2018 Fondation de France medical awards: Institut Pasteur scientists recognized

Every year, the Fondation de France and several other foundations under its aegis award medical prizes in recognition of the work achieved by research teams and as a means of encouraging promising young researchers.

Two Institut Pasteur scientists were recognized for their work at the 2018 Fondation de France medical awards ceremony on March 28 at the Collège de France:

Gérald Spaeth, Director of the Department of Parasites and Insect Vectors and Head of the Molecular Parasitology and Signaling Unit, was awarded the Georges Zermati Prize, which goes to an Institut Pasteur scientist from any discipline.
Cosmin Saveanu, a member of the Genetics of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, won the Thérèse Lebrasseur Prize, which recognizes research by an Institut Pasteur scientist that does not involve vivisection.