2024 Thérèse Lebrasseur Prize and EMBO Young Investigator Award

•    Marcel Hollenstein, laureate of the 2024 Thérèse Lebrasseur Prize

Marcel Hollenstein, Head of the Bioorganic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids Unit, has been awarded the 2024 Thérèse Lebrasseur Prize for the significant contribution of his research on nucleic acids (DNA and RNA). The Thérèse Lebrasseur Foundation, established by a will in 1978 under the aegis of the Fondation de France, awards an annual prize in recognition of the research of an Institut Pasteur scientist who has never used vivisection or animal testing.

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•    Thibaut Brunet selected as a European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator

The aim of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) is to promote excellence in biology by supporting talented researchers at all stages of their careers, stimulating dialog and encouraging the development of an outstanding scientific environment in the field of life sciences.

On December 3, EMBO published its list of the 27 scientists selected from among the best group leaders in Europe and beyond for the Young Investigators Award. They include Thibaut Brunet, Head of Evolutionary cell biology and evolution of morphogenesis five-year group.

Since January 2025, the new EMBO Young Investigators are active members of the programme for four years, and become part of an international network of nearly 800 current and former EMBO Young Investigators, Installation Grantees and Global Investigators. They carry out research across a wide range of life sciences topics from cell and computational biology to immunology and neuroscience.

Of the 27 researchers who will join the EMBO Young Investigator Programme, 14 are women (52%) and 13 are men 48%). They are based in 10 member states of the EMBC, the intergovernmental organization that funds the EMBO Programmes, and Japan.

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