Marie-Edith Gourdel's Biography

Marie-Edith Gourdel, Chemistry Director, Hybrigenics Services

Marie-Edith Gourdel received her PhD in organic chemistry in 1996 from Le Mans University where she focused her research on the synthesis of anti-viral agents and asymmetric synthesis. She carried out postdoctoral studies in the fields of anti-diabetic (Orléans University, France) and natural products synthesis (Nottingham University, UK). Marie-Edith started her industrial career at Cephalon in 2000 as a medicinal chemist in central nervous system and oncology projects. In 2005, she joined Novexel, a biopharmaceutical company specialized in antibacterial R&D, where she led a medicinal chemistry group and managed a preclinical development program. Since 2011, Marie-Edith is head of chemistry at Hybrigenics Services. She manages the chemical biology projects of our customers: identification of small molecule - protein interactions, inhibition of protein interaction by small molecules, high throughput screening and medicinal chemistry