{"id":7203,"date":"2019-09-19T15:13:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T13:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/soumillionlab\/?page_id=7203"},"modified":"2022-08-26T08:41:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T06:41:59","slug":"damien-evrard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/soumillionlab\/staff\/damien-evrard\/","title":{"rendered":"Damien Evrard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:26% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/soumillionlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profil_uclouvain-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8723 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/soumillionlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profil_uclouvain-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/soumillionlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profil_uclouvain-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/soumillionlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profil_uclouvain-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/soumillionlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profil_uclouvain-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/soumillionlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/profil_uclouvain-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:25px\">Hi, laboratory technician of the BGM group, I work at the intersection of modern molecular biology and with classical biochemistry to engineer enzyme variants and study their properties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">|<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><b>From:<\/b><code>                                                                                                        <\/code>                     Belgium                                              <span style=\"float:right;\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Background:<\/strong><code>                         <\/code> Bachelor in Chemistry, Field of engineering and Technology, HE VINCI Paul Lambin, Bruxelles BE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Projects<\/strong>:<br><strong>Conversion of a D-Alanyl-D-Alanine peptidase into a <\/strong> \u03b2 <strong>-lactamase<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DD-peptidases, also called PBPs (Penicillin Binding Proteins), are part of an enzyme family involved in the synthesis and modification of the peptidoglycan of the bacterial cell wall. \u03b2-lactam antibiotics target these PBPs by forming stable acylenzymes, which inhibit them in a permanent manner. This inhibition kills the bacteria. Some bacteria have acquired \u03b2-lactam resistance by expressing enzymes called  \u03b2-lactamases that hydrolyses antibiotics before they reach their target.  \u03b2 -lactamases have likely emerged during evolution from PBP-like ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the conversion of a PBP into a beta-lactamase seems a priori straightforward, it has proven to be extremely difficult in the lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default has-border-color has-very-dark-gray-color has-text-color\" style=\"border-color:#313131\"><blockquote><p><em>Contact:<\/em><\/p><cite>UCLouvain\/LIBST\/BGM<br>Croix du sud 4-5\/L7.07.06&nbsp;<br>Carnoy b.247<br>1348 Louvain-la-Neuve<br><a href=\"mailto:damien.evrard@uclouvain.be\">&nbsp;Damien.evrarD@uclouvain.be<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/intranet.uclouvain.be\/fr\/repertoires\/damien.evrard\">UClouvain directory<\/a><br><br>Phone: +32(0)10 47 26 32<br><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1521-0444\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1521-0444<\/a><br><br><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><strong>&#8221; A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new &#8220;<br><\/strong><\/em><\/p><cite>Albert Einstein<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| From: Belgium Background: Bachelor in Chemistry, Field of engineering and Technology, HE VINCI Paul Lambin, Bruxelles BE Projects:Conversion of a D-Alanyl-D-Alanine peptidase into a \u03b2 -lactamase. DD-peptidases, also called PBPs (Penicillin Binding Proteins), are part of an enzyme family<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":123,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7203","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Damien Evrard : Soumillion Laboratory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.uclouvain.be\/soumillionlab\/staff\/damien-evrard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Damien Evrard : Soumillion Laboratory\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"| From: Belgium Background: Bachelor in Chemistry, Field of engineering and Technology, HE VINCI Paul Lambin, Bruxelles BE Projects:Conversion of a D-Alanyl-D-Alanine peptidase into a \u03b2 -lactamase. 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