Maurice Nicloux Award
The Maurice Nicloux Award commemorates the first president and founder of the French Society of Biological Chemistry, created in 1914, which became the French Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SFBBM) in 1992.
Eligibility and selection criteria for the Maurice Nicloux Award
To recognize high-level scientific achievements, the Maurice Nicloux Award is presented annually by the SFBBM. It is open to Lecturers (Maîtres de Conférences), Research Associates (Chargés de Recherche), or equivalent positions, whose qualifications allow them to apply for promotion to Professor or Research Director, respectively. Candidates must have been SFBBM members for at least three consecutive years and are selected for either a body of work in Biochemistry and/or Molecular Biology or a particularly original and significant contribution in these fields.
The jury for the Maurice Nicloux Award is composed of members of the SFBBM Board of Directors.
The recipient of the Maurice Nicloux Award is honored during the SFBBM Annual Congress, where they receive the Maurice-Nicloux Medal and a €2,500 prize. On this occasion, the awardee delivers a lecture presenting their scientific work.
The latest winners
Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi
Inserm, IPMC, Sophia-Antipolis
Maxime Wery
Institut Curie, Paris
Célia Plisson-Chastang
CNRS, UMR 5099, Toulouse
Tamara Basta-Le-Berre
CNRS, UMR9198, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette
Ludovic Pelosi
Laboratoire UGA (Groupe Quinones Respiratoires), Grenoble
Cyril Bourgeois
ENS, Lyon
Odil Porrua
CNRS, UMR7592 (Institut Jacques Monod), Paris
Hervé Seitz
CNRS, UMR 9002 (Institut de génétique humaine), Montpellier
Michaël Ryckelynck
Biologie Digitale de l’ARN, UPR 9002, Architecture et réactivité de l’ARN, IBMC, Strasbourg.
Martin PICARD
CNRS UMR 7099, Laboratoire de Biologie Physico-chimique des protéines membranaires, IBPC
Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi
Inserm, IPMC, Sophia-Antipolis
Maurice Nicloux Award 2025
Maxime Wery
Institut Curie, Paris
Maurice Nicloux award 2024
Célia Plisson-Chastang
CNRS, UMR 5099, Toulouse
Maurice Nicloux award 2020
Tamara Basta-Le-Berre
CNRS, UMR9198, Institut de Biologie Intégrative de la Cellule (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette
Maurice Nicloux award 2023
Ludovic Pelosi
Laboratoire UGA (Groupe Quinones Respiratoires), Grenoble
Maurice Nicloux award 2022
Cyril Bourgeois
ENS, Lyon
Maurice Nicloux award 2021
Odil Porrua
CNRS, UMR7592 (Institut Jacques Monod), Paris
Maurice Nicloux award 2019
Hervé Seitz
CNRS, UMR 9002 (Institut de génétique humaine), Montpellier
Maurice Nicloux award 2018
Michaël Ryckelynck
Biologie Digitale de l’ARN, UPR 9002, Architecture et réactivité de l’ARN, IBMC, Strasbourg.
Maurice Nicloux award 2017
Martin PICARD
CNRS UMR 7099, Laboratoire de Biologie Physico-chimique des protéines membranaires, IBPC
Maurice Nicloux award 2016
Apply for the Maurice Nicloux Award
Applications must be submitted by March of each year. The exact deadline will be announced annually via email.
Required Documents:
Updated CV, including a summary of the candidate’s work and publications, formatted according to the downloadable guide below.
Any application received after the specified deadline will not be considered.
Photo highlights from award ceremonies at past conferences
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