Scientific Discipline
Cell Biology, Microbiology
Host Institution
Pasteur Institute
Current Position
Dr. Cossart is a professor, "Classe exceptionnellle," and director of the Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules at the Pasteur Institute, Paris. Her unit is affiliated with INSERM and INRA. From 2000 to 2010, Dr. Cossart was an HHMI international research scholar.
Current Research
Understanding Infection by the Bacterium Listeria monocytogenes as a Way to Address Key Issues in Biology
Research
Biography
Dr. Cossart received her MS degree in chemistry from Georgetown University in 1971 and her PhD degree in biochemistry from the Pasteur Institute and the University of Paris in 1977. She conducted postdoctoral research at the Pasteur Institute.
In 1998, she received the Richard Lounsberry Prize and the L'Oreal/UNESCO Award for Women in Science; in 2000, the Swedish Society of Medicine awarded her the Louis Pasteur Gold Medal. She received the Valade Prize from the Fondation de France in 2003, the INSERM Prize in fundamental research in 2005, and the 2007 GlaxoSmithKline International Member of the Year Award. She has also received the 2007 Robert Koch Prize and the 2008 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine. She was awarded an ERC advanced research grant in 2009. Dr. Cossart is "Officier de la Légion d'Honneur" and "Commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite."
Dr. Cossart is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Microbiology, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the German Academy Leopoldina. She is a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Society. She is professor, "Classe exceptionnellle," and director of the Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules at the Pasteur Institute, Paris. Her unit is affiliated with INSERM and INRA. From 2000 to 2010, Dr. Cossart was an HHMI international research scholar.
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