Rate My Professor Julien Vermot

Prior to Imperial College, Vermot was Research Director at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC). His prolific publication record includes highly cited papers such as "Embryonic retinoic acid synthesis is essential for heart morphogenesis in the mouse" (Development, 2001), "Retinoic acid synthesis and hindbrain patterning in the mouse embryo" (Development, 2000), "Reversing Blood Flows Act through klf2a to Ensure Normal Valvulogenesis in the Developing Heart" (PLoS Biology, 2009), "Retinoic acid coordinates somitogenesis and left-right patterning in vertebrate embryos" (Nature, 2005), "Blood flow forces in shaping the vascular system: a focus on endothelial cell behavior" (Frontiers in Physiology, 2020), and "Endothelial cilia mediate low flow sensing during zebrafish vascular development" (Cell Reports, 2014). These contributions have profoundly influenced the fields of mechanobiology and vascular development, demonstrating how flow-induced forces regulate endothelial cell polarization, migration, and tissue patterning. Vermot has received prestigious awards including the Human Frontier Science Program Career Development Award, the European Research Council Consolidator Grant, and was elected to EMBO in 2023.