BaHSic Lab

BaHSic — Blood group Antigens, Hematopoiesis and Sickle cell disease

Hematopoiesis & Translational Research: blood cell biology, multi-omic approaches, and translational studies.

Contact (+33) 1 81 72 43 14 sara.bencheikh@inserm.fr

Location Hôpital Necker – Enfants Malades 149 rue de Sèvres 75015 Paris

Romain Duval

Research engineer

Inserm U1134 – BAHSic Lab

Dr Romain Duval is a researcher specializing in CRISPR-Cas9 technologies and genome editing. His work focuses on the development and application of gene-editing approaches to facilitate the discovery of new blood group antigens and the production of blood cells with rare phenotypes. In parallel, he also teaches at Université de Paris, where he delivers courses on genome engineering and contributes to the training of undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students.

Research interests

CRISPR-Cas9 technologies and genome editing
Blood group antigen discovery
Rare blood cell phenotypes

Key expertise

CRISPR gene editing
Blood group antigen discovery
Teaching in genome engineering

Background

Research Engineer – Etablissement Français du Sang / Inserm U1134 (2018 –Present)
Assistant Hospitalier Universitaire – INSERM / Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis (2017 – 2018)
Postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University (Dalla-Favera lab), New York (2016–2017)
PhD in Biomolecules, Structural Biology, Pathologies and Biotherapies (Rodrigues-Lima lab) — Université Paris Diderot (2016)

Personal interests

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🩸 Red blood cells 🔥 Inflammation 🧬 Blood group antigens 🧫 Sickle Cell Disease 🌱 Hematopoiesis 🛡️ Spleen Alloimmunization 🧬🔬 CRISPR-Cas9 • scRNA-seq • Proteomics • Microfluidics • Amnis • Rheology • ATAC-seq 🧫 Erythroid cell lines 🧪 Immunohematology

Contact

Hôpital Necker – Enfants Malades 149 rue de Sèvres 75015 Paris

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