Ecole Normale Supérieure, Rue
d'Ulm (Paris 5e) 1964-1968
Mathematics: Master's Degree 1965
Physics: Master's Degree 1965
Mathematics: AEA in Algebra and Number Theory, University Paris
6, 1966 (Pierre
Samuel)
DEA in Classical Theory of Potential, University Paris 6, 1967
(Marcel Brelot)
Doctorate (3d cycle, PhD) in Physical Chemistry, University Paris
6, 1967 (Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Mildred Cohn)
Science Doctorate (D Sci) in Physics, University Paris 11, 1971
2009-present - Founder and Scientific Director of AMAbiotics
SAS, a start-up biotechnology company in microbiota based
therapeutics
2005-2010 - Member of the Scientific Council of Genostar
- IOGMA
1981-2007 Scientific advisor for Institut Pasteur Production
(IPP), then Sanofi, then Elf Bio Recherche, then Sanofi-Synthélabo
and finally Sanofi-Aventis (heterologous expression of Human
Growth Hormone and metabolic controls of gene expression)
1990-2003 Consulting for Pharma-Waldorf (Boehringer)
1991-1992 1995-1997, 1999, 2001 Expert for ANVAR
1992-1994 Consulting for Limagrain
1989-1992 Member of the Scientific Council of ORSAN RECHERCHE
1989-1992 Member of the Evaluation Committee of project EUREKA
Labimap
1985-1989 Advisor for Rhône-Poulenc Agrochemistry (xanthan gum
production)
1983-1984 Member of the Committee "Essor des Biotechnologies" of
the Ministère de l'Industrie et de la Recherche
1980-1985 Consulting for Genetica (until acquisition by
Rhône-Poulenc)
2016-present - Professor extraordinary
2013 - present - Honorary Professor, BGI Shenzhen
2013 - present - Senior Advisor, China National GeneBank
(Shenzhen)
2013-present - Chief Scientific Officer
2010-2016 - President
2010-2013 - Chief Executive Officer
2009-2015 - Scientific advisor
2017 - 2020 - Honorary Professor, the School of Biomedical
Sciences, The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong
University
2002 - 2016 - Honorary Professor, The Li Ka Shing Faculty of
Medicine, Hong Kong University
2000 - 2003 - Founder and Director of the HKU-Pasteur Research
Centre, Hong Kong
1965-1966 Instructor in Mathematics (Laurent
Schwartz)
1972-1975 Lecturer in Biology (with Maurice Guéron:
creation of the Biology cursus)
1968-1971 Attaché de Recherche Institut de
Biologie Physico-Chimique (IBPC) / Ecole Polytechnique
1971-1975 Chargé de Recherche IBPC / Institut
Pasteur de Paris
1976-1983 Maître de Recherche IBPC
1983-2009 Directeur de Recherche Institut Pasteur
de Paris
1986 - 2000 - Head of the Unit Regulation of Gene Expression
1992 - 1998 - Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Genetics
2001 - 2009 - Professor, Head of the Unit Genetics of Bacterial
Genomes
2006 - 2009 - Director of the Genomes and Genetics Department
Member of the Steering Committee (ANR) Defi 5 2015-present
Member of the Committee for Scientific and Technical Literature, Centre
National du Livre, Ministère de la Culture et de la
Communication 2010-2013
President of the Steering Committee Large-Scale Microbial
Genomics, National
Agency for Research (Génomique Microbienne à Grande Echelle,
GMGE, Agence Nationale de la Recherche), 2007-2010
Member of the Steering Committee (ANR) BIOADAPT 2011-2013
Member of the Strategic Council of the University
of Cergy-Pontoise, 2005-2010
Member of the Ministry Committee for Life Sciences Coordination
(CCSV: nominated by the Minister of Education, Research and
Technology) 1998-2000
Member of the Ministry of Education Committee "Genomics" 1999-2002
Member of the Ministry of Industry Committee "Genome Actions"
1999-2001
Member of the Steering Committee of the Bureau des Ressources
Génétiques (incorporated in DIVERSITAS) 1989-1993, 1998 - 2001
Member of the Board of Directors of the Fondation
Fourmentin-Guilbert 1995-present
Institut Pasteur: Director of the Department Genomes
and Genetics 2006-2009
Member of the Board of Directors, 2003-2005
President of the Scientific Council 1995-1997
Member of the Institut Pasteur Scientific Council 1995-2003,
2005-2006
CNRS: Advisory board, nominated 1983-1991
Admission board, nominated in 1987, 1988, 1990
Director of the CNRS Groupement de Recherche (GDR) 1029: Genomes
et Informatique 1992-1995
Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes des Genomes (GREG):
Informatics comittee, President 1992-1994
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European
Nucleotide Archive (ENA, EMBL-EBI) 2011-present
Member of the International Advisory Comittee for the coordination
of the International Nucleotide
Sequences Database Collaboration (NCBI (USA), EBI (EU), DDBJ
(Japan)) 1995-present
Member of the Scientific Mangement Board of the European
Focus on Biotechnology in China (EFBIC), 2001- 2006
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of EFBIC Red 2007-2010
Member of the Senate of the Faculty of Medicine, The University of
Hong Kong, 2001-2004
Member of the Scientific Council (SAC) of the EMBL 1997-2002
Member of the Advisory Board for the EMBL outstation (EBI) at
Hinxton (UK) 1994-2002
Member of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB)
2002-present
Member of the Senate of the Faculty of Medicine of the University
of Hong Kong 2002-2004
Principal Investigator of the BIOSUPPORT bioinformatics programme
set up by the government of Hong Kong 2002-2005
Reviewer for the National Science Foundation USA, Science
Foundation Ireland, Italian Ministry for Education, University and
Research, Human Frontiers, Wellcome Trust, BBSRC, EU BAP, Bridge,
Biotechnology programs etc.
Fellow of the French Academy of Sciences
EMBO
Member (1981)
Member of the
European Academy of Microbiology
Knight of the Legion
of Honour
Knight of the Order of Merit
Grand Prize of the Academy of Sciences (Prix du CEA, 2006)
2016-present - Editor, Genomics Updates, Microbial
Biotechnology
2009-present - Editor, FEMS
Microbiology Reviews
2009-present - Columnist at EMBO
Reports
2009-present - Environmental
Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology Reports -
2017-present -Editor
2010-present - Columnist BoOks
; editorial board 2008-present
2009-2017 - The Journal of
Bacteriology (ASM)
2006-present - Biological Theory (Advisory Board)
2012-2015 - Emerging
Microbes and Infections
2010-2014 - Section Editor BMC
Microbiology ; editorial board 2000-2010
2004-2013 - Archaea
2002-present - BMC
Biology
1983-present - Prometeo (Milano, Italy)
1979-2015 - Biochimie,
journal published by the Société Française de Biochimie et
Biologie Moléculaire, "book review" section
Member of the European Federation of Biotechnology
Member of the American Society for Microbiology
Member of the Scientific Council of the Fondation
Fourmentin-Guilbert
Member of the
Lascaux International Scientific Think Tank
President of the jury for the Prix de Biologie Moléculaire of
the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale 1985-1989
Member of the jury for the Prize Jacques Monod (since its
creation)
Member of the jury for the Prize d'Alembert (Mathematics) 1987
Member of the jury for the Prize "Science pour l'Art" LVMH 1993 -
1997
Member of the jury for the Latsis Foundation International Prize
2004
Member of the jury for the Dan David Prize 2011
Scientific Advisor, then Editorialist: La Recherche 1977-2008
More than 500 publications
(360 articles in science and articles in philosophy, ethics and
popularisation of sciences) and 4 books (The
Delphic Boat, Harvard University Press, published in 2003)
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