Jean Claude Ameisen (born 22 December 1951) is a French doctor,
immunologist and
researcher in biology . He is Director of the Center for Life Studies of the Paris Institute of Humanities,
Paris Diderot University
Paris Diderot University, also known as Paris 7 (french: Université Paris Diderot), was a French university located in Paris, France. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 universities in 197 ... and President of the National Consultative Ethics Committee (2012–2016).
He has published several works and hosts the radio show ''
Sur les épaules de Darwin ''.
Biography
Family
His father, Emanuel Ameisen, with
Polish and Jewish origins , emigrated to Paris in the 1930s, where he became an engineer after completing studies in Grenoble. His mother Janine Ameisen was a painter and survivor of Auschwitz. She then lived in the United States where Jean Claude Ameisen was born.
He is the older brother of
Olivier Ameisen
Olivier Ameisen (25 June 1953 – 18 July 2013) was a French-American cardiologist who wrote a best-selling book about curing alcoholism using the drug baclofen.
Education and career
Ameisen began his medical studies in 1969 at age 16 at Uni ... , a doctor who successfully experimented with baclofen against alcohol dependence,
and Éva Ameisen, stomatologist and songwriter.
Career
He studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and the École Alsacienne, then studied medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Cochin and Lille University Hospital where he did his internship. He specializes in pneumology and focuses on immunology research within INSERM. He was a postdoctoral fellow then associate researcher in immunology at Yale University School of Medicine (1986–1987). He was a lecturer and hospital practitioner in immunology at Lille University Hospital (1989–1996). In 1994, he was appointed director of the Inserm U415 unit at the Institut Pasteur in Lille. In 1996, he was appointed Visiting Associate Professor at the Institute of Allergy and Immunology at La Jolla (LIAI) in California and, in 1998, Professor of Immunology at Bichat Hospital (Paris-Diderot University).
In September 2011, he was appointed director of the Centre for Life Studies at the Paris Institute of Humanities.
Functions on ethics committees
Jean Claude Ameisen was president of the INSERM ethics committee from 2003 to 2012, and in 2005 became a member of the National Consultative Ethics Committee (CCNE). On 3 October 2012, on the proposal of the President of the Republic François Hollande, the Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly and that of the Senate approved his appointment to the presidency of the CCNE to replace Alain Grimfeld having completed his term. He took office on 9 November 2012, he became honorary president at the time of the appointment of Jean-François Delfraissy on 14 December 2016.
He was president of the Ethics and Scientific Committee of the International Foundation for Applied Research on Disability (FIRAH) from 2009 to 2013.
Other activities
Author of many essays on science, he is, since September 2010, the creator and the host of the show ''Sur les épaules de Darwin'' on
France Inter radio.
He was .resident of the French Conference for Biodiversity held in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in May 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, then the National Strategy for Biodiversity Review Committee in 2011.
In July 2011, he joined Martine Aubry's campaign team for the 2012 presidential election, in charge, with Charlotte Brun, of the subject "Elderly people, Dependency, and Disability".
In 2016, he became the sponsor of the ECN 2020 promotion at Nancy's Faculty of Medicine.
Scientific contributions
Jean Claude Ameisen is mainly known for his work on the processes of programmed cell death or apoptosis in physiopathology and evolution.
Works
* ''La sculpture du vivant : le
suicide cellulaire ou la mort créatrice'',
éditions du Seuil
Éditions du Seuil (), also known as ''Le Seuil'', is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil'' ... , 1999 ; Points Seuil, 2003
* ''Qu'est-ce que mourir ?'' en collaboration avec
Danièle Hervieu-Léger
Danièle Hervieu-Léger (born 3 February 1947) is a French sociologist specialized in the sociology of religion.
Biography
A graduate of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris with a doctorate in sociology, she is also editor of the journal ' ... et Emmanuel Hirsch, éditions Le Pommier /
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie
The Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie ("City of Science and Industry", abbreviated la CSI) or simply CSI is the biggest science museum in Europe. Located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, it is one of the three dozen French Cultur ... , 2003 , 2010
* ''Quand l'art rencontre la science'', en collaboration avec Yvan Brohard et l'
Inserm , éditions de
La Martinière , 2007 ; 2009
* ''Dans la lumière et les ombres :
Darwin
Darwin may refer to:
Common meanings
* Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
* Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ... et le bouleversement du monde'',
éditions Fayard
Fayard (complete name: ''Librairie Arthème Fayard'') is a French Paris-based publishing house established in 1857. Fayard is controlled by Hachette Livre.
In 1999, Éditions Pauvert became part of Fayard. Claude Durand was director of Fayard ... /
éditions du Seuil
Éditions du Seuil (), also known as ''Le Seuil'', is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil'' ... , 2008 ; Points Seuil, 2011
* ''Les couleurs de l'oubli'', en collaboration avec François Arnold,
éditions de l'Atelier
The Éditions de l'Atelier is a French publishing house.éditions Hermann , 2010
* ''Sur les épaules de Darwin : les battements du temps'', France Inter / Les liens qui libèrent, 2012
* ''Sur les épaules de Darwin : Je t'offrirai des spectacles admirables'', France Inter / Les liens qui libèrent, 2013
* ''Les couleurs de l'oubli (Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée)'', avec François Arnold, Les Editions de l'Atelier , 2014.
* ''Sur les épaules de Darwin : Retrouver l'aube'', France Inter / Les liens qui libèrent, 2014
* ''Les chants mêlés de la Terre et de l'Humanité'', éd. de l'Aube, 2015
Radio
* '' Sur les épaules de Darwin '', France Inter , since 2010. Grand Prix des Médias 2013 from CB News Awards and recognition
* 1992 : Winner of l'Académie Nationale de Médecine
Situated at 16 Rue Bonaparte in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the Académie nationale de médecine (National Academy of Medicine) was created in 1820 by King Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the instituti ... Inserm / Académie des sciences .
* 1997 : Winner of BNP /Fondation pour la recherche médicale.
* 2000 : Prix Jean-Rostand (given by Mouvement universel de la responsabilité scientifique and the Association des écrivains scientifiques de France) and prix Biguet from the Académie française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ... References
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1951 births
Living people
French immunologists
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Paris Diderot University alumni
Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni
French radio presenters
People from New York City
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