Awarded the prestigious CNRS Gold Medal for his research on the cell cycle, the biologist also directs Tara Ocean, expedition crowned with several scientific publications.
When we meet for the first time Eric Karsenti, it is difficult to choose: old salt or Greek thinker? The reality is needed quickly: the man is first a great scientist. A title that came to fruition Wednesday, September 23. The biologist’s work has indeed been awarded the CNRS Gold Medal, the most prestigious scientific award in France.
“I am very happy because this award will allow me to communicate on Tara Ocean , climate and marine ecosystems. But above all, I would like to use it to make the extension of cell biology, because the cell is the origin of life “, underlines the researcher officially retired but, as many of these colleagues, more active than ever. “We are adventurers. If one has to become officials then one is not scientific, “he confided to the Le Figaro in May.
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