Researcher | Research Overview
Sarah Ducamp’s research is focused on identifying new genes responsible for Congenital Sideroblastic Anemias (CSAs) and on developing new models of these diseases using different approaches such as genome editing. CSAs’ genes are involved in different mitochondrial pathways, including heme biosynthesis, iron-sulfur cluster assembly, oxidative phosphorylation and translation. Sarah aims to understand why iron accumulates inside the mitochondria of CSAs patients’ erythroid cells and to develop new strategies to cure those diseases.
Researcher | Research Background
Sarah Ducamp earned her PhD in 2011 at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, France. Her thesis was conducted in the Beaumont Lab and notably allowed the identification of new genes responsible for erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP). After her defense, she joined the Mayeux Lab at the Cochin Institute in Paris and focused her research on human normal and pathological erythropoiesis. In 2016, she joined the Fleming Lab to continue her work on rare inherited and erythroid diseases at Boston Children’s Hospital. Meanwhile, Sarah also joined the BCH Postdoctoral Association. She served as co-chair of the Career Development Committee for 18 months, and she is currently co-chair of the Public Affair Committee.