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Dr. Cossart received her M.S. in chemistry from Georgetown University in 1971 and her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Paris in 1977. She conducted postdoctoral research at the Pasteur Institute.
In 1998, she received the Richard Lounsberry Prize and the L'Oreal/UNESCO Award for Women in Science; in 2000, the Swedish Society of Medicine awarded her the Louis Pasteur Gold Medal. She received the Valade Prize from the Fondation de France in 2003, the INSERM Prize in fundamental research in 2005, and the 2007 GlaxoSmithKline International Member of the Year Award. She has also received the 2007 Robert Koch Prize and the 2008 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine. Dr. Cossart is "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur" and "Officier de l'Ordre du Mérite."
Dr. Cossart is president of the Conseil Scientifique of the Pasteur Institute and member of the French Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Microbiology, and the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina. She holds the title of professor and is director of the Cell Biology and Infection Department at the Pasteur Institute of Paris and head of the Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules at that institute. Her unit is affiliated with INSERM and INRA.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Pascale Cossart is investigating infection by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, one of the best models for studying intracellular parasitism, host tissue tropism, and crossing of host barriers. She is characterizing the molecular strategies Listeria uses to infect cells, disseminate into tissues, and breach the host's intestinal, placental, and blood-brain barriers.
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