Jacques Banchereau is an internationally prominent French American immunologist and molecular biologist.
[1] He was formerly professor and director of immunological sciences at the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine and also the former chief science officer, senior vice president, and DTA (Discovery and Translational Area) head of inflammation & virology at Hoffman-La Roche.
[6] After his time at Columbia, he started his career as a scientist at Schering-Plough France in 1981, and quickly rose to the post of director for immunological research in 1984.
[2] In 2010, he joined Hoffman-La Roche at Nutley to become the chief scientific officer, senior vice president, and head of inflammation and virology.
In addition to Banchereau's contribution on discovery of multiple interluekins and understanding them, his most well-known researches include the dendritic cells and vaccines.