Ouvrages de référence :
Un cerveau sur mesure. Odile Jacob, 2012
Le cerveau, la machine, l’humain. Odile Jacob, 2017
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Biosketch of Prof. Pierre-Marie Lledo
1998: Habilitation at School of Medicine (Paris XI University).
1989 – 1992: Ph.D. in Neuroscience (“Summa cum laude”, Bordeaux University).
1986 – 1989: Ecole Normale Superieure (Life Science).
Current Positions
Chairman of the Department of Neuroscience at the Pasteur Institute (since 2014)
Head of the Laboratory "Perception and Memory" at the Pasteur Institute (since 2001)
Director of the Unit "Genes and Cognition" at the French Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, since 2004)
Director of the Teaching Graduate Program "Neuroscience" at the Pasteur Institute (since 2004)
Columnist to Les Echos (since 2017)
Member of the National Ethics Committee for Publicity (since 2017)
International professional positions held (a short list)
Since 2017 - Member of the Council for the London Interdisciplinary Doctoral training programme.
Since 2016 - Member of the Scientific Council of the FNRS-WELBIO (Belgium).
2009-2015 - Chairman of the Scientific Council of the FNRS (Belgium).
2009-2014 - Member of the Scientific Council of "Biovision" (The World Life Sciences Forum).
2012-2014 - Member of the Scientific Council of the Pasteur-Weizmann Foundation.
2009-2016 - Faculty member of the Universita' di Torino (Italy).
Since 2008 - Panel Expert at the European Commission.
2008-2014 - Visiting Professor at the Harvard University, Cambridge (Dept. of Mol & Cell Biol)
1994-1997 - Visiting Scientist at U.C.S.F. (San Francisco, California, USA).
1991-1993 - Post-doctoral fellow at Cambridge University (U.K.).
Honors and Awards
1987-91 - French Ministry of Education Research Scholarship.
1991-92 - Welcome Trust Fellowship.
1995-97 - National Science Foundation (NSF) and NIH Fellowships.
1995 - CNRS Medal for the best Junior scientist.
1995 - "Young Investigator" Award from Paris Academy.
1996 - "Young Investigator" Award from Ministry of Defense and Technology Researches (DRET).
2002 - Award from the Schlumberger Foundation for Education & Research.
2004 - First Award of the French National Academy of Medicine.
2005 - “NRJ” Award from the French National Academy of Science.
2006 - Member of the Academia Europaea.
2007 - Jaffé Award from the French National Academy of Science.
2009 - Member of the New York Academy of Sciences.
2010 - Award “Camille Woringer” from the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale.
2011 - Prize of Scientific Excellence (“Prime d’Excellence Scientifique”) of the CNRS.
2012 - Award “Mémain-Pelletier” from the French National Academy of Science.
2012 - Award “Grand Prix” from the Saintonge Academy.
2013 - Award “Grand Prix” from the Foundation Prince Louis de Polignac.
2015 - Award from the Foundation Roger de Spoelberch.
2017 - Chair of Excellence “Elie Metchnikoff”.