Christine Petit awarded the prestigious Kavli Prize for her research on early-onset hearing loss

Christine Petit, Professor at the Institut Pasteur and Professor at the Collège de France, received the 2018 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, for her pioneering work on the molecular and neural mechanisms of hearing. During her career, her scientific discoveries have earned her a great many international awards. As the Institut Pasteur is celebrating its 130th anniversary this year – November 14, 2018 – let's look back at Professor Christine Petit's discoveries which also led to her appointment as member of the National Academy of Inventors in the US in 2017.

Professor Christine Petit was the first to decode the molecular physiology of the auditory system, based on the identification of genes responsible for early forms of deafness in humans. She has determined the pathogenesis of many types of deafness. Based on this knowledge, she and her team now develop curative therapies for hearing impairments. It is this fundamental transformation of knowledge of the auditory system and its impairments that have earned her a great many international awards throughout her career.

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Christine Petit was recently awarded the prestigious 2018 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, for her pioneering work on the molecular and neural mechanisms of hearing. This prize, which is awarded every two years, consists of a $1 million fund which will be shared between Christine Petit and two other world-leading researchers: A. James Hudspeth (Rockefeller University, USA) and Robert Fettiplace (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA). The award ceremony will take place in Oslo on September 4, 2018.

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