Member of the Laboratory for Therapeutic Innovation UMR 7200
Group Chémobiologie et Pharmacognosie pour la Santé
Julie became interested in fluorescent probes during the first year of her bachelor's studies at the University of Kyiv, Ukraine. After earning her bachelor's degree in Organic Chemistry, she pursued further training in the Chemistry of Life at the University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis in France. She completed her Master 2 internship under the supervision of Prof. Alain Burger, working on fluorescent nucleosides for studying DNA-protein interactions.
For her PhD studies, Julie joined the group of Prof. Marcel Hibert at the University of Strasbourg, focusing on the development and application of fluorescent and positron-emission tomography probes for the oxytocin G protein-coupled receptor. She successfully defended her PhD in 2014 and was awarded the Thesis Award from the French National Academy of Sciences for her work.
During her postdoctoral research in the lab of Prof. Kai Johnsson (EPFL, Switzerland) as an EMBO fellow, Julie gained expertise in protein engineering and animal imaging while developing fluorescent semi-synthetic protein sensors for in vivo calcium imaging.
In 2016, she was appointed Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Strasbourg. Her research within the Laboratory for Therapeutic Innovation, focuses on developing fluorescent probes for biological applications, with a particular emphasis on studying antimicrobial resistance and diagnosing bacterial infections.
Her work was recently recognized with the Young Researcher Award from the Chemical Biology Division of the French Chemical Society.
Timeline
2006 - 2010 Bachelor's degree in Organic Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine.
2010 - 2011 Master's degree in Chemistry of Life, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France.
2011 - 2014 PhD in Biological and Therapeutic Chemistry, University of Strasbourg, France.
2014 - 2016 EMBO postdoctoral fellow in Chemical Biology, EPFL, Switzerland.
2016 - present Associate Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Strasbourg, France.
2023 HDR (Habilitation to Direct Research), University of Strasbourg, France.