Jacques Pouyssegur - Curriculum vitae#

Short CV (as for January 2015)

Position, Official contacts

CNRS Research Director, Exceptional Class
Director of the CNRS Institute of Signaling, Developmental Biology and Cancer Research – (1997-2008) Chief Laboratory “ Hypoxia signaling and Cancer metabolism”
Centre A. Lacassagne, 33 Avenue de Valombrose, 06189 Nice, France

Personal data

November 10, 1943 Toulouse, France
Nationality: French
Married, 2 children

Education

• Engineer in Biochemistry, 1966 INSA (University of Lyon)
• Doctor-Engineer (Thesis), 1971 INSA (University of Lyon)
• Doctor es-Sciences (Thesis), 1972 INSA (University of Lyon)

Career/Employment

• University of Lyon, Laboratory of Microbiology INSA(Pr. François Stoeber), Assistant and Attaché de Recherche CNRS, 1968-71
• University of Leicester, post-doctorant Laboratory of Biochemistry (Pr. Hans Kornberg), England, 1972
• NIH, NCI Bethesda, USA, post-doctorant Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Dr. Ira Pastan), Post-doctoral fellow, 1974-76
• University of San Francisco, Sabbatical, Laboratory of Pharmacology (Prof. Henri Bourne), 1988,
• MIT, Whitehead Institute, Sabbatical, Cambridge USA, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology (Dr. Robert Weinberg), 1996,
• University of Nice, Centre de Biochimie CNRS, France (1978-1999) and Centre A. Lacassagne, Nice (1999-present)

Specialization

• Control of cell division – Growth factors
• Na+-H+ Antiporters
• pH control
• Thrombin receptor signaling
• MAP kinases – Molecular bases of Angiogenesis
• Nutrient sensors (O2, glucose)
• Hypoxia signaling
• Tumor microenvironment
• Metabolism and Cancer

Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Memberships of Professional Societies, Prizes

• 1989, Prix de Savoie (LNCC)
• 1999, Prix Athéna et Institut de France
• 1989, Prix Delahautemaison, Néphrologie (FRM)
• 2001, Prix Leopold Griffuel (Cancer, ARC)
• 1995, Prix Rosen de Cancérologie (FRM)
• 2002, Sir Hans Krebs Medal (FEBS)
• 1996, Prix Lounsbery (Académie des Sciences USA-FR)
• 2008, Carl Cori Lecture Award (Roswell Park, USA)

Memberships

• Member of Biochemical Chemistry (1976-present)
• Member of Cell Biology (1985-present) and Genetics (1989-present)
• Member European Cell Biology Organization (1978-present)
• Member of the American Society for Cell Biology (1982-present)
• Member of the American Association of Cancer Research (1998-present)
• Member of EMBO (1993-present)
• Member of the French Academy of Sciences (1996)
• Member of Academia Europaea (2001)

Research Administration

• Member nominated for the National CNRS committee (1982-1987)
• Member nominated for the National INSERM committee (1990-1995)
• Member nominated for the National Cancer committee ARC (1992-2002)
• Member nominated for the Ministry of Research and Education (President ‘Canceropole’ committee) (2003), *President of the ACI 2004 Plan Cancer committee
• Coordinator Canceropôle PACA Nice (2003-2007)
• President of International Scientific Advisory Board of National Cancer Institute (2007-12)
• President French Cancer Society (2008-2009)
• President Scientific Advisory Board of Institut Claudius Regaud (2009-13)

Scientific Editorial Board, Editor

Associate editor

Cellular Signaling, Growth Factors, Methods in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry, Experimental Nephrology, Receptor and Channels, Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, J. Cell. Physiol., Journal of Clinical Investigations, Journal of Molecular Medicine, Curr.Opi.Cell Biol., EMBO J., J.Biol. Chem.

Editor

J. Biol. Chem, Biochem.Biophys.Res.Com.