Magali Cucchiarini, PhD

Bio-sketch

Magali Cucchiarini is a French scientist. She obtained her PhD (summa cum laude) in 1995 from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis in Nice, France under the supervision of Alain Doglio. Dr. Cucchiarini`s postdoctoral research EU fellowship was at the Departement of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland (Andreas Cerny). She was next employed as a Senior Scientist at the Harvard Medical School, Harvard Institutes of Medicine (Ernest F. Terwilliger). She is an Extraordinary Professor at Saarland University and the Vice-Director of the Center of Experimental Orthopaedics. Magali Cucchiarini holds a Habilitation from Saarland University (Molecular Biology) and teaches and evaluates students in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She is a founding and associate member of the "Cartilage Net of the Greater Region" (Saarland - Germany, Lorraine - France, Luxembourg, Belgium). Dr. Cucchiarini currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee (Secretary) of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) and is Past Board Member of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS). Magali Cucchiarini received the Basic Science Research Award of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) in 2022 for her contributions to osteoarthritis, the most renowned research prize on osteoarthritis worldwide.

 

Research interests

  • Musculo-skeletal regenerative medicine

  • Metabolic and inflammatory disorders

  • Gene therapy and genome engineering

  • rAAV gene therapy vectors

  • Tissue engineering and controlled release delivery

  • Biomaterials

  • Progenitor cells

  • 3Rs models of musculo-skeletal therapy

  • Gender-specific musculo-skeletal research



Researcher information

Call for Professorships and Visiting Professor

• Call for the position of Institute Director for the "RESTORE Institute" and Professorship at the Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier and ENVT, Toulouse, France (2023)

• Affiliated Researcher, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Campus Villetaneuse, Paris, France (2019-2021)

• Visiting Academic Professor, Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, Campus Villetaneuse, Paris, France (2016, 2018)

 

Selected Awards

• Basic Science Research Award, Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) (2022)

• Award "Soutien Interrégional à la Recherche 2020 de la Grande Région" (2020)

• Prix Interrégional de la Recherche 2012, 1er Prix, Groupe de Travail Enseignement Supérieur et Recherche for the Cartilage Net of the Greater Region (2012)

• Basic Scientist Travel Grant, European Society of Sports Traumatology Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) (2010, 2012)

• Calogero-Pagliarello Research Prize, Medical Faculty, Saarland University (2009)

 

Participation in Professional Societies

• Board Member, Executive Committee, Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) (2024-2026)

• Member, Finance Committee, Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) (2024-2027)

• Member, International Scientific Advisory Board, Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS) (2024-2025)

• Member, Strategic Alliance Committee, Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) (2023-2024)

• Invited Full Member "Sigma Xi - The Scientific Research Honor Society" (since 2023)

• Board Member, Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) (2022-2024)

• Scientific Program Chair, Annual Congress 2022 of the International Cartilage Regeneration and Joint Preservation Society (ICRS), Berlin

• Member, Nanoagents & Synthetic Formulations Committee, American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) (2021-2024)

• Board Member, Orthopedic Research Society (ORS) (2018-2021)

• Member, Musculo-Skeletal Gene & Cell Therapy Committee, American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) (2017-2023)

• Chairman, Ethics Committee, Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) (2017-2020)

• Topic Chair "Cartilage and Synovium", Orthopedic Research Society (ORS) (2017-2019)

• Member, Women’s Leadership Forum, Orthopedic Research Society (ORS) (2016-2018)

• Member, Stem Cell Committee, American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) (2015-2018)

• Symposium: "International Clinical Trials", Annual Meeting of the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) (2015), "Acute Cartilage Injury: AO Foundation Collaborative Research Project", Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) (2015)

• Member, International Committee, American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) (2014-2020)

• Member, Ethics Committee, Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) (2013-2016)

• Member, Basic Science Committee, European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) (2012-2020)