Researcher

Frederic Bard was a Senior Principal Investigator at A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB). Bard did his graduate work at Yale University, USA, and at the Ecole Normale Superieure of Lyon, France, where he obtained his PhD degree. He worked on the dynamics of the sealing zone, a unique actin cytoskeleton structure in osteoclasts required for bone resorption. During his postdoctoral work at the University of California San Diego from 2001 to 2006, he identified a collection of new genes essential for general protein secretion, called the TANGO genes. In 2006, Bard started his research group at IMCB, where he established a genome-wide RNAi screening platform. Bard’s research interests are focused on membrane trafficking regulation, Golgi organization, and how signaling at the Golgi can control protein glycosylation.