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Genevieve Labbe

Genevieve Labbe

Intern, Plant Breeding Unit

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Principal Research Associate

  • Education

    • Université Claude Bernard (Lyon I)

      2003 - 2005
      MSc Molecular and cellular genetics Distinction

      2003-2004: lectures in Lyon, molecular and cellular genetics2004-2005: internship in Vienna, Austria, at the IAEA Entomology Unit“Business in biotechnology”, course at Vienna University

    • Concordia University

      2002 - 2003
      Licence from Universite Claude Bernard Lyon1

      Exchange year (equivalent to the European Erasmus programme), leading to a French Licence (BSc equivalent) from the host University

    • Imperial College London

      2006 - 2011
      PhD Molecular Entomology

      part-time PhD while working at Oxitec Ltd. PhD thesis: Transgenesis and conditional lethality in Aedes albopictus

  • Experience

    • IAEA

      Jun 2003 - Aug 2003
      Intern, Plant Breeding Unit

      Use of molecular markers to characterise the banana mutation responsible for resistance to Black Sigatoka

    • Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Lyon1

      Nov 2003 - Dec 2003
      Intern, Segalat lab

      Cloning of serotonergic receptors from Caenorhabditis elegans

    • International Atomic Energy Agency

      Sept 2004 - Sept 2005
      Scientist, Entomology Unit

      Internship as part of MSc degree.Rearing and gene transfer into Anopheles arabiensis and Drosophila melanogaster; excision/transposition assays.

    • Oxitec Ltd

      Sept 2005 - Jan 2012

      Promotion following PhD completion.Management of the Ae. albopictus team and research projects, and providing guidance to PhD students in the mosquito group.Development and management of collaborative research with commercial partners in India.Other tasks as in previous position. 2006-2011: Part-time PhD with Imperial College London, funded by Oxitec.- Cloning and construct development - PiggyBac and site-specific germ-line transformation of Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti by micro-injection - Development and molecular characterisation of transgenic strains- Management and supervision of one fellow research scientist - Day-to-day guidance and practical advice to PhD students and technicians - Technical support and tutorials for collaborators

      • Senior Scientist, PhD

        Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

      • Research Scientist, mosquito research

        Sept 2005 - Jan 2011

    • Institut Pasteur

      May 2011 - May 2011
      Invited lecturer

      May 2008 and May 2011Lecture on transgenic mosquitoes, as part of the Entomology course

    • University of Oxford

      Jan 2012 - Jul 2013
      Post-doctoral Scientist

      Mosquitoes & Wolbachia groupStudying principally Wolbachia in Culex quinquefasciatus (as part of the BBSRC grant "RiftVectors: Vector competence of European mosquitoes to Rift Valley fever virus")

    • Lancaster University

      Jul 2013 - Apr 2014
      Senior Research Associate

      As previous post, following relocation of research lab from Oxford to Lancaster.

    • University of Oxford

      Jul 2014 - Jul 2017
      Senior Molecular Biologist

      Blood Stage Malaria Vaccine group at the Jenner Institute

    • SpyBiotech

      Jul 2017 - Feb 2022

      • Senior Scientist and GMP project manager

        Jan 2019 - Feb 2022

      • Senior Scientist

        Jul 2017 - Feb 2022

    • DJS Antibodies

      Feb 2022 - now

      • Senior Project Manager R&D

        Sept 2023 - now

      • Principal Research Associate

        Feb 2022 - Sept 2023

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management

      AXELOS Global Best Practice
      Dec 2018