Institut Pasteur scientists rewarded

• Three Institut Pasteur scientists among the French National Academy of Medicine's 2015 prizewinners

The French National Academy of Medicine awards over fifty prizes every year. Some prizes are related to specific fields according to donors' wishes, while others are designed to reward or encourage research in the medical, pharmaceutical or veterinary sciences but with no particular set theme.

 

 

This year, three Institut Pasteur scientists were honored by the French National Academy of Medicine. Philippe Bousso, head of the Dynamics of Immune Responses Unit, was awarded the 2015 French National Academy of Medicine Prize for his work entitled "Decoding immune responses to cancer and infection using intravital imaging".

 

 

 

Didier Ménard, head of the Malaria Molecular Epidemiology Unit at the Institut Pasteur in Cambodia, was awarded the Eloi Collery Prize for his research on "understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinin derivatives".

 

 

 

Also, Mélanie Hamon, Research Associate at the Institut Pasteur, was awarded the 2015 Deschiens Prize for her work on histone modifications induced by Listeria monocytogenes infection.

 

 

 

• "Microbial Morphogenesis and Growth" project selected under the "Emergence(s)" call for proposals

The Scientific Council of the City of Paris has selected the project "Microbial Morphogenesis and Growth", submitted by Sven Van Teeffelen, head of the Microbial Morphogenesis and Growth G5, as one of the winners of the "Emergence(s)" call for proposals.

The Institut Pasteur will receive a grant of €270,000 to support this project.

The aim of the Emergence(s) program is to support innovative research projects submitted by young researchers who are looking to either:

- create a new research team, or
- develop a young research team (set up less than two years ago).

 

All disciplines are eligible for the program, including medical research and health.

For further information on the Emergence(s) program and the full list of winners

 

• Elisa Gomez Perdiguero: winner of the 2015 Claude Paoletti Prize

The Claude Paoletti Prize is awarded in memory of Claude Paoletti, former Director of the Life Sciences Department at the CNRS and founder of several initiatives to support young researchers. The prize is given to a young researcher in any biological discipline.

This year, the prize was awarded to Elisa Gomez Perdiguero, head of the Macrophages and Endothelial Cells five-year group, for her research on the embryonic origin of tissue-resident macrophages. She shares the prize with Hugues Nury, a member of the Membrane Transporters Group at the French Institute for Structural Biology.

The prize was presented on December 2.

 

• A scientist from the Institut Pasteur in Tunis receives the Third Award for African researchers at the UNESCO MARS

Dr. Hanene Chelbi, an associate biologist in the Laboratory of Medical Parasitology, Biotechnology and Biomolecules at the Institut Pasteur in Tunis, was presented with the Third Award for African researchers at the UNESCO-Merck Africa Research Summit (UNESCO-MARS), held in Geneva on October 19 and 20, 2015.

The aim of this annual summit is to help strengthen the capabilities of the African scientific community in the field of health, with a particular focus on the Ebola virus and emerging infectious diseases. This scientific event is an opportunity for scientists from all over Africa to meet together to discuss the issues surrounding the development, exchange and publication of research findings, with a view to paving the way for Africa's emergence as an international hub for excellence in research and scientific innovation.