People

Assistant ProfessorMENTION Karen

Education and Experience

. - Jun.2013
Biology, B.Sc.- University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Jul.2013 - Jun.2015
Genetics, M.Sc. and European Magistère of Genetics –University Paris 7, France
Jul.2015 - Jun.2020
PhD, Department of Physiology- University College Cork, Ireland
Sep.2020 - Mar.2022
Post-doc, Department of Physiology, University College Cork, Ireland
Jun.2022 - Jul.2023
Project Research Assistant, Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University
Oct.2023 - Aug.2025
Post-doc, School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
Aug.2024 - Aug.2025
Post-doc, KEMRC, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
Sep.2025 - Apr.2026
Post-doc, Konkuk University, Korea, in Food Science
Oct.2026 - present
Project assistant professor, Engineering Biology Research Center, Kobe University

Publications

  1. Mention, K., Cavusoglu-Doran, K., Joynt, AT., Santos, L., Sanz, D., Eastman, AC., Merlo, C., Langfelder-Schwind, E., Scallan, MF., Farinha, CM., Cutting, GR., Sharma, N., Harrison, PT. (2023/11) Use of adenine base editing and homology-independent targeted integration strategies to correct the cystic fibrosis causing variant, W1282X. Human Molecular Genetics, 32(23), 3237-3248
  2. Santos, L., Mention. K., Cavusoglu-Doran, K., Sanz, DJ., Bacalhau, M., Lopes-Pacheco, M., Harrison, PT., Farinha, CM. (2021/06) Comparison of Cas9 and Cas12a CRISPR editing methods to correct the W1282X-CFTR mutation. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 21(1), 181-187
  3. Mention, K., Santos, L., Harrison, PT. (2019/05) Gene and Base Editing as a Therapeutic Option for Cystic Fibrosis-Learning from Other Diseases. Genes, 10(5), 387

Books