Marie Kmita, PhD

• Director, Genetics and Development research unit
• Assistant IRCM Research Professor
• Assistant research professor, Department of Medicine (accreditation in molecular biology), Université de Montréal
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine (Division of Experimental Medicine) and Department of Biology, McGill University
• Canada Research Chairholder in Molecular Embryology and Genetics

Degrees and relevant experience

• PhD in cell and molecular biology under the joint supervision of Professors Jacques Bierne and Walter Gehring, Université de Reims, France
• Postdoctoral fellowship under the supervision of Professor Walter Gehring, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland
• Postdoctoral fellowship under the supervision of Professor Denis Duboule, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Associate lecturer, Professor Denis Duboule’s laboratory, University of Geneva, Switzerland