Marc Parmentier
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Belgium
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scientist, and professor at the Institute of Multi-disciplinary Research in Human and Molecular Biology (I.R.I.B.H.M.) of the Université Libre de Bruxelles
Université Libre de Bruxelles
The Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.-Name:...
(ULB). He obtained an M.D. in 1981, and a Ph.D. in 1990 at the ULB.
His research interest is on G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR), and of transgenic models of human pathologies. In 1999, he was awarded the Francqui Prize
Francqui Prize
The Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young Belgian scholar or scientist...
on Biological and Medical Sciences.
Awards
- 1985 - Marc Herlant prize
- 1991 - Galien prize of Pharmacology
- 1993 - Belgian Endocrine Society Lecture
- 1994 - Harrington De Vishere prize of the European Thyroid Association
- 1997 - Merck Sharpe and Dohme prize
- 1998 - Liliane Bettencourt Prize
- 1999 - Francqui PrizeFrancqui PrizeThe Francqui Prize is a prestigious Belgian scholarly and scientific prize, awarded each year since 1933 by the Francqui Foundation in recognition of the achievements of a young Belgian scholar or scientist...