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Celine Colnot, PhD
Cellular and Molecular
Céline Colnot began her scientific career at the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, where she received her Bachelor's degree in 1993. Dr. Colnot was awarded a masters training grant and two thesis-training grants from the French Ministry of Research and the National Cancer Research Foundation, while working as an undergraduate at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research, (INSERM). Dr. Colnot studied mouse genetics and embryology, and published 10 manuscripts during her PhD, which she completed in Cellular and Molecular Biology in 1998. Dr. Colnot became interested in the field of Bone and Cartilage Biology as she was analyzing a mouse mutant exhibiting defects in cartilage differentiation.
In 1998, Dr. Colnot received a post-doctoral training grant from INSERM in order to pursue her research in Bone and Cartilage. Dr. Colnot joined the Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory at the University of California at San Francisco, and focused on a project identifying the origins of skeletal cells in embryonic long bones. Intrigued by the similarities between the molecular programs regulating bone development and repair, Dr. Colnot initiated a new research project on the role of angiogenesis in fracture repair. As a post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Colnot developed several models of bone healing and implant osteo-integration. Work from these areas of research led to the publications of 8 manuscripts in renowned research journals.
In 2004, Dr. Colnot was appointed to Assistant Researcher in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCSF, and is developing a research program in close collaboration with multidisciplinary research teams in skeletal biology, tissue engineering, fracture healing biology and musculoskeletal diseases and the role of skeletal stem cells in bone regeneration. Dr. Colnot anticipates design of new approaches to skeletal engineering and regeneration, and new treatments for recalcitrant fracture and bone disease.
Dr. Colnot realizes the importance of interactions between basic science researchers and clinical scientists and is active in training and teaching technicians and medical students.
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