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Axel Kahn

French geneticist · France · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1944 to 2021 · aged 76

Axel Kahn was a French geneticist. He was the brother of the journalist Jean-François Kahn and the chemist Olivier Kahn. He was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004 and worked in gene therapy. He first entered the INSERM with a specialization in biochemistry.

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2021Died5 July 20212003Honorary Doctorate at the Laval UniversityAward1990CNRS silver medalAwardGrand prix de la francophonieAwardGrande médaille de la francophonieAward1961Concours généralAward1944Born5 September 1944

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Honorary Doctorate at the Laval University2003
Grande médaille de la francophonie1990
Grand prix de la francophonie1990
CNRS silver medal1990
Concours général1961
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Commander of the National Order of Merit
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Officer of the Order of Agricultural Merit
Honorary Doctor of the University of Sherbrooke
Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
Honorary Doctorate from the Université de Montréal

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He was named in 2002 as a counsellor for biosciences and biotechnologies matters by the European Commission. Head of French laboratories specialized in biomedical sciences between years 1984 and 2007, he was elected President of the Paris Descartes University in December 2007, as the sole candidate.

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France
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1944 to 2021 · aged 76

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