBMC, Strasbourg, France: "Immune response of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae"

• Since 2007: Research scientist at Inserm

Additional interests

• I enjoy reading, sports (triathlon, hiking) and cooking

• I participated in scientific vulgarisation programs (European Learning Lab for Life Sciences)

Soft Skills

Other activities and achievements/family

• 3 children

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