Management Team
After receiving his Doctor of Pharmacy, Ronan LE BOT started his career in the industry. A variety of professional experiences and more particularly with AVENTIS allowed him to gain a highly-specialized expertise in preclinical evaluation of drug candidates. In October 2005, Ronan LE BOT created ATLANTIC BONE SCREEN together with the scientific team members, and became CEO and main shareholder.
Cécile CARYDIS joined the company in November 2009 as Legal and Human Resources Manager.
Before joining the company, Cécile Carydis worked as a legal expert at the University of Nantes, more particularly for its technology of transfer office, its subsidiary Capacités (sas) and its public interest group Arronax (2007-2009). From 2001-2007 she worked as a legal expert for the American pharmaceutical group Schering Plough.
She holds a postgraduate degree in Health Law and a Master in Business Law
Quality Assurance & Reglementary Manager
Isabelle ARNAUD, Pharm D
Isabelle ARNAUD joined the company in September 2009 as Quality Assurance Manager.
Isabelle ARNAUD holds a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Nantes and a Doctorate in Epidemiology from the University of Nantes.
Her professional experience includes work in both the public and private sector in the field of clinical development and Quality (e.g. ISO, GMP, GCP). Since her integration in 2009, she set up ISO 9001:2008 and currently works on GLP certification projects.
Elisabeth PORCHER joined the company as Head of Customers in April 2008. She is responsible for the commercial development of the company by canvassing new customers, managing commercial negotiations and maintaining the customer relationship through the order-taking process. She is also in charge of the communication and marketing aspects within ATLANTIC BONE SCREEN.
Elisabeth PORCHER holds a Master in International Business and a post-graduate in Business Law. Before joining the company, she worked as a commercial coordinator for Eurocopter, EADS company, in La Courneuve, France (2005-2007).
Scientific Team
Each member of the scientific team has a recognized expertise in the field of bone and joint tissue. The studies are performed in the light of the scientific team composed of Pharmacists, Biochemists, Doctors and Clinicians.

Pr. Dominique HEYMANN, PU-PH
dominique.heymann@atlantic-bone-screen.com
Director of the laboratory “Pathophysiology of Bone Resorption and Therapy of Primary Bone Tumors” (LPRO) – INSERM / University UMR-S 957 (Faculty of Medicine, Nantes).
- AFSSAPS expert
- Quality Assurance Manager at the Cell and Gene Therapy Unit (UTCG) of Nantes.
- Validation of clinical and histological characteristics of the in vivo models.
- Biology of bone cells (osteoblasts and osteoclasts) and of their environment.

Françoise REDINI, PhD
francoise.redini@atlantic-bone-screen.com
Director of Research (DR2) at the Inserm and head of the Experimental Therapy Unit (University of Nantes).
- Cell culture analysis – Physiological validation and analysis of in vivo models.
- Member and secretary of the animal experimentation ethical committee of the “Région Pays de la Loire”.

François GOUIN, MD PhD
francois.gouin@atlantic-bone-screen.com
Head of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Surgery, France
- General Secretary of the GSF-GETO (French Sarcoma Group – Bone Tumors Study Group).
- Surgical techniques – Locomotive system tumors – Expertise in biomaterials.

Yannick FORTUN, PhD
yannick.fortun@atlantic-bone-screen.com
Assistant Professor (Maitre de Conference) Biochemistry / Molecular Biology – University of Angers, France
- Enzymatic technology and cell culture analyses

Marc PADRINES, PhD
marc.padrines@atlantic-bone-screen.com
Biochemistry / Molecular Biology at University of Nantes- France
- Molecular modeling and cell culture analysis
