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Laurence Zitvogel
Born (1963-12-25) 25 December 1963 (age 60)
Sureness, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materParis University
Occupation(s)Oncologist, immunologist, researcher
HonoursBaillet Latour Awarded by the Belgian Monarchy

Laurence Zitvogel is a French physician specializing in oncology and immunology with a large research experience in exosomes and the biological impact of those structures in malignant neoplasms.

Personal life

Laurence Zitvogel was born in Suresnes, France on 25 December 1963.[1] She has worked with her spouse, Guido Kroemer,[2] since 2001.[3]

Education

Zitvogel graduated in Medical Oncology from the University of Paris in 1992, and received her Ph.D in Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute in 1995.[4]

Professional

Zitvogel became Director of Research for the University of Paris XI in 1998.[5] Her work focuses on intestinal bacterial flora.[6][7][8]

Zitvogel directs a research group on tumor immunology and immunotherapy of cancer at the Institut Gustave Roussy[9] where her team has been focused on discovery and validation for antibody combination therapies.

She practices clinical oncology at Villejuif where she is also the Director of the Department of Tumoral Immunology and Immunotherapy.

Zitvogel is a professor at the University of Paris-Sud.[7]

Recognition

Zeitvogel received the INSERM prize for research in clinical and therapeutic approaches to cancer. [10] She received the first European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) award during her lecture titled "Introducing the gut microbiome into the complexity of anticancer immunosurveillance" in 2017,[11] and the Baillet Latour Prize from Belgium in 2018 with her co-researcher Kroemer for their research on mechanisms of cancer immune surveillance.[12]

Jules A. Hoffmann, Nobel prize winner, described her as "one of the most outstanding personalities in the field”.[13]

References

  1. ^ Jalinière, Hugo (20 March 2016). "Laurence Zitvogel : l'ennemie intime du cancer" [Laurence Zitvogel. The intimate enemy of cancer]. Science et Avenir (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. ^ Kroemer, Guido (2017). "Cancer cell stress and death – cell-autonomous and immunological considerations" (PDF). Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Foundation. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. ^ Barret, Anna-Laure (21 June 2017). "L'amour contre le cancer" [Love against cancer]. Le Journal de Dimanche (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Zitvogel Laurence". www.ae-info.org. The Academy of Europe. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Enterophages, new sources in immunology" (PDF). Comprehensive Academy for Advanced Oncology. Retrieved 26 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Yonekura, Satoru (11 January 2017). "theses.fr". thesses.fr.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b Zitvogel, Laurence (11 February 2020). "Des bacteries intestinales qui soignent les cancer". Universite de Paris-Sarclay.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Laurence Zitvogel : Des bactéries intestinales qui soignent les cancers". Université Paris-Saclay (in French). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Professeur Laurence Zitvogel" [Professor Laurence Zitvogel]. Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Laurence Zitvogel, Prix Recherche Clinique et thérapeutique 2007" [Laurence Zitvogel, 2007 Clinical and Therapeutic Research Prize]. INSERM. Retrieved 26 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "First ESMO award for Immunology Oncology goes to Laurence Zitvogel". eurakalert.org (Press release). European Society for Medical Oncology. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2020.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "Les professeurs Laurence Zitvogel et Guido Kroemer reçoivent le Prix Baillet Latour de la Santé 2018 pour leurs découvertes fondamentales dans le domaine du cancer" [Professors Laurence Zitvogel and Guido Kroemer receive the 2018 Baillet Latour Award For Health for their basic discoveries in the cancer field] (PDF) (in French). Fonds Baillet Latour. April 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ Fevereau, Eric (2 February 2017). "Laurence Zitvogel: en avance sur son temps" [Laurence Zitvogel, ahead of her time]. Liberation. Retrieved 26 June 2020. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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