André Sentenac#
| Membership Number: | 1977 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2003 Scientific advisor for the Life Science Division of the CEA
- 1999 Head of the Department de Biologie Joliot Curie, CEA/Saclay
- 1993 Research Director at the CEA (Atomic Energy Commission)
- 1990 Head of the Service de Biochimie et de Génétique Moléculaire, CEA/Saclay
- 1972 Deputy Head of the Service de Biochimie CEA/Saclay
- 1970 Head of Laboratory "Transcription of DNA"
- 1965 Permanent scientist at the CEA Saclay
Fields of Scholarship
- Isolation and characterization of constituents of the DNA transcription machineries
- Molecular interactions that lead to eukaryotic gene activation
Honours and Awards
- EMBO member since 1985
- Silver medal of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (1987)
- Research Director at the CEA (1993)
- Officier des Palmes Académiques (1995)
- Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite (2001)
- Chevalier de l'ordre de la Légion d'Honneur (2008)
- Correspondent-member of the French Academy of Sciences (1999)
- Member of Academia Europaea (1999)
- Member of the EMBO Council, of the FEBS fellowships Committee, of the HFSPO Molecular Grants Committee (1999-2003)
- Prix Charles-Léopold Mayer of the French Academy of Sciences (1997).
- Member of the French Academy of Sciences (2007)
