Jacques Pouyssegur#
| Membership Number: | 2104 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2001 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 1999 University of Nice, Centre de Biochimie CNRS, France (1978-1999) and Centre A. Lacassagne, Nice
- 1996 MIT, Whitehead Institute, Sabbatical, Cambridge USA, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology (Dr. Robert Weinberg)
- 1968 - 1971 University of Lyon, Laboratory of Microbiology INSA(Pr. François Stoeber), Assistant and Attaché de Recherche CNRS
- 1988 University of San Francisco, Sabbatical, Laboratory of Pharmacology (Prof. Henri Bourne)
- 1974 - 1976 NIH, NCI Bethesda, USA, post-doctorant Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Dr. Ira Pastan), Post-doctoral fellow
- 1972 University of Leicester, post-doctorant Laboratory of Biochemistry (Pr. Hans Kornberg), England
Fields of Scholarship
- Growth factors
- Control of cell division
- Molecular bases of Angiogenesis
- Metabolism and cancer
- pH control
- Tumor microenvironment
- Na+-H+ antiporters
- MAP kinases
- Hypoxia signaling
- Nutrient sensors (O2, glucose)
- Thrombin receptor signaling
Honours and Awards
- 1989 Prix Delahautemaison, Néphrologie (FRM)
- 1989 Prix de Savoie (LNCC)
- 1995 Prix Rosen de Cancérologie (FRM)
- 1996 Prix Lounsbery (Académie des Sciences USA-FR)
- 1999 Prix Athéna et Institut de France
- 2001 Prix Leopold Griffuel (Cancer, ARC)
- 2002 Sir Hans Krebs Medal (FEBS)
- 2008 Carl Cori Lecture Award (Roswell Park, USA)
- Member of Biochemical Chemistry (1976-present)
- Member European Cell Biology Organization (1978-present)
- Member of the American Society for Cell Biology (1982-present)
- Member of Cell Biology (1985-present) and Genetics (1989-present)
- Member of EMBO (1993-present)
- Member of the French Academy of Sciences (1996)
- Member of the American Association of Cancer Research (1998-present)
- Member of Academia Europaea (2001)
