Pouyssegur Jacques

Jacques Pouyssegur is a distinguished researcher in biochemistry and molecular biology, affiliated with the Centre de Biochimie CNRS at the University of Nice and the Centre A. Lacassagne in Nice, France. His career spans over five decades, with notable sabbaticals at institutions like MIT's Whitehead Institute and the NIH. He specializes in cellular mechanisms underlying cancer, growth factors, and metabolic pathways.

• Positions: Researcher at CNRS (since 1978), post-doctoral fellowships at NIH and University of Leicester, and sabbatical collaborations at MIT and University of San Francisco.
• Research Focus: Investigates cell division control, tumor microenvironment, angiogenesis, and signaling pathways (e.g., MAP kinases, hypoxia).

Recipient of prestigious awards including the Sir Hans Krebs Medal (2002) and the Carl Cori Lecture Award (2008), he is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, EMBO, and multiple international scientific societies. His work has been cited over 28,500 times, with an H-index of 93.

Labs/Teams: Active at the Centre A. Lacassagne, a leading cancer research institute.