Geneviève ALMOUZNI

**Personal** Name: Geneviève Almouzni Date of birth: August 9, 1960 Nationality: French Married, one Child: Emmanuel (Dec 5,1990) **Position** **Director of Research CNRS** **Honorary Director RC Institut Curie** **Group leader** **Chromatin Dynamics team**, UMR3664, Institut Curie, Paris, France ORCID: 0000-0001-5570-0723 **Education/Institution & location** **Degree** **Year(s)** **Field of study** CNRS- IPGR (Giovanni Domenico Cassini Class) 1998-99 Management qualification Habilitation for Direction of Research (HDR) HDR 1996 Chromatin Biology University Paris VI, France PhD 1988 Microbiology Ecole Normale Supérieure - University Paris VI & Institut Pasteur, France Master 1985 Microbiology – Virology Ecole Normale Supérieure Fontenay aux Roses & University Paris VI, France Agregation & B.S. 1980-84 1984 Biochemistry & Nutrition Biochemistry Current & Previous Positions 2015 – now **Director of Research (DRCE) CNRS & honorary Director, Research Center** at Institut Curie 1994 – now **Group leader of the Chromatin Dynamics team**, UMR3664, Institut Curie, Paris, France 2013 – 2018 **Director of the Research Center** at Institut Curie, Paris, France 2009 – 2013 **Deputy Director for the Research Center- Educational Programme** at Institut Curie 2000 – 2015 **Director of the Nuclear Dynamics Dept (UMR3664)** **(DR1** CNRS) 1999 – 2000 Director of the Genotoxicology and Modulation of the Gene Expression Dept (UMR218) 1994 – 1998 **CNRS ATIPE/ Junior team, Chromatin Dynamics**, UMR 144, I. Curie, Paris, France (CR1 CNRS) 1991 – 1993 **Postdoctoral Associate**: EMBO & Fogarty, National Institute of Health, USA 1989 – 1993 **CNRS Research Scientist (CR2)**, Institut J. Monod, Paris, France 1988 – 1989 **Post-doctoral Fellow**: short term EMBO, National Institute of Health, USA 1985 – 1988 **PhD thesis**, Institut J. Monod, Paris, France **Major scientific responsabilities & Grants (latest)** 2018 – now **Co-Chair of the European initiative LifeTime,** with Prof. N. Rajewski (MDC, Berlin, Germany) https://lifetime-fetflagship.eu/ 2018 – 2020 **Chair of EU-LIFE**, alliance of 13 European Institutes : http://eu-life.eu/ 2016 – 2021 **Leader of the ERC Advanced Grant-** ChromADICT 2018 – 2022 **Partner of MSCA – ITN 2018:** ChromDesign: Chromatin architecture and Design 2017 – 2021 **Partner of MSCA – ITN** **2017:** EpiSystem 2013 – 2018 **Director of the Research Center** at the Institut Curie, Paris, France 2012 – 2019 **Coordinator** **of the LABEX** (Laboratory of Excellence): **DEEP** Development, Epigenesis, Epigenetics & life-time Potential with Prof. E. Heard (I. Curie): http://www.labex-deep.fr/ 2020 – 2025 **Coordinator** **of the LABEX DEEP** (renewed) with Dr. P. Leopold 2010 – 2016 **Coordinator of the European Network of Excellence** EpiGeneSys 2000 – 2015 **Director of the Nuclear Dynamics Dept**, UMR3664, Institut Curie, Paris, France Since 1994 **Team Leader, Chromatin Dynamics,** Institut Curie, Paris, France **Distinctions & Awards** 2019 – 2023 Member of the ERC Council 2017 Trophy XXI for Diversity 2017, Officer of the Merit Order 2016 Special Star of Europe Award 2016 for the European Network EpiGeneSys 2015 European Academy of Cancer Sciences – Fellow 2014 Grand prix de Fondation de la Recherche Médicale (FRM), France 2013 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award 2013 Fellow of American Ass. for the Advancement of Science, of French Academy of Sciences 2011 Grand Prix Louis D. Institut de France, Knight of the Legion of Honors 2007 Member of Academia Europaea, Knight of the Merit Order 2006 Grand Prix Cino et Simone del Duca Fondation by the Institut de France 2003 Prize from La Ligue contre le Cancer, France 2000 EMBO Member, CNRS Silver Medal, Paris, France **Education and mentoring Activities** 2009 – 2013: **Deputy Director - Educational Program**, Research Center at I. Curie Since 2004: **Regular involvement in international** **courses (Master and PhD levels)** in France and Europe. Since 1996: **PhD & HDR committees**: over 70 in France, UK, Switzerland, etc. **Mentoring Graduate students and Post-doctoral fellows,** alumni now independent group leaders with academic positions in universities (including ERC awardees), industries & patent law firms. **Promoting career of Junior PI:** support and mentoring via the LabEx DEEP and the EpiGeneSys network. **Promoting women in sciences**, through mentees and the LIBRA initiative as chair of EU Life and conferences **Engagement for scientific integrity**, workshops at the Institut Curie and development of a dedicated course. **Science Dissemination & Policy** · **Organisation of international conferences**: including EMBO Conference, Keystone Symp, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Symposium, … · **Invited speaker** to conferences and symposiums including as keynote speaker (>350). · **Science policy contribution** through EU Life and LifeTime for example: white papers · **Science for citizens:** interviews on the media, with Labex DEEP initiatives and with LifeTime actions.