Laurence Dahéron

Head, Harvard Stem Cells Institute, iPS core facility, USA

Session

She participated in the "Stem cells: even more promising" session.

Biography

Dr Laurence Dahéron earned a master's degree in cell biology from the University of Rennes (France), and a PhD from the University of Poitiers (France). As a post-doctoral fellow, she studied chronic myelogenous leukemia in Dr Calabretta’s lab, at Jefferson University, Philadelphia (USA).  In 2001, Dr Dahéron joined Dr George Daley’s lab at the Whitehead Institute, MIT, Boston, a pioneer in Human embryonic stem cell research.  There, she studied the molecular mechanisms of Human embryonic stem cell self-renewal. In 2006, Dr Dahéron moved to the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Technology at Massachusetts General Hospital to launch a hESC core facility. In July 2008, Dr Dahéron was appointed Director of the new Harvard Stem Cell Institute iPS (induced pluripotent stem) core facility. She works with the leaders in the field (George Daley, Kevin Eggan, Konrad Hochedlinger and Chad Cowan) to establish new disease-specific lines for distribution to the International Scientific Community.