Education
| 2015 | Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France |
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| 2007-2010 | PhD in microbiology, Didier Mazel lab, Université Paris Diderot, France |
| 2006-2007 | Master: “Interdisciplinary approaches to life science”. Université Paris Descartes |
| 2004-2007 | AgroParisTech (M.Sc., Diplome d’ingénieur). |
Current position(s)
| 2019 – now | Senior (tenured) group leader, team Synthetic Biology, Institut Pasteur, France 12 people on average. Currently 1 permanent CNRS scientist, 3 PhD, 4 postdocs, 1 permanent IP engineer, 2 master students. |
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| 2023 – now | Scientific Advisor, Eligo Bioscience, France |
Previous positions
| 2014 – 2023 | Chief Technology Officer, Eligo Bioscience, France |
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| 2014 – 2019 | Junior (tenure track) group leader, Institut Pasteur, France |
| 2011 – 2014 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Luciano Marraffini lab, Rockefeller University, USA |
Fellowships & awards
| 2018 | EMBO young investigator |
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| 2016 | Pasteur Vallery-Radot Award |
| 2011 – 2013 | Harvey L. Karp Discovery Award (2 year postdoctoral fellowship) |
| 2011 | Young Investigator Award from the Bettencourt-Schueller foundation |
| 2007 – 2010 | France national 2 years PhD fellowship |
| 2007 | Foundational Research Prize. iGEM Synthetic Biology competition. |
Institutional responsibilities
| 2024 – now | Co-head of the Targeted Technological Action on Artificial Intelligence, Institut Pasteur. |
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| 2024 – now | Member of the COMESP (Pasteur committee for the evaluation of scientific careers) |
| 2023 – now | Member of the technology committee of Institut Pasteur |
| 2023 – now | Member of the CRBIP (biological resource center) steering committee of Institut Pasteur |
| 2014 – now | Graduate Student Advisor, to PhD students in various Paris universities |
| 2018 | Leading member of a committee on the reorganisation of sequencing activities at Institut Pasteur |
| 2016 – 2018 | Member of the steering committee of the Center for Innovation and Technology of the Institut Pasteur |
Institut Pasteur
Department of Microbiology
25 rue du Dr. Roux
75015 Paris, France
Birthdate: August 1st, 1985; 3 kids
david.bikard@pasteur.fr
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/synthetic-biology/
ORCID 0000-0002-5729-1211