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Brussels, Be

https://britishbeautycouncil.com/sustainable-beauty-coalition/

https://britishbeautycouncil.com/sustainable-beauty-coalition/

Brussels, Be

Responsible General Manager for the overall organisation, such as Finance & Control all internal affairs (HR), Legal Affairs and Membership issues.• Manage the day-to-day administration under supervision and direction of the Board • Establish and coordinate lobbying activities of members with respect to EU organizations and relevant European-level policy makers, with respect to legal, political and technical matters• Lead the monitoring of developments of interest to members occurring in EU bodies• Cooperate with other neighboring associations and organisations to further the interests of NATRUE• Lead role in all political, regulatory and scientific affairs of the association – advocacy, research and label• Represent the organisation at relevant events• Act as the NATRUE Spokesperson vis-à-vis the public and contact person for all NATRUE Members, • Be accountable for the execution of the day-to-day affairs of NATRUE,• Attend meetings of the Board and General Assembly in an advisory capacity• Establish the annual budget for approval of the BOD & Membership Assembly in alignment with the proposed activities for the year ahead

Brussels, Be

Regulatory and Scientific activities (Association)- Identify strategic scientific and regulatory challenges via regular monitoring in the natural and organic cosmetic sector and related fields- Define scientific and regulatory strategy/policy making by submitting proposals to the Board of Directors (BOD) in close cooperation with the technical delegates of the member companies - Establish and maintain contacts with like-minded organizations, international public or privateinstitutions (including EU Commission and Parliament) universities, and any other relevant stakeholders- Organize and follow scientific projects as defined by the BOD- Be responsible of the Regulatory and Scientific working group and any other task force as defined by the BODNATRUE Criteria (Label)- Responsible for the update and interpretation of the NATRUE Label Criteria- Responsible for the Scientific Committee Criteria and Label - Responsible for the follow up of technical inquiries on the Criteria (including those from the network of certification bodies working with NATRUE, Label Users and members companies,press, etc.) Other tasks- Participation at international events, trade fairs, conferences- Support the office with meeting management, translations.

Montréal, Qc, Ca

- Identification and development of structure-based drug design and selection of anti-virulence/anti-biotic drugs inhibiting protein:protein interactions within target bacterial secretion systemCore Skills and New Techniques:- Scientific writing (articles)- Co-crystallization of target proteins with small molecule inhibitors, peptides, secondary target proteins- Biochemical (high throughput protein complementation assays/PCA and inhibitor screening) and biophysical (intrinsic fluoroesence, FRET spectroscopy) characterization of inhibitor:protein interactions- Small molecule inhibitor design (Rational structure-based drug design using in silico, crystallography and HTS techniques)- Provide lab based leadership to a Masters student and 2 internship/summer students in the management of research projectCommunication:- 3 peer review publications- Registered speaker: Journée scientifique GEPROM 20th May 2011

- Project investigator on catalytic and mechanistic activity of a ubiquitous bacterial enzyme using complementary biochemistry, spectroscopic and structural analyses.- Co-investigator and lab-based supervisor for biotechnological applicable expression of recombinant fungal enzymes.Core Skills and New Techniques:X-ray crystallography, protein expression in bacterial and yeast systems, anaerobic cabinet work, enzymology (kinetic analyses), scientific writing (articles)Supervision:- Supervision of 1 intern, 3 final year undergraduate, 1 visiting PhD graduate student and provided leadership to the research team and assisted in the management of research projects- Temporary lab management of operations including supply orders (absence of primary supervisor)Communication:- 3 publications, monthly activity reports and weekly lab seminar presentations, poster presentations (Gordon Research Conferences Protein Cofactors, Radicals and Quinones, January 2006 and 2008. Ventura, CA, USA; British Crystallographic Association Annual Spring Meeting April 2008, University of York; 65th Harden Conference – August 2008 Enzymes: Nature's molecular machines, University of Cumbria, Ambleside, UK)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Chemistry And Genetics

M.Chem (Hons.), Chemistry, Life Systems And Pharmaceuticals