Born on February 7, 1931, in Mulhouse. Died on May 5, 2026, in Strasbourg.
Academic Positions
- 1956–1961: Research Assistant at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, Strasbourg School of Medicine
- 1962–1966: Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry at the Strasbourg School of Medicine
- 1966–1967: Research fellowship (funded by the International Union Against Cancer) in the laboratory of Prof. A. Kornberg, Stanford University, California, United States
- 1967–1985: Professor without a chair at Louis Pasteur University, U.E.R. Medical Sciences, Strasbourg
- 1985–1991: Professor by special appointment at Louis Pasteur University, Medical Sciences Division, Strasbourg
- 1991–1993: Professor at the Institut universitaire de France, Faculty of Medicine, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg
- 1993–2002: Professor at the Collège de France, holder of the Chair of Molecular Genetics
Hospital Positions
- 1972–: Hospital Physician – Head of the Biochemistry Laboratories for Surgical Clinics A and B at the Hospices Civils de Strasbourg
Research Positions
- 1977–present: Director of the Laboratory of Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics (LGME) (an independent CNRS laboratory)
- 1978–: Director of Unit 184 for Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering at Inserm
- 1994–present: Director of the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), CNRS/Inserm/Louis Pasteur University/Collège de France
- 1999–present: Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Genomics Program at the Ministry of Research; Director of the Strasbourg Alsace-Lorraine Genomics Cluster