Jean-Louis Mergny - Curriculum Vitae#

Head of an independent group, first located in Paris (2002-2009), then Pessac (2009-2019) and now recreated in Institut Curie, Orsay (2019+). Themes: Nucleic Acids, such as G-quadruplexes, their interactions with drugs, their applications to medicine and nanotech using chemical, biophysical, and biochemical methods.

DIPLOMA

• 1999 Habilitation to conduct research (HDR, Paris 6 University) Nov 26, 1999
  
• 1991 PhD, Pharmacology (Paris 6 University) Dec 23, 1991
  
• 1986 Grandes Ecoles: Ranked 1st at Ulm and Lyon (St Cloud) Ecoles Normales Supérieures

PARTICIPATION TO EVALUATION COMMITTEES

• 2017+ European Science Foundation expert
  
• 2014-2017 Scientific Board, (Commission Recherche) University of Bordeaux
  
• 2006+ National funding agency (ANR) & HCERES committees, Member or President

SEMINARS & INVITED LECTURES AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

• 88 invited lectures or oral communications during international conferences
  
• 91 seminars in leading institutions

ORGANISATION OF CONFERENCES

• Conference organizer: 5th international meeting on quadruplex nucleic acids May 2015. 286 participants. http://g4meeting2015.sciencesconf.org
  
• 6th international meeting on quadruplex nucleic acids May-June 2017. Prague, Czech Republic. Over 300 participants
  
• Scientific board: Symposium on G4 DNA (Louisville, KY, USA) 2007; ANNA (Ljubjana), 2018
  
• Session Chair: Chemistry of Nucleic Acids Components (Cesky Krumlov, Cz), 2008, 2011 & 2014, ANNA (Ljubjana, Slovenia), 2016 & 2017, BIONIC (Padova, Italy) 2018…

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

• Editor: 2006+: Biochimie (Impact factor 2017 = 3.2)
  
• Faculty of 1000: 2011+: F1000 Faculty member
  
• Editorial boards: J. Mol. Recognition, Curr. Bioactive Compounds, Curr. Med. Chem. and Int. Rev. Biophys. Chem.
  
• Reviewer: 210 manuscripts reviewed since 2011 (i.e., over 25 per year from >100 annual solicitations) for journals including Angew Chem (50 manuscripts), J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nature Comm, Nucleic Acids Res, Biochemistry, PNAS…

FUNDING SOURCES

• National:
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche, 7 grants since 2008; French Cancer Research Charity (ARC)
    
  • Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine: Installation grant (2010) and 3 other research grants
    
• International: Bilateral grants with China, Czech Rep., Hong-Kong, Japan, Denmark, Spain, Australia, Canada
  

PROMOTION OF YOUNG RESEARCHERS

Students: 13 PhD students since 2000. All succesfully defended their Thesis. Five of them have secured a permanent position as Academics or in the Pharma industry.

Post docs: Several former post-docs found a position as P.I. / Assistant or Associate Prof.: P. Yang & J. Zhou (China); R. Moriyama (Japan); B. Saccà (Germany); E. Largy, A. Bourdoncle (Bordeaux); N. Smith (Australia), or in the Industry (O. Mendoza).

Other activities: Mediator for the Museum Graduate school (2004-2009). I was officially in charge of the resolution of conflicts between students and supervisors; over 100 cases mediated.