Philippe Kourilsky

Kourilsky spent most of his career at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, as a research director.

He was elected correspondent of the French Academy of sciences (section of molecular and cellular biology, genomics) in 1990, then member in 1997.

[4] Professor at the Institut Pasteur on 1 January 2000, he was appointed Director General; a position he resigned from on 31 July 2005.

[8] He has held numerous responsibilities in the administration of research and applications of genetics and immunology in the public and private sectors.

1980: Member of EMBO 1986: International Prize for Immunopathology 1990: Lacassagne Prize of the Collège de France 1998: Officier of the Légion d'Honneur 2000: International Prize for Research in Medical Sciences 2001: Doctor honoris causa of the University La Sapienza in Rome 2001: Commandeur of the National Ordre du Mérite 2005: Doctor honoris causa from the University of Quebec 2009: Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur.