November 26, 2021
Bulletin interne de l'Institut Pasteur
Several Institut Pasteur scientists recognized with awards
- Simon Cauchemez receives the 2021 FRM Lucien Tartois scientific award
The scientific awards of the French Foundation for Medical Research (FRM) recognize scientists who, through the originality of their professional achievements, are contributing to the advancement of knowledge and to current and future progress in medical research. The laureates are selected by specialized panels whose members belong to the FRM Scientific Council.
The 13 winners of the FRM scientific awards in 2021 include Simon Cauchemez, Head of the Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Diseases Unit, who has been chosen to receive the Lucien Tartois award. This distinction, funded by a gift from Lucien Tartois, is awarded for research in oncology, immunology or virology.
With his research, Simon Cauchemez aims to shed light on the spread of emerging infectious agents and improve infection prevention and control. His work is particularly important for public health, as highlighted at the moment by the research he and his team are conducting to tackle the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic.
Simon Cauchemez has been recognized for his entire body of research.
- Didier Ménard and Brice Bathellier receive two awards from the French Academy of Sciences
• Didier Ménard, winner of the Mme Jules Martin, née Louise Basset Award
The Mme Jules Martin, née Louis Basset Award is a biennial award for research in the fields of molecular and cellular biology and genomics.
Didier Ménard is a pharmacist and biologist and Head of the Malaria Genetics and Resistance Unit (Institut Pasteur/Inserm). He previously led various research units in the Pasteur Network.
His research has considerably improved our understanding of the emergence of parasites resistant to antimalarial treatments and has contributed to the development of tools for monitoring resistance at global level and to better treatment for malaria patients.
• Brice Bathellier, winner of the Foulon Award
The Foulon Award is an annual biology prize set up in 1940. It is awarded alternately to research in the fields of animal biology, neuroscience and plant biology.
Brice Bathellier is a physicist specializing in neuroscience and CNRS Research Director at the Hearing Institute. His research focuses on the central mechanisms of auditory perception, combining observation and optical or electrical manipulation of the activity of large neural networks with mathematical modeling. He has shed new light on how auditory information is encoded by the cerebral cortex and its causal role in perception.
- Didier Ménard appointed as a Distinguished International Fellow of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, founded in 1903, is the largest international scientific organization of experts dedicated to reducing the worldwide burden of tropical infectious diseases and improving global health. It accomplishes this through generating and sharing scientific evidence, informing health policies and practices, fostering career development, recognizing excellence, and advocating for investment in tropical medicine/global health research.
ASTMH Distinguished International Fellow formally recognizes up to eight individuals who have made eminent contributions to a particular aspect of tropical medicine or hygiene. This year, Didier Ménard, Head of the Malaria Genetics and Resistance five-year unit, was appointed as a new ASTMH Distinguished International Fellow.
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