Alexis Brice#
| Membership Number: | 7618 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0941-3990 |
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Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 President of the board of the Brain&Mind Biocluster (Paris, France)
- 2016 - 2024 Director of IHU-A-ICM (Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris (France)
- 2014 - 2024 Director of the Research Unit CNRS UMR 7225 – Inserm U 1127 – SU UMR S 1127, Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris (France)
- 2012 - 2024 Executive Director of the Paris Brain Institute (ICM), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris (France).
- 2008 - 2012 Co-director of the Multi-body subject-specific Institute for Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Neurology and Psychiatry, Aviesan.
- 2005 - 2015 Head of the National Reference Center for Rare Diseases (Neurogenetics), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris (France)
- 2002 - 2009 Head of the Department of Genetics, Cytogenetics and Embryology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris (France)
- 1995 Professor of Medical Genetics, Sorbonne University Medical School, Paris (France)
- 1992 Scientific director of the DNA and Cell bank, Paris Brain Institute, CNRS UMR 7225 –Inserm U 1127–SU UMR S 1127, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris (France)
- 1992 - 2012 Consultant in Medical Genetics at the Department of Genetics, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris (France)
- 1992 - 2018 Head of team “Molecular basis, physiopathology and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases”, Paris Brain Institute, CNRS, Inserm, SU, Paris, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris (France)
Fields of Scholarship
- Genetics and physiopathology of neurodegenerative diseases
- Phenotype/genotype correlation
- Study of genetic varaibility accross populatoins
- Genetic modifiers of monogenci forms of neurodegenerative diseases
- Genetic caracteristics of expansion repeat disorders
- Physiopathological studies in cellular models and modeling in animals
- Gene discovery in monogenic forms and risk factors in neurodegenerative diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2005 Prix François Lhermitte, French Academy of Sciences (Institut de France)
- 2007 Elected Corresponding Member of the French National Academy of Medicine
- 2011 Grand Prix Lamonica de Neurologie, French Academy of Sciences
- 2012 Prix de la Fondation Roger de Spoelberch
- 2015 Grand Prix Allianz, French Academy of Sciences
- 2023 Elected Full Member of the French National Academy of Medicine
- 2024 Elected Member of the French Academy of Sciences
