French Senate Medal – recognition for an Institut Pasteur scientist

The Senate Medal is awarded every year by the President of the French Senate to eminent French and Latin American citizens who have made a significant contribution to strengthening friendly relations between France and the countries of Latin America in various fields.

Daniel Scott-Algara, a Director of Research at the Institut Pasteur, received the French Senate Medal during the tenth edition of France's Latin American and Caribbean Weeks (SALC 2023). He was awarded the medal by the current President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, in recognition of his long career, which includes the discovery of the role of innate immunity (natural killer or NK cells) in resistance to HIV infection, and his efforts to strengthen scientific cooperation between France and Latin America.