Christine Petit
| Christine Petit | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 February 1948 Laignes, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Geneticist |
| Employer | Professor, Collège de France and the Pasteur Institute |
Christine Petit (born 4 February 1948) is a French geneticist. She holds professorships at the Collège de France and the Pasteur Institute.[1]
Biography
Petit was born in Laignes in 1948.[2] She initially studied at the Paris teaching hospital, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital and at the Pasteur Institute. She completed two pieces of post-doctoral research at the Centre for Molecular Research in Gif-sur-Yvette and another in Basel.
Petit holds professorships at Collège de France and the Pasteur Institute.[1] She has a member of the Academy of Science since 14 January 2002.[3]
Petit's research has explored the link between genes and deafness, with her research group at INSERM "Génétique et physiologie de l’audition".[1]
Together with Karen Steel, Petit won the Royal Society Brain Prize 2012, for their pioneering work on the genetics of hearing and deafness.[4]
Prizes and honours
- 1999 : Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer of the Academy of Sciences
- 2004 : L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science
- 2006 : Co-winner of the Prix Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
- 2007 : Grand Prix of Medical Research INSERM
- 2012 : Co-recipient with Karen Steel of the Royal Society's Brain Prize[5]
- 2016: Foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences[6]
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Officer of the National Order of Merit
References
- 1 2 3 "ESPCI ParisTech : Conseil de perfectionnement". Espci.fr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ↑ "Biographie - Christine Petit - Génétique et physiologie cellulaire - Collège de France". College-de-france.fr. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ↑ "Christine Petit - Les membres de l'Academie des sciences". January 14, 2002. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Royal Society Fellow awarded the € 1 million Brain Prize 2012". The Royal Society. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
- ↑ "Christine Petit, lauréate du Brain Prize 2012". Inserm.fr (in French). Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ↑ National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected, News from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, May 3, 2016, retrieved 2016-05-14.