PhD student at Max-Planck-Institute for Heart and Lung Research

Personal informations

Name: Galiger

First name: Célimène

Date and place of birthday: 20/03/1979 in Libreville, Gabon

Nationality: Gabonese

Address: Unterhof 67- 35392 Giessen, Germany

E-mails addresses: ********.******@***-**.***.**; *********@*****.**

Mobile: +49 (0-151-**-**-**-**

Professional experience and Goals

December 2013: Submission of my Doctoral Thesis at the University of Giessen

Since 1rst September 2010: PhD student at Max-Planck-Institute in Bad Nauheim, Germany.

Project: Identification and characterization of bronchioalveolar stem cells and Oct-4 positive cells in adult

mouse lung

2009-2010: Training student at Pasteur Institute in the Dept. of Cytokines & Inflammation in Paris, France.

Project: Invasise Aspergillosis: in vivo monitoring of different antifungal drugs using a bioluminescent

Aspergillus fumigatus strain (8 months)

2009: Technician assistant at Boehringer Ingelheim in the Dept. of Pulmonary Diseases Research in Biberach,

Germany.

2008: Training student at Boehringer Ingelheim in the Dept. of Respiratory Diseases Research in Biberach,

Germany.

Project: Setup and validation of a cough model by inhalation of citric acid in conscious guinea- pigs (8

months training and 12 months as an employee)

2007: Training student in Cardiovascular Pharmacology at the Faculty of Pharmacy in Nancy University, France.

Project: Impact of AT1 receptor antagonists on angiotensin II-induced vasoactive responses of aortic rings (2

months)

2006: Training student in Physiology at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies in Nancy University.

Project: Study of hemolymphatic proteins and lipids in the female spider Brachypelma albopilosa in relation

with its sexual and agonistic behaviour (2 months)

2004 & 2005: Training student in Medical Analysis Laboratory in Libreville, Gabon.

Project: Biochemical and microbiological analyses of human blood and urine samples (6 months)

Others: Stewardess, warehouseman (Gabon), household and grape picker (France).

Research experience and interests

Background: Biochemistry; Cell & Molecular Biology; Respiratory Physiology, Pathology and Pharmacology,

and Drug Screening.

Experience: Animal’s models: Infectious, Injury, Repair and Regeneration models in guinea pigs & mice;

Electrophoresis, Imaging technique (Bioluminescence, Confocal microscopy), Primary cell cultures, Flow

cytometry, Western blot, RT-PCR, qPCR, Immunohistochemistry, Laser capture microdissection, RNA and

DNA isolation, in vivo shRNA transfection, Transgenic mice handling and in vivo Organoid transplantation.

Research interests: Cell & Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Respiratory Diseases Research, Stem cells and

Cancer.

Symposiums-Posters-Publications

Conference attendance

February 2011: Keyston symposium in Santa-Fe, USA (participant)

June 2011: ECCPS (Excellent Cluster Cardio –Pulmonary System) international symposium in Bad-Nauheim,

Germany (poster presentation)

June 2012 : UGMLC-symposium (Universities Giessen-Marburg Lung Center) for Remodelling, Repair and

Regeneration in Lung Diseases, Marburg-Germany (poster presentation)

November 2012: Conference of German Respiratory Society in Münster, Germany (talk)

January 2013 : Conference of the German Center of Lung Research in Bad Nauheim (poster presentation).

April 2013: 119th Congress of the German Society for Internal Medecine in Wiesbaden, Germany (poster

presentation)

Publications

1. Assessment of efficacy of antifungals against Aspergillus fumigatus: value of real -time

bioluminescence imaging.

Galiger C, Brock M, Jouvion G, Savers A, Parlato M & Ibrahim-Granet O ; .Antimicrob Agents

Chemother. 2013 Jul;57(7):3046-59. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01660-12. Epub 2013 Apr 15

Education

Diploma

2012: FELASA B (Federation for Laboratory Animal Science Associations) at Berliner compact course

2010: Master in Life Sciences, Cell Biology: Physiology, Pathology and Respiratory P harmacology, Paris 7

Denis Diderot University-France

2008: Master in Life Sciences, Preclinical Evaluation of Drugs & Safety Pharmacology, Nancy-University

2008: Diploma of Animal Experimentation-Animal’s Welfare (level A or FELASA C) Nancy-University-France

2007: First master’s degree in Life Sciences, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Nancy-University-France

2005: Licence 3-years in Life Sciences, Biochemistry & Microbiology Bamako-University-Mali

2004: Licence 2-years in Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry & Biology Bamako-University-Mali

1999: High school diploma of Natural Sciences & Mathematics (certificate to go on to University) in Libreville,

Gabon

Followed studies

2010-2013: PhD student at Max-Planck-Institute in Bad Nauheim, Germany

2003-2010: University education in Mali and France

1999-2002: Medicine College in Libreville, Gabon

1991-1999: High school in Libreville, Gabon

1985-1991: Primary school in Libreville, Gabon

Additional skills and interests

English & French: fluent (read, written, spoken); German: intermediate

Others: World, Excel, Power point, I magej, Prism, GraphPad, Flowjo, Internet, Sport, Reading, Music & Socio-

cultural activities.

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