Pierre-Marie Lledo#
| Membership Number: | 2392 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2006 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.pasteur.fr/ip/easysite/go/03b-00002q-01k/perception-and-memory |
Present and Previous Positions
- Present Position
- Head of the Laboratory "Perception and Memory" at the Pasteur Institute
- Director of the Unit "Genes, Synapses and Cognition" at the French Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
- Professional Experience
- 1991-1992 - Post-doctoral fellow (Wellcome trust) at Cambridge University (U.K.).
- 1992-1995 - Assit. Researcher (tenured position, CR2) at the CNRS in Gif-sur-Yvette (France).
- 1995-1997 - Visiting Scientist (NSF & NIH fellowships) at U.C.S.F. (USA).
- 1997-2000 - Assoc. Researcher (tenured position, CR1) at the CNRS in Gif-sur-Yvette (France).
- Since 2001 - Senior Researcher at the CNRS (DR2) in Gif-sur-Yvette (France).
- Since 2002 - Director of the Neuroscience teaching program at the Pasteur Institute.
- Since 2003 - Senior Researcher at the CNRS (DR1) at the Institut Pasteur in Paris (France).
- Since 2007 - Member of the PhD program committee (Ecole Doctorale 3C) at University Paris VI.
- Since 2008 - Vice-president of the Scientific Council of the Pasteur Institute.
- Since 2007 - Member of the Excecutive Council of the French Neuroscience Foundation (ENP).
- Since 2009 - Faculty member of the Universita' di Torino (Italy).
- Since 2009 - Member of the Scientific Council of "Biovision" (French National Academy of Science).
Fields of Scholarship
- Neurophysiology
- Neuroplasticity
- Neural development
- Circuit
- Synaptic transmission
- Sensory system
- Perception
- Memory
- Olfaction
- Neural stem cells
- Adult Neurogenesis
Honours and Awards
- 1991 - 1992 Welcome Trust Fellowship
- 1995 - 1997 National Science Foundation (NSF) and NIH Fellowships
- 1995 CNRS Medal for the best Junior scientist
- 1995 "Young Investigator" Award from Paris Academy
- 1996 "Young Investigator" Award from Ministry of Defense and Technology Researches (DRET)
- 2002 Award from the Schlumberger Foundation for Education & Research
- 2004 First Award of the French National Academy of Medicine
- 2005 Award of the French National Academy of Science
- 2007 Award of the French National Academy of Science
- 2009 Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
