Biographie du directeur – Hématopoïèse et cancer

Research unit director

Director

Tarik Möröy, PhD

President and Scientific Director
Director, Hematopoiesis and Cancer research unit
Full IRCM Research Professor
Full research professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (accreditation in biochemistry), Université de Montréal
Adjunct professor, Department of Medicine (Division of Experimental Medicine) and Department of Biochemistry, McGill University
Tier 1 Canada Research Chairholder in Hematopoiesis and Immune Cell Differentiation

To sustain the reproduction of all blood and immune cells, a defined population of hematopoietic stem cells capable of self-renewal is required and maintained in the bone marrow. However, these stem cells also have the ability to differentiate and produce multipotent progenitors, as well as a series of progenitors dedicated to intermediate lineages that are capable of generating specific lineages of hematopoietic or immune cells. During the differentiation process, stem cells gradually lose their capacity for self-renewal and acquire new phenotypes reflected by a higher level of commitment to a specific lineage. The decision by HSCs or their more committed progeny for self-renewal or differentiation is controlled by both extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms.

Degrees and experience

M.Sc. in biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany

PhD in biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Postdoctoral fellowship, Columbia University, New York

Habilitation thesis for research supervision, University of Marburg, Germany