Éric Karsenti, Member of the French Academy of sciences

Éric Karsenti (pronounced [eʁik kaʁsɑ̃ti]; born 10 September 1948 in Paris)[1] is a French biologist. Research Director at the CNRS, he was the scientific director of the Tara Oceans expedition.

Biography

After a thesis at the Pasteur Institute (1979), he worked as a researcher on the molecular mechanisms that govern the cell cycle. He created the Department of Cellular Biology and Biophysics of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).[2]

As the main scientist on the Tara Oceans expedition, he collected plankton samples from many parts of the oceans to conduct an important genomic analysis of plankton diversity.[3]

He is a recipient of the CNRS gold medal[3] and was elected a member of the Académie des Sciences in 2017[4] (after having been a correspondent since 1999[5]).

References

  1. ↑ Le biologiste Eric Karsenti, médaille d’or du CNRS, lemonde.fr, 24 septembre 2015
  2. ↑ "TaraOceans". oceans.taraexpeditions.org. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  3. 1 2 Sylvestre Huet. "Eric Karsenti médaille d'or du CNRS 2015". sciences.blogs.liberation.fr. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  4. ↑ User, Super. "Dix-huit nouveaux membres élus à l'Académie des sciences | Membres à la une | Membres | Nous connaître". www.academie-sciences.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-26. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  5. ↑ User, Super. "Éric Karsenti | Liste des membres de l'Académie des sciences / K | Listes par ordre alphabétique | Listes des membres | Membres | Nous connaître". www.academie-sciences.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-26. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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