Alain Fischer#
| Membership Number: | 2617 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2009 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2009 Director of the research insqtitute on genetic diseases (Imagine), Necker Hospital, Université Paris Descartes
- since 1996 Director of the pediatric immunology department, hospital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
- 1988 Professor of pediatrics, université Paris Descartes, France
- since 1991 Director of Inserm research uniot 768 devloppement normal et pathologique du systeme immunitaire
- 1981-1991 Group leader Inser mresearch unit, Hospital Necker, Paris, France
- 1980-1981 Post doc fellowship, University college, London, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Genetic diseases of the immune system
- Lymphocytes differentiation
- Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Gene therapy
Honours and Awards
- 1998 Jung Prize fur Medizin Hamburg
- 2001 Louis Jeantet perize Geneva
- 2001 Novartis prize clinical immunology Stockholm
- 2002 Member of EMBO
- 2002 Member of the french academy of science
- Honorary degrees University of Zurich 2005, University of Atthens 2010
- 2005 Rene Descartes prize, european community
- 2007 Molecular medicine prize, Debrecen
- 2008 Grand prix Inserm
- 2009 Member of the Academia europea
