Women in Science
Interviews with
Let’s meet another “Woman in Science” part of our MSCA GET-IN network!
Chiara Martinello, PhD student at the Côte d’Azur University in Nice interviewed Els Verhoeyen to get to know more about her life and how she became the resourceful and brilliant scientist she is, with some insights on what is the reality to be a “Woman in Science” nowadays.
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Els Verhoeyen is a research director at the Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) with a dual affiliation: the international center for infectiology research (CIRI) in Lyon (France) and the Mediterranean Centre for Molecular Medicine (C3M) in Nice (France). Her research is focused on the development of lentiviral vectors and gene editing tools for gene therapy, especially for blood diseases. She is also the president of the French Society of Cell and Gene Therapy (SFTCG) and a board member of the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ESGCT).
Meet Els Verhoeyen
Marianne Carlon is a recently appointed assistant professor at the world-class university KU Leuven, where she is at the forefront of developing innovative therapeutic approaches for people living with chronic lung diseases like cystic fibrosis – thanks also to her successful involvement in a current MSCA-funded European research network.
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She is a supportive mentor for students at different career stages, and a nature and sports enthusiast in her free time. We have interviewed her to learn more about her life and career – and to reflect on what it means to be a woman in STEM today.