Curriculum Vitae
Claude Sauter
Date
of birth: March 31, 1970
Marital status: Married, two daughters
UPR 9002 - ARN
Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IBMC)
15 Rue René Descartes
F-67084 Strasbourg cedex - France
Tel:
+33 388 417 102
Fax: +33 388 602 218
Email: c.sauter[AT]ibmc-cnrs.unistra.fr
Education
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Professional experience
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Administrative
experience
Awards
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Society
membership
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Publications
Education
Habilitation
à diriger les recherches (2007)
Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IBMC),
Université de Strasbourg,
CNRS
Area of Research: Crystallogenesis
and structural studies of biological macromolecules
Ph.D. in
Molecular Biology (1995-1999)
Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IBMC),
CNRS,
France
Area of Research: Crystallogenesis
and structural studies of biological macromolecules
Advisor: Richard Giegé Ph.D.,
Director of Research, UPR 9002 - IBMC - CNRS, Strasbourg
Magistère
de Chimie-Biologie (1991-1994)
Université Louis Pasteur (ULP),
Strasbourg, France
Area of study at the interface
of chemistry and biology including: inorganic, bio-organic
and organic chemistry,
biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology, molecular and cell
biology, mathematics and computing for biology
Diplôme
d'Études Appronfondies (DEA) (1993-1994)
ULP
and IBMC-CNRS, Strasbourg, France
Area of Major Study: molecular
and cell biology, structural biology
Advisor: Richard Giegé Ph.D., UPR
9002 - IBMC - CNRS, Strasbourg
Maîtrise de Biochimie (1992-1993), ULP, Strasbourg, France
License de Biochimie (1991-1992), ULP, Strasbourg, France
D.E.U.G. de Biologie (1990-1991), ULP, Strasbourg, France
Biologie Mathématiques Sup. et Spé. (1988-1990), Lycée Jean-Rostand, Strasbourg, France
Baccalauréat C (1988), Lycée Alfred-Kastler, Guebwiller, France
Professional Experience
Group leader (2024 - ...) - CNRS
UPR
9002 - IBMC - CNRS, Strasbourg, France
Team: "Structure, evolution and dynamics of tRNA:protein complexes"
Topic: tRNA structure and dynamics, tRNA binding enzymes, crystal growth and crystal quality improvement
Research
director (2015 - ...) - CNRS
UPR
9002 - IBMC - CNRS, Strasbourg, France
Speciality: Crystallogenesis, structural biology and biophysics
Topic: tRNA structure and dynamics, tRNA binding enzymes, crystal growth and crystal quality improvement
Research
scientist (2002 to 2015) - CNRS
UPR
9002 - IBMC - CNRS, Strasbourg, France
Speciality: Crystallogenesis and
structural biology
Topic: RNA / aminoacyl-tRNA
synthetase interactions, crystal growth and crystal quality improvement
Postdoctoral
fellow (2000-2002)
EMBL
- Heidelberg, Germany (Dr Dietrich Suck) -
EU
Marie Curie Fellowship
Speciality: Structural biology,
biocrystallography
Topic: Structural studies of DNA
four-way junction resolving enzymes and Sm-like proteins
Postdoctoral
fellow (1999-2000) - European Biocrystallogenesis
Initiative
UPR
9002 - IBMC - CNRS, Strasbourg, France (Dr Richard Giegé) -
EU Fellowship
Speciality: Crystallogenesis of
biological macromolecules
Topic: Analysis of correlation
between crystal growth, crystal packing and crystal quality
Ph.D. work
(1995-1999)
UPR
9002 - IBMC - CNRS, Strasbourg, France (Dr Richard Giegé) -
MRE,
ARC
Fellowships
Speciality: Crystallogenesis and
structural studies of biological macromolecules
Dissertation title: "Crystallogenesis of
biological macromolecules for structural studies:
Application to model molecules and to components related to tRNA
aminoacylation systems"
Military
service (1994-1995)
Laboratoire
de Biologie, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Speciality: Instructor of
laboratory applications - Genetics and molecular biology
Training at
the NEOSYSTEM S.A.
(1993)
Commercial industry specialized in peptide synthesis, Port du Rhin,
Strasbourg, France
Speciality: Preparative
purification of synthetic peptides (duration: 2 months)
Administrative experience
President of the French Association of Crystallography (2022-...) and member of the board (2017-...)
Secretary and webmaster of the International Organization for Biological Crystallization (2014-...)
Member of the pedagogic board of the Doctoral School Life and Health, Université de Strasbourg (2006-...)
Member of the Peer Review Committee "Biology, Health" of SOLEIl Synchrotron (2017-2022)
Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of SOLEIl Synchrotron (2023-...)
Member of the user committee of the French Infrastructure for Integrated Structural Biology (FRISBI) (2017-...)
Organizer and teacher of the Master course Crystallogenesis and structural study of biomolecules (2009-2013), Université de Strasbourg
Organizer of the 31st Rhine-Knee Regiomeeting on Structural Biology , Munster, September 2017
Organizing committee of the SifrARN and Annual meeting of the French Society of Biochemistry (SFBBM) New challenges in RNA biology, Bischenberg, October 2013.
Organizing committee of the conference Perspectives in tRNA biology, Strasbourg, October 2012.
Organizer of the CNRS-CRISTECH training Cristallogenèse de macromolécules biologiques, Strasbourg, July 2011.
Organizing committee of the Colloque de l'Association Française de Cristallographie - AFC 2010, Strasbourg, July 2010.
Chairman of the microsymposium Crystallizing macromolecular complexes and engineering crystallization, IUCr Meeting, Osaka, August 2008.
Organizer of the 19th Regio Meeting on Biocrystallography, La Bresse, September 2005
Organizing committee of the XXVIIIe Forum des Jeunes Chercheurs 2001 de la SFBBM, Strasbourg, September 2001: webmaster
Organizing committee of the EMBO Worshop on Crystallogenesis of Biological Macromolecules, Strasbourg, September 2000: instructor for practical courses and webmaster
Awards and Fellowships
"Prix Dina-Surdin 1999", young scientist award, French Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SFBBM)
European Marie Curie Fellow (2000-2002)
Young scientist fellowship (2004), ICCBM 10, Beijing, China
European Marie Curie Reintegration Grant (MERG) (2004-2005)
Fellow of the University of Strasbourg Institute of Advanced Science (USIAS) (2021-2024)
Scientific Society Membership
Member of the French Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SFBBM), of the French Society of Biophysics (SFB), of the French Association of Crystallography (AFC; president), of the International Organization of Biological Crystallization (IOBCr, secretary and webmaster) and of the EMBL alumni association.
