Nicole Le Douarin

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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)

Web links

Commons : Nicole Le Douarin  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Nicole Le Douarin - List of membres de l'Académie des sciences. In: academie-sciences.fr. Retrieved February 7, 2016 (French).
  2. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter L. (PDF; 1.1 MB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Médailles d'or at the CNRS (cnrs.fr); accessed on May 4, 2019.
  4. ^ Nicole Marthe Le Douarin at kyotoprize.org; accessed on May 4, 2019.
  5. ^ Nicole Le Douarin at the Academia Europaea (ae-info.org); Retrieved July 10, 2011
  6. ^ Foreign Members of the Royal Society (royalsociety.org); Retrieved July 10, 2011
  7. ↑ prezenz.com: Fondation Louis-Jeantet - Lauréats. In: jeantet.ch. Retrieved February 7, 2016 (French).
  8. ^ Past Recipients of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize at Columbia University (columbia.edu); Retrieved July 8, 2011
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ^ Nicole Marthe C. Le Douarin at vatican.va; Retrieved July 10, 2011
  11. ↑ 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
  12. ^ Légion d'honneur: Longo, Amara et Boutin promues at Le Figaro (lefigaro.fr, January 1, 2011); Retrieved July 10, 2011
personal data
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