Sanofi and the Institut Pasteur have attributed the Sanofi - Institut Pasteur Awards for the fourth year in a row.
Four major researchers with international recognition have been
rewarded for their works in two major fields for global health: tropical
and neglected diseases and immunology.
Doctor Marco Vignuzzi - laureate in the Junior
category - Viral Populations and Pathogenesis Research Unit, Institut
Pasteur, Paris, France, and CNRS researcher, for his works on viral
mutations presenting a short-term epidemic potential.
Doctor Mohamed-Ali Hakimi - laureate in the Junior
category - Host-Pathogen Interactions & Immunity to Infections,
Institut Albert Bonniot, Université Grenoble Alpes, France, Inserm -
CNRS, for his researches on the functioning of the parasite Toxoplama gondii responsible for toxoplasmosis.
Professor Keith Matthews - laureate in the Mid-career category - Center for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, for his researches on the parasite Trypanosama brucei responsible for sleeping sickness.
Professor Emil Unanue - laureate in the Senior
category - Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University
School of Medicine, Saint Louis, USA, for his work on the recognition
of proteins by the immune system, paving the way to the research of
therapies against autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, multiple
sclerosis or rheumatoid polyarthritis.
