Nicole Le Douarin
Nicole Marthe Le Douarin (* 20th August 1930 in Lorient as Nicole Marthe Chauvac ) is a French developmental biologist .
Life
Le Douarin obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in 1954 . After a few years as a teacher at a lycée , she went to the Center national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in 1960 , where she obtained a doctorate in natural sciences from Étienne Wolff in 1964 . In 1965/1966 she had a position as a professor ( Maître de conférences ) at the University of Clermont-Ferrand , before going to the University of Nantes in 1966 in the same position . In 1971 she received a professorship there and in 1975 moved to the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Embryology of the CNRS as head . In 1988 she was offered a position at the Collège de France in Paris, where she retired in 2000 . Since 2001 she has been permanent secretary (Secrétaire perpétuelle) of the Académie des Sciences , since 2006 she has been permanent honorary secretary (Secrétaire perpétuelle honoraire) .
Le Douarin is married and has two children.
Act
Le Douarin is one of the leading and most influential developmental biologists. She has developed an important experimental organism with a chimera of Japanese quail ( Coturnix japonica ) and domestic chicken . Using this model, she was able to elucidate and map the origin and migration of the cells of the neural crest in detail. Further work deals with the corresponding development of the haematopoietic system and the vascular system . Le Douarin and co-workers were also able to show that, in addition to the elimination of certain T cells, the creation of a thymus environment for regulatory cells plays an important role in the development of self-tolerance .
Awards (selection)
- 1972 Knight (Chevalier) des Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- 1975 officer of the Ordre national du Mérite
- 1980 Corresponding member of the French Académie des Sciences
- 1980 Knight (Chevalier) of the Légion d'Honneur
- 1981 Officer (Officier) des Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- 1982 member of the French Académie des Sciences
- 1984 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1986 Médaille d'or du CNRS
- 1986 Kyoto Prize
- 1988 Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite
- 1988 founding member of the Academia Europaea
- 1989 member of the Royal Society
- 1989 member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1989 Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University
- 1990 Louis Jeantet Prize
- 1990 Honorary Doctorate from the Complutense University of Madrid
- 1991 officer of the Légion d'Honneur
- 1993 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
- 1995 Grand Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite
- 1997 Commander of the Légion d'Honneur
- 1998 Honorary Doctorate from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
- 1998 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Montreal
- 1999 membership in the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- 1999 honorary doctorate from the Université libre de Bruxelles
- 2003 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
- 2003 Grand officier de la Legion d'Honneur
- 2004 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Geneva
- 2004 Pearl Master Greengard Prize
- 2005 Edwin G. Conklin Medal
- 2006 Grand Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite
- 2006 Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- 2007 Ralph W. Gerard Prize
- 2010 Grand croix de la Legion d'Honneur
Web links
- Professor Nicole Le Douarin ( Memento of 14 January 2003 at the Internet Archive ) by Lewis Wolpert at acmedsci.ac.uk; Retrieved July 8, 2011
- CV (PDF, 102 kB) and résumé des principaux travaux (PDF, 143 kB) at the Académie des sciences (academie-sciences.fr); accessed on February 7, 2016
- Nicole Le Douarin at the Collège de France (college-de-france.fr); Retrieved July 10, 2011
- CV (PDF, 48 kB, status 2005) at cnrs.fr, accessed on September 30, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Nicole Le Douarin - List of membres de l'Académie des sciences. In: academie-sciences.fr. Retrieved February 7, 2016 (French).
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter L. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Médailles d'or at the CNRS (cnrs.fr); accessed on May 4, 2019.
- ^ Nicole Marthe Le Douarin at kyotoprize.org; accessed on May 4, 2019.
- ^ Nicole Le Douarin at the Academia Europaea (ae-info.org); Retrieved July 10, 2011
- ^ Foreign Members of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved July 10, 2011
- ↑ prezenz.com: Fondation Louis-Jeantet - Lauréats. In: jeantet.ch. Retrieved February 7, 2016 (French).
- ^ Past Recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize at Columbia University (columbia.edu); Retrieved July 8, 2011
- ↑ 1993 recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize ( Memento from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at Columbia University (columbia.edu), accessed on July 8, 2011
- ^ Nicole Marthe C. Le Douarin at vatican.va; Retrieved July 10, 2011
- ↑ a b Décret du 31 December 2010 portant élévation aux dignités de grand'croix et de grand officier at legifrance.gouv.fr; Retrieved July 10, 2011
- ^ Légion d'honneur: Longo, Amara et Boutin promues at Le Figaro (lefigaro.fr, January 1, 2011); Retrieved July 10, 2011
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Le Douarin, Nicole |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Le Douarin, Nicole Marthe; Chauvac, Nicole Marthe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French developmental biologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th August 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lorient |