Le Monde.fr: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, virologue : « La fin du sida est à portée de main, et c’est à la France de donner le coup décisif »
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Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi is a French virologist and Director of the Regulation of Retroviral Infections Division and Professor at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Born in Paris, Barré-Sinoussi performed some of the fundamental work in the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the cause of AIDS. In 2008, Barré-Sinoussi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, toget…
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science · French virologist and Nobel laureate (born 1947) · biologist · virologist · directeur de recherche · university teacher · researcher · physician · also Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Barré-Sinoussi
Born 30 July 1947 · Q103844
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2025· 1 entry
2024· 2 entries
L'Humanité: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi et le temps de la science
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Le Petit Journal: Mme Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, une Prix Nobel de médecine au Cambodge
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2020· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva (2020).
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Le Parisien: Du VIH au Covid-19 : Françoise Barré-Sinoussi repart au combat
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2019· 2 entries
Le Parisien: «Mon rêve, assister à l’éradication du sida» : Françoise Barré-Sinoussi a codécouvert le VIH
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Time created 89 new covers to celebrate women of the year starting from 1920; it chose Barré-Sinoussi for 1983
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2018· 1 entry
Hackaday: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi: Virus Hunter
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2016· 3 entries
Awarded UCL Prize Lecture in Clinical Science (2016).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (2016).
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Was interviewed by the Sunday Observer and reflected on how Jamaica is dealing with HIV
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2014· 3 entries
Project Syndicate: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
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Fred Hutch: 6 questions with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, the woman who discovered HIV
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Fred Hutch: Having discovered HIV, Dr. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi wants a cure
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (2013).
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2012· 1 entry
Les: Pr Françoise Barré-Sinoussi élevée au titre de Dr Honoris Causa par l’université de Bangui
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University (2011).
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2009· 1 entry
Wrote an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI in protest over his statements that condoms are at best ineffective in the AIDS crisis
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2008· 6 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus.
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The Scientist: Harald zur Hausen, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, and Luc Montagnier receive 2008 Nobel for their work on HPV and HIV
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Won Medal of the City of Paris (2008).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2008).
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Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (2008).
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Barré-Sinoussi was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with her former mentor, Luc Montagnier, for their discovery of HIV
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Women in Technology Hall of Fame (2006).
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And served as the president of the IAS from 2012 to 2016
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2005).
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And renamed the Regulation of Retrovirial Infections Unit
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the National Order of Merit (2002).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1996).
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded King Faisal International Prize in Medicine (1993).
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1983· 1 entry
Published “Isolation of a T-Lymphotropic Retrovirus from a Patient at Risk for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)” in Science — cited 4,844 times.
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1947· 1 entry
Born 1947-07-30.
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