Philippe Sansonetti and Lluis Quintana Murci, winners of the "Grands Prix" for medicine and medical research awarded by the City of Paris

On October 7, the prize-giving ceremony was held for the 2014 "Grands Prix" for medicine and medical research, awarded by the City Paris.

At this event,

 

Philippe Sansonetti, Head of the Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, received the Grand Prix Claude Bernard

 

 

and

 

 

Lluis Quintana-Murci, Head of the Institut Pasteur/CNRS Human Evolutionary Genetics Unit, was awarded the Grand Prix Jean Hamburger.

 

 

The Grand Prix Jean Hamburger is awarded to a young researcher who has made a major discovery or breakthrough. It represents both recognition of the work achieved and support for the next stages of the researcher's career. The Grand Prix Claude Bernard is awarded in recognition of a researcher's entire body of work and outstanding commitment to medical research.