Edith Heard#


Edith Heard
Membership Number:3203
Membership type:ORDINARY
Section:BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Elected:2012
Main Country of Residence:FRANCE
Homepage(s):http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/en-edith-heard/biography__1.htm





Present and Previous Positions
  • Since January 2019 Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
  • Since April 2012 Professor and Chair of Epigenetics and Cellular Memory at the Collège de France (France)
  • 2010 - 2018 Director of the Genetics and Developmental Biology department at the Curie Institute (Paris), France
  • 2008 - 2010 Co-Director with Prof. Spyros Artavanis Tsakonas, of the “Genetics and Developmental Biology Unit” UMR 3215-U934, Curie Institute, Paris, France
  • 2006 - 2008 Senior Group Leader, Mammalian Developmental Epigenetics team, UMR218, Curie Institute, Paris (France), Unit of Dr. G. Almouzni
  • 2001 - 2006 CNRS ATIPE / Junior Group leader, UMR218, Curie Institute, Paris (France). Unit of Dr. G. Almouzni
  • 2000 - 2001 Visiting Scientist, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (NY, USA), Lab. of Dr. D. Spector
  • 1993 - 2000 Senior research scientist, CNRS, URA 1947, Pasteur Institute, Paris (France), Lab. of Dr. P. Avner
  • 1990 - 1993 Postdoctoral Fellow (HFSP and Wellcome Trust funding), URA 1968, Pasteur Institute, Paris (France), Lab. of Dr. P. Avner
  • 1986 - 1990 PhD thesis, (ICRF Bursary Award) Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, (UK), Lab. of Dr. M. Fried

Fields of Scholarship
  • RNA
  • Genetics
  • Epigenetics
  • Developmental Biology
  • Chromatin
  • Nuclear organisation

Honours and Awards
  • 2024 Croonian Medal and Lecture, Royal Society
  • 2022 Richard Benz Medal for Art and Sciences of the city of Heidelberg
  • 2022 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
  • 2022 Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters
  • 2022 Member of the French Academy of Sciences
  • 2021 Member, German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
  • 2019 Hansen Family Award
  • 2019 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
  • 2017 Inserm Grand Prix
  • 2012 Suffrage Science award
  • 2011 Grand Prix de la Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
  • 2010 ERC Advanced Investigator Award
  • 2009 Prix Jean Hamburger de la Ville de Paris
  • 2008 CNRS Silver Medal (“Medaille d’Argent” du CNRS)
  • 2007 The “Otto Mangold” prize, German Society for Developmental Biology
  • 2005 First prize of the "Fondation Schlumberger pour l’Education et la Recherche"
  • 2005 Elected as EMBO member
  • 2004 Elected as New Emerging Team (NET) by the EU Epigenome Network of Excellence
  • 2001 CNRS ATIPE Award to launch junior group
  • 1986 Thoday Prize in Genetics (Cambridge University, England)
  • 1986 Emmanuel College Prize (Cambridge University, England)
  • 1986 Emmanuel College Scholarship (Cambridge University, England)
  • Memberships
    • 2021 Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences
    • 2021 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
    • 2021 International Member of the National Academy of Medicine
    • 2022 Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters
    • 2022 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Science
    • 2022 Member of the French Academy of Sciences

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