!!Alain Fischer - Curriculum Vitae \\ __Degrees__ \\ \\ MD (1979) - PhD (1979) \\ \\ __Professional address__ \\ \\ Unité d’Immunologie et d’Hématologie Pédiatriques, INSERM U 768\\ University Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades – 149, Rue de Sèvres 75 743 PARIS cedex 15 \\ \\ __Training__ \\ \\ ''Medical:'' Residency in pediatrics (1975-1979)\\ Assistant Professor in pediatric immunology (1981-1984) (Hospital Necker)\\ ''Research :'' Master in Biochemistry 1975\\ PhD 1979 (Université Paris Jussieu) \\ Post doctoral fellowship University College London. M Feldmann, PCL Beverley (1980-1981) (Human antigen-specific T cell clones) \\ \\ __Academic appointments__ \\ *1984-1988: Tenure medical position in the Pediatric Immunology, Department , Hospital Necker *1988-present: Professor of Pediatric Immunology (Université Paris Descartes) *2006-present Professor at Institut Universitaire de France *1996-present: Director of the Pediatric Immunology Department, Hospital Necker *1982-1991: Group leader – INSERM Unit 132, Hospital Necker *1991-present: Director of INSERM unit 768 « Développement Normal et Pathologique du Système Immunitaire » Hospital Necker, Université Paris Descartes. *2009 Director of the Research Institute of Genetic Diseases (Imagine), Hospital Necker, Université Paris Descartes \\ __Honors and awards__ \\ *Jung Preis für Medizin (Hamburg), 1998 *Louis Jeantet Prize (Geneva), 2001 *Novartis Prize for clinical immunology, 2001 *Member of EMBO, 2002 *Member of the French Science Academy, 2002 *A. Philipson Prize (Stockholm), 2003 *Honorary degree of the University of Zurich, 2005 *Descartes Prize (European Community), 2005 *Molecular Medicine prize (University of Debrecen),2007 *Grand Prix INSERM, 2008 *Member of the Academia Europea, 2009 \\ __Main areas of research__ \\ *Development of the lymphoid system *Primary immunodeficiencies *Genetics of immunological disorders *Gene therapy \\ __Appointments during the last years__ \\ *Director of Ecole Doctorale (PhD programme) “genetics, immunology and development” Université Paris Descartes, Paris (1994-1996) *President of the Immunology Committee at INSERM (1994-1998) *Member of the Scientific Committee of Association Française contre les Myopathies (AFM) (1998-2002) *President of the Scientific Committee of Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale (2000 -2002) *Adviser for Medical Research at the Ministery of Research (1999-2001) *Director of the French Program « Research on rare diseases » (2002-2005) *Member of the Scientific advisory Board, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy (2002-present) *Member of the Scientific Board of the Ville de Paris (2003-present) *Member of the Initiative Committee on the reform of the French research system (2004) *Member of the Scientific advisory Committee, Riken Immunology Institute, Yokohama, Japan (2004-present) *Member of the Scientific Committee “Programme Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique” (Health ministery) (2005-2007) *Vice-President of the board of the Pasteur Institute (2005-present) *Member of the French National Ethical Committee (2005–2009) *Member of the ExecutiveCommittee of the European Journal of Immunology and of the editorial Committee of International Immunology *Member of the advisory editorial boards of EMBO Journal (2005-2008), EMBO Reports (2005-2008), EMBO Molecular Medicine,and PloS Medicine, Corresponding Editor of Annual Review of Immunology *Member of the board of reviewing editors (BORE) of the Science Magazine (2006-present)