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The jury, chaired by Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Nobel Prize of Medicine 2008, awarded Françoise Soussaline the prize in the "Top female scientific company career" category, to reward a woman who has dedicated her remarkable scientific and technical skills to a career in research within a company or who has contributed to the creation of an innovative firm.
This award highlights and encourages a woman who has distinguished herself through exemplary scientific activity within the field of French research. Françoise Soussaline will be awarded her prize in June 2010 by Valérie Pecresse, the Minister for Higher Education and Research.
More information is available on the Ministry of Higher Education and Research' website: http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/cid50774/les-laureates-du-9e-prix-irene-joliot-curie.htm
Françoise Soussaline is a PhD in Molecular Spectroscopy and D.Sc in Biophysics under the guidance of Pr Georges Charpak, Physics Nobel Prize. Trained in Paris, France and in the USA, she was Assistant Professor at Paris Medical Faculty, Researcher at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Pr Maurice Tubiana), and Head of the Instrumentation and Biomedical Sciences Group at the Atomic Energy Commission for the design and development of PET (Pr André Syrota). Françoise founded IMSTAR in 1985, incorporated in 1990, and since then, she is the President and Chief Scientific Officer. IMSTAR is a high tech company specialized in the design, development and marketing of Automated Cellular Imaging Systems based on Pathfinder™ patented technology for Genetic toxicology, Cytogenetics and Cyto-Pathology in research and assisted diagnostic, as well as tumor cells detection and therapeutic staging. IMSTAR is an active partner or project leader of several EU and French consortia.
Since 2006, she is a representative of innovative SMEs as member of the executive board of Medicen Paris Region Biocluster, for innovation and technology transfer in Biomedical business and promotion of Health advanced technologies at the European Commission level.
She was awarded by the Ministry of Industry, in 1997, Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur for her contribution to Bio-medical innovation in Industrial research.
Contact: francoise.soussaline@imstarsa.com
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