Wassim El Nemer

#### Professional record - 2020-present: Scientific Director at EFS (The French Blood Establishment) - 2012-2020: Group leader at Inserm UMR\_S 1134 “Integrated Biology of the Red Cell” - 2014-2020: Head of the “Red Cell Core Facility” at UMR\_S 1134/INTS - 2002-2020: Tenured scientist at Inserm UMR\_S 1134 “Red Blood Cell Integrated Biology” - 2001-2002: Post-doctoral fellow at the University of California San Francisco - 1999-2001: Assistant Professor at the University of Paris Diderot – Paris 7 #### Education - 2011: Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (HDR) degree, qualifying for research and PhD students supervision - 2000: PhD at the University of Paris Diderot – Paris 7 (Major: Human Genetics) - 1996: Master of Science in Human Genetics at the University of Paris Diderot – Paris 7 #### Research and academia - Since 2000: supervisor of 9 PhD students and > 20 MSc students - Teaching in PhD and MSc courses - Associate Editor of “Frontiers in Physiology”, “Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation”, “Transfusion Clinique et Biologique”, “Blood Cells, Molecules and Diseases” - Member of the Amercian Society of Hematology (ASH), the European Haematology Association (EHA), the French Society of Haematology (SFH), the Red Cell and Iron Club (CGRF) and the American Red Cell Club - Reviewer for Blood, Haematologica, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Plos One, Frontiers… - Abstract reviewing: ASH 2020 & 2021, SFH 2021, SFTS 2021, SFH 2022 - Coordinating reviewer for ASH 2021 section 113-Hemoglobinopathies, Excluding Thalassemia: Basic and Translational #### Conference organisation - Co-Chair of the CGRF 2022 meeting, 28-30 September 2022 (Presqu’Île de Giens, France) - Co-chair of the GR-Ex – ESH Training course on “Red Blood Cells: Genesis and Pathophysiology”, 18-20 April 2018 (Paris – France) (http://www.esh.org/conference/esh-gr-ex-symposium-on-red-blood-cells-genesis-and-pathophysiology) - Co-chair of the GR-Ex – ESH Training course on “Red Blood Cells: Genesis and Pathophysiology”, 23-26 April 2014 (Chantilly – France) (http://www.esh.org/conference/training-course-of-red-cells) #### Awards - 2010 & 2018: a 4-year “Scientific Excellence Award” (PES) from Inserm - 2005: “Young researcher award” from the Red Cell and Iron Club - 2001: Human Frontier Science Program Long-Term fellowship awardee #### Publications and communication activities - > 70 published articles in peer-reviewed journals - > 60 invited and selected oral presentations in national and international conferences #### European grants - EVIDENCE: Erythrocytes properties and viability in dependence of flow and extra-cellular Environment. 2019. ITN Marie-Curie H2020 (Partner) - RELEVANCE: Regulation of red cell life-span, erythropoiesis, survival, senescence and clearance. 2015. ITN Marie-Curie H2020 (Partner) #### ANR grant - IRIS: Investigating ineffective erythropoiesis in sickle cell disease. ANR 2021 (Coordinator)