Christine Petit
Christine Petit | |
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| Born | February 4, 1948 Laignes, France |
| Occupation(s) | Geneticist, Professor |
| Known for | Genetics of deafness, auditory genetics |
Christine Petit (born 4 February 1948) is a distinguished French geneticist who holds professorial positions at both the Collège de France and the Pasteur Institute.
Biography
Petit was born in Laignes in 1948. She pursued her studies at the Paris-based teaching hospital, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, as well as at the Pasteur Institute. Her postdoctoral work was conducted at the Centre for Molecular Research located in Gif-sur-Yvette and later in Basel.
Since 2002, she has been an esteemed member of the Academy of Science. Her scientific investigations concentrate on the genetics underlying deafness, where she leads the INSERM research team titled "Génétique et physiologie de l’audition." She is widely acknowledged as a leading figure in the field of auditory genetics.
In collaboration with Karen Steel, Petit was honored with the Royal Society Brain Prize in 2012, recognizing their pioneering contributions to understanding the genetic basis of hearing loss and deafness.
Prizes and honours
- 1999: Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer, awarded by the Academy of Sciences
- 2004: L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
- 2006: Recipient of the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine
- 2007: INSERM's Grand Prix for Medical Research
- 2012: Shared the Royal Society Brain Prize with Karen Steel
- 2016: Elected Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences
- Knighted in the Legion of Honour
- Officer rank within the National Order of Merit
- 2018: Awarded the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience alongside James Hudspeth and Robert Fettiplace
- 2020: Joint recipient of the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize with Hudspeth and Fettiplace
- 2021: Honored with the Gruber Prize in Neuroscience, shared with Christopher A. Walsh