Yohanns Bellaiche#
| Membership Number: | 7258 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://institut-curie.org/team/bellaiche |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1686-2943 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2025 Director of the “Genetics and Developmental Biology "Unit, UMR 3215 CNRS - U934 Inserm, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- Since 2019 CNRS Directeur de recherche de classe exceptionnelle 1 (DRCE1)
- Since 2011 Deputy Director of the “Genetics and Developmental Biology Unit” UMR 3215-U934, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- Since 2008 Senior Group Leader “Polarity Division Morphogenesis team, “Genetics and Developmental Biology Unit” CNRS U3215 INSERM U934 Institut Curie, Paris
- 2003 - 2008 Junior Group Leader / CNRS ATIPE, UMR144, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- 1998 - 2003 Postdoctoral Fellow Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris. France. Laboratory of Dr. F. Schweisguth.
Fields of Scholarship
- Mechanotransduction
- Tissue organization and morphogenesis
- Cell division
- Mechanical forces
Honours and Awards
- 2020 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2019 ERC Proof of Concept Grant
- 2019 Beaufort Visiting Scholar, St John’s College, Cambridge University, UK
- 2018 Richard Lounsbery Prize, Lounsbery Foundation, French and American Science Academies
- 2013 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2012 EMBO Member
- 2007 ERC Starting Grant
- 2005 EMBO Young Investigator
- 2002 CNRS Bronze Medal, CNRS, France
- 2002 Paoletti Award, CNRS, France




