Dr Maëva Pichon French Ecole d’ingenieur, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemical Biology
Dr Maëva Pichon is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Chemical Biology at the University of Southampton.
After almost 4 years working on the synthesis of new multivalent iminosugars for the treatment of rare genetic diseases (mainly cystic fibrosis) and as probes to study multivalent inhibitor-glycosidase interactions, I am now working on the synthesis of new reagents for post-translational modifications of proteins. I am specifically interested in the study of cysteine sulfinic acid and its influence on protein properties and interactions.
Academic qualifications, awards and work history:
- 2012-2015 - French Ecole d’ingenieur in European School of Chemistry, Polymers and Materials in Strasbourg (ECPM)
- 2013-2015 - MSc degree in Molecular and Supramolecular chemistry in University of Strasbourg
- 2015-2017 - Teaching assistant of practical fundamentals technics in organic chemistry to bachelor and undergraduate students
- 2015-2018 - PhD in Synthetic organic chemistry about the conception and synthesis of bioactive multivalent iminosugars with glycoimidazole motif to treat rare genetic diseases, under the supervision of Pr Philippe Compain in Strasbourg
- Award of best poster presentation, JCO, Palaiseau, France, Sept 2016
- Award of best oral communication, SCF, Mulhouse, France, May 2017