Fernanda Bajanca
Cheffe de Projets de Recherche Clinique at CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TOULOUSE, Centre de Reference Syndrome de Marfan et apparentes- Claim this Profile
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Brian Cahill
When I was Chair of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, I got to know Fernanda. She was actively involved in the work of the Policy Working Group of the Marie Curie Alumni Association of which she later became Chair. Fernanda took responsibility for the planning of MCAA’s contribution to the EuroScience Open Forum in Toulouse, where she lives. Initially, Fernanda acted as a proposal advisor to MCAA members, who had ideas for session proposals. Of the 10 session proposals that MCAA submitted, 9 were accepted. MCAA also supported a Science Slam. Fernanda was responsible for liaising with the ESOF organisation in Toulouse. MCAA later added two extraordinary sessions and an MCAA member spoke in a plenary session with Carlos Moedas. Several of the MCAA ESOF sessions attracted press interest. The week after ESOF, the editorial of Nature focussed on an MCAA session about how best to support the career development of postdoctoral researchers. Fernanda also liaised with the European Commission about organising MCAA’s contribution to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ESOF Satellite Event. Fernanda made an outstanding contribution to an extremely successful ESOF for MCAA. Under Fernanda’s leadership, the MCAA Policy Working Group mobilized many volunteers to produce effective high-quality outputs: 1. MCAA Policy Webinars (in cooperation with EuroScience) are regularly broadcast that attract strong interest from inside and outside the MCAA membership. 2. In March 2018, MCAA produced a statement on the successor programme to Horizon 2020 called
Brian Cahill
When I was Chair of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, I got to know Fernanda. She was actively involved in the work of the Policy Working Group of the Marie Curie Alumni Association of which she later became Chair. Fernanda took responsibility for the planning of MCAA’s contribution to the EuroScience Open Forum in Toulouse, where she lives. Initially, Fernanda acted as a proposal advisor to MCAA members, who had ideas for session proposals. Of the 10 session proposals that MCAA submitted, 9 were accepted. MCAA also supported a Science Slam. Fernanda was responsible for liaising with the ESOF organisation in Toulouse. MCAA later added two extraordinary sessions and an MCAA member spoke in a plenary session with Carlos Moedas. Several of the MCAA ESOF sessions attracted press interest. The week after ESOF, the editorial of Nature focussed on an MCAA session about how best to support the career development of postdoctoral researchers. Fernanda also liaised with the European Commission about organising MCAA’s contribution to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ESOF Satellite Event. Fernanda made an outstanding contribution to an extremely successful ESOF for MCAA. Under Fernanda’s leadership, the MCAA Policy Working Group mobilized many volunteers to produce effective high-quality outputs: 1. MCAA Policy Webinars (in cooperation with EuroScience) are regularly broadcast that attract strong interest from inside and outside the MCAA membership. 2. In March 2018, MCAA produced a statement on the successor programme to Horizon 2020 called
Brian Cahill
When I was Chair of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, I got to know Fernanda. She was actively involved in the work of the Policy Working Group of the Marie Curie Alumni Association of which she later became Chair. Fernanda took responsibility for the planning of MCAA’s contribution to the EuroScience Open Forum in Toulouse, where she lives. Initially, Fernanda acted as a proposal advisor to MCAA members, who had ideas for session proposals. Of the 10 session proposals that MCAA submitted, 9 were accepted. MCAA also supported a Science Slam. Fernanda was responsible for liaising with the ESOF organisation in Toulouse. MCAA later added two extraordinary sessions and an MCAA member spoke in a plenary session with Carlos Moedas. Several of the MCAA ESOF sessions attracted press interest. The week after ESOF, the editorial of Nature focussed on an MCAA session about how best to support the career development of postdoctoral researchers. Fernanda also liaised with the European Commission about organising MCAA’s contribution to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ESOF Satellite Event. Fernanda made an outstanding contribution to an extremely successful ESOF for MCAA. Under Fernanda’s leadership, the MCAA Policy Working Group mobilized many volunteers to produce effective high-quality outputs: 1. MCAA Policy Webinars (in cooperation with EuroScience) are regularly broadcast that attract strong interest from inside and outside the MCAA membership. 2. In March 2018, MCAA produced a statement on the successor programme to Horizon 2020 called
Brian Cahill
When I was Chair of the Marie Curie Alumni Association, I got to know Fernanda. She was actively involved in the work of the Policy Working Group of the Marie Curie Alumni Association of which she later became Chair. Fernanda took responsibility for the planning of MCAA’s contribution to the EuroScience Open Forum in Toulouse, where she lives. Initially, Fernanda acted as a proposal advisor to MCAA members, who had ideas for session proposals. Of the 10 session proposals that MCAA submitted, 9 were accepted. MCAA also supported a Science Slam. Fernanda was responsible for liaising with the ESOF organisation in Toulouse. MCAA later added two extraordinary sessions and an MCAA member spoke in a plenary session with Carlos Moedas. Several of the MCAA ESOF sessions attracted press interest. The week after ESOF, the editorial of Nature focussed on an MCAA session about how best to support the career development of postdoctoral researchers. Fernanda also liaised with the European Commission about organising MCAA’s contribution to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions ESOF Satellite Event. Fernanda made an outstanding contribution to an extremely successful ESOF for MCAA. Under Fernanda’s leadership, the MCAA Policy Working Group mobilized many volunteers to produce effective high-quality outputs: 1. MCAA Policy Webinars (in cooperation with EuroScience) are regularly broadcast that attract strong interest from inside and outside the MCAA membership. 2. In March 2018, MCAA produced a statement on the successor programme to Horizon 2020 called
Experience
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CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE TOULOUSE
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France
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Medical Practices
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1 - 100 Employee
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Cheffe de Projets de Recherche Clinique
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Apr 2019 - Present
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Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III
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France
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Researcher
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Dec 2013 - Dec 2018
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King's College London
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United Kingdom
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Associate / Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development (IEF)
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Feb 2009 - Oct 2013
▪ Awarded a highly competitive Marie Curie Intra-European Career Development grant for an interdisciplinary project on assessment of gene therapeutics for Muscular Dystrophy (€200K+) ▪ Participant in the International Collaborative Effort for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (ICE for DMD), funded by the Association Monégasque contre les Myopathies ▪ Regular participation in ICE for DMD meetings, joining researchers, medical doctors and representatives of patient’s associations and aiming at… Show more ▪ Awarded a highly competitive Marie Curie Intra-European Career Development grant for an interdisciplinary project on assessment of gene therapeutics for Muscular Dystrophy (€200K+) ▪ Participant in the International Collaborative Effort for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (ICE for DMD), funded by the Association Monégasque contre les Myopathies ▪ Regular participation in ICE for DMD meetings, joining researchers, medical doctors and representatives of patient’s associations and aiming at integrating the results of basic, applied and medical research to move forward to clinical trials. ▪ Worked with a team of physicists on developing an improved method for FRAP analysis, a technical advance that allowed to discover novel properties of the Dystrophin protein binding at the cell membrane ▪ Collaborated with various international research groups at Institut de Myologie (Paris, France), Institute for Physical Chemistry (Jena, Germany); University of Surrey (Guildford, UK) ▪ Taught Histology for the dental medicine degree at KCL (87 hours) ▪ Output: one first author publication and one review in international peer reviewed journals plus datasets and a scientific technical software released Show less ▪ Awarded a highly competitive Marie Curie Intra-European Career Development grant for an interdisciplinary project on assessment of gene therapeutics for Muscular Dystrophy (€200K+) ▪ Participant in the International Collaborative Effort for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (ICE for DMD), funded by the Association Monégasque contre les Myopathies ▪ Regular participation in ICE for DMD meetings, joining researchers, medical doctors and representatives of patient’s associations and aiming at… Show more ▪ Awarded a highly competitive Marie Curie Intra-European Career Development grant for an interdisciplinary project on assessment of gene therapeutics for Muscular Dystrophy (€200K+) ▪ Participant in the International Collaborative Effort for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (ICE for DMD), funded by the Association Monégasque contre les Myopathies ▪ Regular participation in ICE for DMD meetings, joining researchers, medical doctors and representatives of patient’s associations and aiming at integrating the results of basic, applied and medical research to move forward to clinical trials. ▪ Worked with a team of physicists on developing an improved method for FRAP analysis, a technical advance that allowed to discover novel properties of the Dystrophin protein binding at the cell membrane ▪ Collaborated with various international research groups at Institut de Myologie (Paris, France), Institute for Physical Chemistry (Jena, Germany); University of Surrey (Guildford, UK) ▪ Taught Histology for the dental medicine degree at KCL (87 hours) ▪ Output: one first author publication and one review in international peer reviewed journals plus datasets and a scientific technical software released Show less
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Post-Doctoral Researcher
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Mar 2006 - Feb 2009
▪ Awarded a competitive fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) ▪ Developed several new lines of research and new collaborations ▪ Supervised 3 undergraduate students, 4 postgraduate projects and co-supervised two PhD students (while in the lab, discontinued upon moving to the next position) ▪ Coordinator (PI) of the Portuguese partner team in an exploratory collaboration project with a team of Chemists for the development of fluorescent nanoparticles… Show more ▪ Awarded a competitive fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) ▪ Developed several new lines of research and new collaborations ▪ Supervised 3 undergraduate students, 4 postgraduate projects and co-supervised two PhD students (while in the lab, discontinued upon moving to the next position) ▪ Coordinator (PI) of the Portuguese partner team in an exploratory collaboration project with a team of Chemists for the development of fluorescent nanoparticles (quantum dots) for ultrasensitive detection of cellular events in vivo, co-funded by the Portuguese and Brazilian National Science Foundations (FCT / CAPES; €10K) ▪ Awarded a travel grant from The Company of Biologists, for developing collaboration with Dr Kagayama’s at the Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto, Japan. ▪ Organizer and lecturer of 3 International Post-Graduation Courses of the Medical School (workshops). Program elaboration, logistics planning, leading negotiations with sponsors and 104h of student contact. ▪ Lecturing seminars and tutorials on Developmental Biology for medical students ▪ Output: five research articles and one review in international peer reviewed journals Show less ▪ Awarded a competitive fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) ▪ Developed several new lines of research and new collaborations ▪ Supervised 3 undergraduate students, 4 postgraduate projects and co-supervised two PhD students (while in the lab, discontinued upon moving to the next position) ▪ Coordinator (PI) of the Portuguese partner team in an exploratory collaboration project with a team of Chemists for the development of fluorescent nanoparticles… Show more ▪ Awarded a competitive fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) ▪ Developed several new lines of research and new collaborations ▪ Supervised 3 undergraduate students, 4 postgraduate projects and co-supervised two PhD students (while in the lab, discontinued upon moving to the next position) ▪ Coordinator (PI) of the Portuguese partner team in an exploratory collaboration project with a team of Chemists for the development of fluorescent nanoparticles (quantum dots) for ultrasensitive detection of cellular events in vivo, co-funded by the Portuguese and Brazilian National Science Foundations (FCT / CAPES; €10K) ▪ Awarded a travel grant from The Company of Biologists, for developing collaboration with Dr Kagayama’s at the Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto, Japan. ▪ Organizer and lecturer of 3 International Post-Graduation Courses of the Medical School (workshops). Program elaboration, logistics planning, leading negotiations with sponsors and 104h of student contact. ▪ Lecturing seminars and tutorials on Developmental Biology for medical students ▪ Output: five research articles and one review in international peer reviewed journals Show less
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PhD student
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Oct 2000 - Feb 2006
▪ Awarded a competitive fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) for 4 years ▪ Awarded an Individual Advanced Studies Fellowship from the European Network of Excellence “Cells into Organs” for a PhD extension ▪ Developed independent research skills ▪ Acquired project development and management skills ▪ Developed advanced oral presentation skills through regular participation in local seminars and national and international meetings ▪ Developed… Show more ▪ Awarded a competitive fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) for 4 years ▪ Awarded an Individual Advanced Studies Fellowship from the European Network of Excellence “Cells into Organs” for a PhD extension ▪ Developed independent research skills ▪ Acquired project development and management skills ▪ Developed advanced oral presentation skills through regular participation in local seminars and national and international meetings ▪ Developed advanced writing skills by producing reports and writing scientific publications ▪ Collaborated with several international research groups, specially through the European Network of Excellence “Cells into Organs” ▪ Awarded an European Science Foundation travel grant for presenting work at the meeting “Molecular Biology of Cellular Interactions: EuroConference on the Role in Morphogenesis and Cellular Differentiation” ▪ Elected representative of the PhD students (University of Lisbon). Invited deputy for the departrnent’s Senate and full rnernber of the Senate of the Faculty of Sciences (2003- 2006). ▪ Output: three first author international peer reviewed publications, two research articles in collaboration. Show less ▪ Awarded a competitive fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) for 4 years ▪ Awarded an Individual Advanced Studies Fellowship from the European Network of Excellence “Cells into Organs” for a PhD extension ▪ Developed independent research skills ▪ Acquired project development and management skills ▪ Developed advanced oral presentation skills through regular participation in local seminars and national and international meetings ▪ Developed… Show more ▪ Awarded a competitive fellowship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) for 4 years ▪ Awarded an Individual Advanced Studies Fellowship from the European Network of Excellence “Cells into Organs” for a PhD extension ▪ Developed independent research skills ▪ Acquired project development and management skills ▪ Developed advanced oral presentation skills through regular participation in local seminars and national and international meetings ▪ Developed advanced writing skills by producing reports and writing scientific publications ▪ Collaborated with several international research groups, specially through the European Network of Excellence “Cells into Organs” ▪ Awarded an European Science Foundation travel grant for presenting work at the meeting “Molecular Biology of Cellular Interactions: EuroConference on the Role in Morphogenesis and Cellular Differentiation” ▪ Elected representative of the PhD students (University of Lisbon). Invited deputy for the departrnent’s Senate and full rnernber of the Senate of the Faculty of Sciences (2003- 2006). ▪ Output: three first author international peer reviewed publications, two research articles in collaboration. Show less
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Graduate student
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Oct 1998 - Sep 2000
▪ Set up a microbiology and molecular genetics facility ▪ Implemented a new technique in the laboratory ▪ Developed technical skills and independent thinking ▪ Developed an independent project that later gave rise to the PhD project ▪ Set up a microbiology and molecular genetics facility ▪ Implemented a new technique in the laboratory ▪ Developed technical skills and independent thinking ▪ Developed an independent project that later gave rise to the PhD project
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ERASMUS student
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Oct 1997 - Jul 1998
▪ Awarded an ERASMUS grant to join a lab abroad for a period of 10 month ▪ Developed research basic skills in an internationally recognized laboratory ▪ Trained presentation skills in internal meetings and an international meeting ▪ Thesis graded 19/20 on oral presentation plus written memory ▪ Awarded an ERASMUS grant to join a lab abroad for a period of 10 month ▪ Developed research basic skills in an internationally recognized laboratory ▪ Trained presentation skills in internal meetings and an international meeting ▪ Thesis graded 19/20 on oral presentation plus written memory
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Education
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1993 - 1998
University of Lisbon
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