Training
Ariel Lindner is a graduate of the interdisciplinary «Amirim» program at’Hebrew University of Jerusalem (chemistry major).
He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemical and Molecular Immunology at the Université de Montréal.’Weizmann Institute of Science (Enzyme models, antibody conformational changes and directed evolution).
Search
After research stays in Scripps Institute (California) and RCM (Cambridge), Ariel Lindner has been awarded EMBO and Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowships to join the Miro Radman in Paris.
His work on variability between clonal individuals led him to take an interest in the aging process. He then used bacteria as a viable model for the discovery of new antibiotics, for synthetic and systems biology, and for his studies into the origins of cooperation between individuals.
His current work focuses on two areas: systems and synthetic biology, and open and citizen science, to address the issues of the future. Sustainable Development Objectives and learning disabilities.
Teaching
Based on an innovative, adaptive learning model (Learning Through Research), Ariel Lindner co-created the Master's and PhD of the CRI-Learning Planet Institute, where he has been teaching for 20 years.
Collaborations
- Participation in and coordination of European citizen science projects Citizen CyberLab
- Do It Together Science (DIToS)
- Crowd4SDG
- Participation in the Chaire sur la longévité de la Axa foundation
- Team supervision iGEM Paris Bettencourt
- Member of the Board of Directors of iGEM Foundation
- Project coordination The BioConvergence for Health Focus Area of the Ile-de-France region
- Member of the INSERM's specialized scientific committee (CSS1)
- Organization of numerous interdisciplinary research/education workshops around the world.
Publications
- Training Europe's next generation of interdisciplinary scientists (with François Taddei, in English - 2007)
- Ten simple rules for open human health research (2020)
- Contours of citizen science: a vignette study (2021)
Ariel Lindner has also published in the journals Nature, Science, Cell, PLoS and PNAS, for which he is an occasional reviewer.
His publications have been supported by competitive grants (ANR, HFSP, EU, Axa foundation and MSDAVENIR, French Embassy in Ghana).

