INSERM Prize to Denis Duboule.
Denis Duboule
Denis Duboule is the 2010 awardee of the prestigious International INSERM Prize.
This award honors his entire scientific career, among which his important discovery of Hox genes in mammals. Denis Duboule (Laboratory of Developmental Genomics), worldwide specialist of genetics of development is a pioneer of research on Hox genes, or “architect genes”, responsible for coordinating body patterning during embryonic life. His discovery of Hox genes in mammals has allowed the expansion of a highly active research domain. More info