Filippo Del Bene#
| Membership Number: | 7513 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.institut-vision.org/index.php/en/research/development-and-function-vertebrate-visual-system |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8551-2846 |
| X: | @filodelbene |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/filippo-del-bene-83a05718/ |
| Publication Link: | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8551-2846?lang=en |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2024 Director of Research (DR1) INSERM
- Since 2019 Group Leader, Institut de la Vision, Dept. of Development, Paris, France
- 2016 - 2023 Director of Research (DR2) INSERM
- 2016 - 2018 Senior Group Leader, Institut Curie, Dept. of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Paris, France
- 2010 - 2016 Junior Group Leader Institut Curie Dept. of Developmental Biology and Genetics, Paris, France
- 2011 - 2015 Research Scientist 1st class (CR1), INSERM, France
- 2005 - 2010 Postdoctoral research fellow UCSF, San Francisco France
Fields of Scholarship
- Neural circuits
- Developmental genetics
- Neurobiology
- Visual system
- Zebrafish genetics
- Molecular and cellular neurosciences
- Axon guidance
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Prix Memaine-Pelletier Fondation de l’Institut de France (France Science Academy)
- 2022 ERC, Synergy grant
- 2021 Annula Prize of Fondation Schlumberger pour l’Education et la Recherche
- 2020 EMBO Member
- 2016 FENS-KAVLI Network Member
- 2015 EMBO-YIP Member
- 2012 ERC, Starting grant
- 2012 Ville de Paris, Programme EMERGENCES (declined)
- 2010 ATIP/Avenir, Starting Grant from CNRS/INSERM
- 2008 Sandler Postdoctoral award, UCSF
