Biography:Laurence Zitvogel
Laurence Zitvogel | |
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| Born | 25 December 1963 Sureness, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Paris University |
| Occupation | Oncologist, immunologist, researcher |
| Honours | Baillet Latour Awarded by the Belgian Monarchy |
Laurence Zitvogel is a French physician specializing in oncology and immunology with a large research experience in exosomes and the biological impact of those structures in malignant neoplasms.
Personal life
Laurence Zitvogel was born in Suresnes, France on 25 December 1963.[1] She has worked with her spouse, Guido Kroemer,[2] since 2001.[3]
Education
Zitvogel graduated in Medical Oncology from the University of Paris in 1992, and received her Ph.D in Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute in 1995.[4]
Professional
Zitvogel became Director of Research for the University of Paris XI in 1998.[5] Her work focuses on intestinal bacterial flora.[6][7][8]
Zitvogel directs a research group on tumor immunology and immunotherapy of cancer at the Institut Gustave Roussy[9] where her team has been focused on discovery and validation for antibody combination therapies.
She practices clinical oncology at Villejuif where she is also the Director of the Department of Tumoral Immunology and Immunotherapy.
Zitvogel is a professor at the University of Paris-Sud.[7]
Recognition
Zitvogel received the INSERM prize for research in clinical and therapeutic approaches to cancer.[10] She received the first European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) award during her lecture titled "Introducing the gut microbiome into the complexity of anticancer immunosurveillance" in 2017,[11] and the Baillet Latour Prize from Belgium in 2018 with her co-researcher Kroemer for their research on mechanisms of cancer immune surveillance.[12]
Jules A. Hoffmann, Nobel prize winner, described her as "one of the most outstanding personalities in the field”.[13]
References
- ↑ Jalinière, Hugo (20 March 2016). "Laurence Zitvogel : l'ennemie intime du cancer" (in fr). Science et Avenir. https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/cancer/laurence-zitvogel-l-ennemie-intime-du-cancer_30346. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ Kroemer, Guido (2017). "Cancer cell stress and death – cell-autonomous and immunological considerations". Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Foundation. http://www.brupbacher-foundation.org/fileadmin/downloads/Cancer_cell_stress_and_death_-_cell-autonomousand_immunological_considerations.pdf. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ Barret, Anna-Laure (21 June 2017). "L'amour contre le cancer" (in fr). https://www.lejdd.fr/Societe/Sante/Laurence-Zitvogel-et-Guido-Kroemer-l-amour-contre-le-cancer-827302.
- ↑ "Zitvogel Laurence". The Academy of Europe. https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Zitvogel_Laurence.
- ↑ "Enterophages, new sources in immunology". https://www.chaao.or.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/iaao2019_04.pdf.
- ↑ Yonekura, Satoru (11 January 2017). "theses.fr". https://www.theses.fr/s194276#.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Zitvogel, Laurence (11 February 2020). "Des bacteries intestinales qui soignent les cancer". https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/actualites/laurence-zitvogel-des-bacteries-intestinales-qui-soignent-les-cancers.
- ↑ "Laurence Zitvogel : Des bactéries intestinales qui soignent les cancers" (in fr). 11 February 2020. https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/actualites/laurence-zitvogel-des-bacteries-intestinales-qui-soignent-les-cancers.
- ↑ "Professeur Laurence Zitvogel" (in fr). https://www.gustaveroussy.fr/en/node/4715.
- ↑ "Laurence Zitvogel, Prix Recherche Clinique et thérapeutique 2007". INSERM. https://histoire.inserm.fr/de-l-inh-a-l-inserm/les-prix-inserm/prix-2007/laurence-zitvogel-prix-recherche-clinique-et-therapeutique-2007.
- ↑ "First ESMO award for Immunology Oncology goes to Laurence Zitvogel". eurakalert.org (Press release). European Society for Medical Oncology. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "Les professeurs Laurence Zitvogel et Guido Kroemer reçoivent le Prix Baillet Latour de la Santé 2018 pour leurs découvertes fondamentales dans le domaine du cancer" (in fr). Fonds Baillet Latour. April 2018. https://fondsbailletlatour.com/sites/default/files/node/field_files/news/20180419-CP-FBL_PrixSante-FR.PDF. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ Fevereau, Eric (2 February 2017). "Laurence Zitvogel: en avance sur son temps". https://www.liberation.fr/france/2017/02/02/laurence-zitvogel-en-avance-sur-son-temps_1545940. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
External links
- Laurence Zitvogel publications indexed by Google Scholar
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