Corentin Cras-Meneur, Ph.D.
(He/him/his)
Biography
Dr. Cras-Méneur studied pancreatic organogenesis for his Ph.D. under the supervision of Pr. Scharfmann in Hôpital Robert Debré (Paris, France). He received his Ph.D. in the “Molecular Genetics of Developmental Diseases and Oncogenesis” track at Université Paris 5 (René Descartes) in 2002.
He then moved on for a postdoctoral fellowship on the functional genomics of the pancreas with Pr. M. Alan Permutt in Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO.
In 2009, Dr. Cras-Méneur moved to the University of Michigan joining the faculty of Internal Medicine (Metabolism and Endocrinology Division).
He is now the technical director of both the Rodent and Human Islet Cores of the University of Michigan.
- Ph.D., Paris Descartes University
Research
Dr. Cras-Méneur’s work focuses on the events that regulate pancreatic β-cell differentiation and function. His work has been focused on three related axes:
• Pancreatic development (mesenchyme-epithelium interactions, control of the fate of the endocrine cells).
• Functional Genomics (bioinformatics analysis of the transcriptome of the endocrine pancreas under physiological and experimental conditions).
• Insulin signaling (control of insulin biosynthesis, control of the proliferation and resistance to stress of the β-cells).
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Language Proficiency
- French - Read/Write/Speak
- Spanish; Castilian - Read/Speak