Current position:
Research director (DR2)
INSERM/UPS UMR 1048, I2MC
Institut des maladies métaboliques et cardiovasculaires
1, avenue Jean-Poulhès; BP 84225
31432- Toulouse Cedex 4, France
Tel: 33 (0) 5-31-22-40-75
Fax: 33 (0) 5-62-17-25-54
Email: celine.gales@inserm.fr
PROFESSIONAL CARREER
2015- Directeur de Recherche (DR2) at INSERM, Toulouse, France.
2005-2015 Chargé de Recherche 1ere classe (CR1) at INSERM, Toulouse, France.
2001-2005 Post-doctoral position, Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Canada.
EDUCATION
1998-2001 PhD Molecular and cellular pharmacology (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
1997 Master research in pharmacology (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
1995-1996 Bachelor in Biology (molecular biology) (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
1993-1994 Two-year professional university-level degree (BTS) specialized in biochemistry (Ecole Nationale de Chimie-Physique-Biologie, ENCPB, Paris)
PRIZE & AWARD
• Young Investigator Award of the Biochemical Society - 2004 (Bromont, Québec, Canada)
• CESNA Prize (Club d’Etude du Système Nerveux Autonome) - 2007 (Toulouse, France)
• Bettencourt Prize 2013 («Prix Coup d’élan pour la recherche française»)
Nationale de Chimie-Physique-Biologie, ENCPB, Paris)
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSABILITIES / Membership of scientific societies
• Co-Head of the team “Molecular and Clinical determinants of cardiac architecture”, INSERM U1048, I2MC
• Member of the scientific committee “Fondation Recherche Cardiovasculaire” Danièle Hermann, Institut de France since 2014.
• Member of the scientific committee of the imaging platform I2MC
• Member of the GDR 3545 RCPG-Physio-Med (G protein-coupled receptors: from physiology to drugs)
PATENTS
“G-protein activation biosensors based on bioluminescence resonance energy transfer (BRET) phenomenon” (deposited on February 16th 2005 at the “United states patent and trademark office under reference # WO2006086883).
« New method for treating cardiovascular diseases», european trademark office deposit on 20/02/2015 (EP15305258.4).
PUBLICATIONS
Original articles: 51
Reviews & book chapters: 12
Facteur h: 30