The Institut Jacques Monod is proud to announce the election of Nicolas MINC as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Congratulations to him!
Nicolas Minc, CNRS research director, is a physicist by training. After defending his doctoral dissertation at the Institut Curie in 2005, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University (New York, USA), where he studied morphogenesis and cell division in yeast and sea urchin embryos by combining approaches from physics and biology. In 2013, he established his research team, “Spatial Organization of the Cell,” at the Institut Jacques Monod.
Currently, the Minc team is studying how cells establish their morphology and internal organization to perform their specific functions. The team takes a multidisciplinary approach and uses various organisms to identify the general principles that govern cellular and multicellular morphogenesis. One of the team’s hallmarks is its integration and development of cutting-edge quantitative approaches, such as microfabrication, force measurements, mathematical modeling, and image analysis tools, to elucidate fundamental questions of morphogenesis.
Awards
- 2013: Emergence(s) Prize from the City of Paris.
- 2014: Recipient of the ERC Consolidator Grant for the FORCASTER project: Force, Motion, and Positioning of Microtubule Aster
- 2018: Recipient of the CNRS Bronze Medal
- 2020: Recipient of the Bettencourt Coups d’élan Prize for French Research
- 2024: Appointed Deputy Director of the Jacques Monod Institute
- 2024: Recipient of the Impulscience Prize awarded by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation
- 2026: Elected as a member of EMBO
About EMBO
EMBO stands for excellence in life sciences
EMBO is an organization of more than 2,200 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences in Europe and beyond. The major goals of the organization are to support talented researchers at all stages of their careers, stimulate the exchange of scientific information, and help build a research environment where scientists can achieve their best work.
EMBO helps young scientists to advance their research, promote their international reputation and ensure their mobility. Courses, workshops, lectures and EMBO Press publications disseminate the latest research and offer training in techniques to maintain high standards of excellence in research practice. EMBO helps to shape science policy by seeking input and feedback from our communities and by following closely the trends in science. For more information visit: embo.org
About EMBO Membership
EMBO Members are a community of more than 2,200 EMBO Members and Associate Members. Election as a member recognizes research excellence and outstanding achievements, and membership is a lifelong honour. EMBO Members guide the execution of all EMBO Programmes and activities by serving on EMBO Council, Committees and Advisory Editorial Boards, and review applications for funding. EMBO Associate Members, who reside outside Europe, add a global perspective to the current activities and future directions of the organization.
By participating in the work of EMBO, the members collectively influence the direction of science and strengthen research communities in Europe and beyond. An annual election process ensures that the EMBO Membership represents a broad range of research fields and adapts to emerging trends.