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Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (French: [fʁɑ̃swaz baʁesinusi] ⓘ; born 30 July 1947) is a French virologist and Director of the Regulation of Retroviral Infections Division (French: Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales) and Professor at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France.
Photo: U. Montan. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008. Born: 30 July 1947, Paris, France. Affiliation at the time of the award: Regulation of Retroviral Infections Unit, Virology Department, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008 was divided, one half awarded to Harald zur Hausen "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer", the other half jointly to Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier "for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus"
Apr 30, 2024 · Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, French virologist who was a corecipient, with Luc Montagnier and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. She and Montagnier shared half the prize for their work in identifying HIV, the cause of AIDS. Learn more about her life and work.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi dedicated her career as a scientist and as an activist to halting the spread of AIDS. Her discovery of HIV led to blood tests that could detect the infection, and ultimately to anti retroviral medications that have turned AIDS from a death sentence to a manageable chronic disease.
Aug 21, 2023 · The following conversation with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, a virologist who won a Nobel prize in 2008 for the codiscovery – 25 years prior – of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), concludes our monthlong series of interviews with pioneering scientists, all excerpted from Koelbl’s new book.
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, PhD, is Emeritus Professor at the Institut Pasteur and Emeritus Director of Research at the Inserm. She heads the Regulation of Retroviral Infection Unit at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. She has been involved in retrovirology research since the early 1970’s.
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