Catherine Le Visage

Catherine Le Visage is a Research Director and the Deputy Director of the Regenerative Medicine and Skeleton lab in Nantes, France (www.rmes.univ-nantes.fropens in new tab/window).

She trained as a Pharmacist, received her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, and then performed a post-doc at the Johns Hopkins University (USA). She then joined the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research in a tenured position. Her most recent works as a group leader have focused on innovative hydrogels as i) carriers of cells or bioactive molecules in the context of intervertebral disc disease and osteoarthritis and ii) biofabrication tools for developing advanced in vitro models.

She is Chair-Elect of TERMIS-EU (2028-2030), an International Fellow of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (FTERM), and a member of the French Academy of Pharmacy. She is an Associate Editor for Biomaterials (Elsevier).