Organizing Committee Member
Bihain
Professor
Genclis
France
Biography
Dr. Bernard E. Bihain created GENCLIS in 2004. After receiving his Doctorate in Medicine from the Free University of Brussels in 1984, Dr. Bihain began a surgery internship followed by a Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University in 1988. Thereafter, Dr. Bihain took a position in 1990 as Assistant Professor of Physiology at the University of Louisiana. He was awarded the position of INSERM Research Director in 1992 and became Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Rennes, where INSERM Unit 391 was created in 1994. He then undertook the direction of the Department of Functional Genomics of the genomic company Genset. He has actively contributed to the emergence of genomic technologies. His pragmatism, stemming from his experience as a surgeon, powers the translational activities of GENCLIS. Dr. Bihain has authored over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and his studies are cited in more than 5000 scientific articles.
Research Area
His pragmatism, stemming from his experience as a surgeon, powers the translational activities of GENCLIS.