Catherine Picart, Research-Engineer at CEA Grenoble, Vice-Head of Department of Health, Direction of Fundamental Research 
BIOGRAPHY
- 1994 : Master in Biomedical Engineering, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France.
- 1994 : Engineering degree in physics of Materials, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
- 1997 : PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
- 2002 : Habilitation to conduct research, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- 1997-1998, Post-doctoral training, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, Department of Bioengineering (Prof. D.E. Discher)
- 1998-2004 : Assistant Professor, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France. Lab of Dr. JC Voegel.
- 2004-2008 : Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Health, University of Montpellier 2, France.
- 2008-2009 : Associate Professor, Grenoble-Institute of Technology, Grenoble, France.
- 2009-2013 : Full Professor (PR1), Grenoble-INP.
- sept 2013-present : Full Professor (PREXC 1), Grenoble INP.
- 2009-2019 : Research team leader of "Interfaces between Materials and Biological Matter" (IMBM).
- Sept 2019 : Research Director at CEA Grenoble, Direction of fundamental Research (DRF), Institute of Interdisciplinary Research of Grenoble (IRIG) (CEA/DRF/IRIG)
- July 2020 : Team leader of CNRS EMR 5000 Biomimetism and Regenerative Medicine (BRM) (CNRS-CEA-UGA)
- Jan 2021 : Director of UMR U1292 Biosanté (Biology and Biotechnologies for Health), INSERM-CEA-UGA
AWARDS
- 1999 : Young Researcher award from the French Society for
Biomechanics - 2007 : Prix Jean-Marc Lhoste from the French Biophysical Society.
- 2007-2012 : Junior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
- 2013 : Nominated "Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite" by the French Ministery of Research
- 2016 : Research Scholar of Fulbright Commission Franco-Americaine for a visiting professor position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering of Boston University
- 2016 : Laureate of the "Silver Medal" from CNRS
- 2016-2021 : Senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF)
- 2019 : Laureate of Prix Emilia VALORI from the French Academy of Science
EDITORIAL BOARDS
- 2008-2011 : Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Langmuir
- 2011-2014 : Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Acta Biomaterialia, Journal of Colloids and Interface Science
- 2011-2019 : Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- 2013-present : Member of the EAB of Advanced Healtcare Materials
- 2015-present : Member of the EAB of ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
- 2015-present : Member of EAB of Tissue Engineering
- 2019-present: Member of EAB of Biomaterials Science
- 2019-present! Member of EAB of Advanced Materials
MAJOR GRANTS
- ERC : Consolidator Grant BIOMIM 2010 (2011-2016),
- ERC POC OSCODI 2012 (2013-2014)
- ERC POC BIOACTIVECOATINGS 2015 (2016-2017)
- ERC POC REGENERBONE 2017 (2018-2019)
RESPONSABILITIES
- 2007-2011: Member of the National French University Committee CNU 64
- 2009-2011 : Expert for OMNT (Observatory for Micro and Nanotechnologies, Nanomedicine)
- 2008-2014: Member of the scientific council of the competitivity pole TRIMATEC
- 2011-2013 : Responsible for the Axis 6 - Biomaterials- of the LABEX CEMAM
- 2012-2014 : Member of the CNRS National Committee Section 11
- 2013-2019 : Member of the Administrative Council of MEDICALPS
- 2013-2019 : Member of the Comité de Pilotage of Nanoscience Foundation of Grenoble
- 2013-2019 : Responsible of industrial partnership for BIOMEDICAL students at INPG-PHELMA
- 2012-present : Member of the Administrative Council of BIOMAT
- 2019-present: Expert for the European Commission
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biomimetism, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Drug delivery
MAIN RESEARCH PROJECTS
PUBLICATIONS
125 publications and 14 invited reviews in peer-reviewed journals such as PNAS, Adv. Mat., Biomaterials, Adv. Funct. Mat, Acta. Biomat., Small, Biophys. J., , Biomacromolecules, Langmuir, J. Cell Biol., J. Cell Sci.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS of PAST 6 YEARS
- Liu, X-Q., and Picart, C. Layer-by-layer assemblies for cancer treatment and diagnosis. Adv. Mater. 28:1295-1301, 2016.
- Bouyer, M., Guillot, R., et al. Surface delivery of tunable doses from an adaptable polymeric scaffold induces volumetric bone regeneration. Biomaterials. 104. 168-81, 2016.
- Liu XQ et al, Biomaterial-enabled delivery of SDF1a at the ventral side of breast cancer cells reveals a crosstalk between cellular receptors to promote the invasive phenotype. Biomaterials, 127:61-74, 2017.
- Lubart Q et al., Role of phosphorylation in moesin interactions with PIP2-containing biomimetic membranes. Biophys. J. 114:98-112, 2018.
- Machillot P et al. Automated buildup of biomimetic in cell culture microplates for high throughput screening of cellular behaviors. Adv. Mat. July30(27). e1801097.
- Ho-Shui-Ling et al. Bone regeneration strategies: engineered scaffolds, biomolecules and stem cells. Current stage and future perspectives. Biomaterials. 180:143-162, 2018.
- Migliorini E et al. Practical guide to characterize biomolecules adsorption at solid surfaces. Biointerphases. 13:06D303. 2018
- Migliorini E et al. Learning from BMPs and their biophysical extracellular matrix microenvironment for biomaterial design. Bone. 2020 Dec;141:115540.
- Garot C, Bettega G & C. Picart. Additive manufacturing of material scaffolds for bone regeneration: toward application in the clinics. Advanced. Functional Materials. 2020. 31: 2006967.
- Sefkow-Werner et al. Heparan sulfate co-immobilized with cRGD ligands and BMP2 on biomimetic platforms promotes BMP2-mediated osteogenic differentiation. Acta Biomater. 2020 Sep 15;114:90-103.
- Khodr V. et al. High-throughput measurements of bone morphogenetic protein/bone morphogenetic protein receptor interactions using biolayer interferometry. Biointerphases. 2021 Jun 8;16(3):031001.
- Bouyer M., Garot C., et al. 3D-printed scaffolds combined to 2D osteoinductive coatings to repair critical-size bone defect. Materials Today Bio. 11:199113, 2021.
- Sales Ramos A et al. Differential bioactivity of four BMP-family members as function of biomaterial stiffness. Biomaterials. 2022 Feb;281:121363.