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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"
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, née le 30 juillet 1947 à Paris, est une immunologue et virologue française, spécialisée dans les rétrovirus. Elle fait sa carrière à l'Institut Pasteur, dont elle est directrice de recherche honoraire, et participe à la découverte du virus de l'immunodéficience humaine (VIH) à l'origine du sida.
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.
Apr 30, 2024 · Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (born July 30, 1947, Paris, France) is a French virologist who was a corecipient, with Luc Montagnier and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
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 has dedicated her life to AIDS research, and is convinced a cure for the virus she co-discovered 35 years ago, will one day be available. But AIDS will not disappear. Millions still die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases.
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.
May 11, 2015 · Today, she serves as Honorary President of the Institut Pasteur International Network and of the Virology Department of the Institut Pasteur in Paris. Françoise BARRÉ-SINOUSSI is author and co-author of more than 300 original publications and of more than 125 review articles.
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