Fatima-Ezzahra L’Faqihi-Olive, head of the technical platform for cytometry and cell sorting at the CPTP, attached to TRI-Genotoul, has received the CNRS Crystal Medal. This distinction is given to engineers, technicians and administrative staff who «through their creativity, technical mastery and sense of innovation, contribute alongside researchers to the advancement of knowledge and the excellence of French research.».
An active member of the French Association of Cytometry, this research engineer also teaches a master’s degree in immunology at the university. In recent years, she has developed several advanced cytometric techniques (FRET cytometry technique, adaptation and improvement of the technique of Fluorescent cell barcoding at functional cytotoxicity testing…). These developments, which constitute significant advances in the field, have been the subject of several scientific publications and a chapter in the book Flow cytometry.
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