Edith Heard

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Chief Executive Officer of the Francis Crick Institute

United KingdomBorn 1965 · age 61

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K. in September 2025, having previously served as Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) since January 2019. She is also Professor at the Collège de France, holding the Chair of Epigenetics and Cellular Memory.

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2026Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

2025Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

2024CNRS Gold medal

2020L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science

2017Inserm Grand Prix

2017ESHG Award

2013Fellow of the Royal Society

2010Knight of the National Order of Merit

2008CNRS silver medal

Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Connected to Edith 6

Alec JeffreysAlso won ESHG Award

Stanislas DehaeneAlso won Inserm Grand Prix

Claude HagègeAlso won CNRS Gold medal

Zhenan BaoAlso won L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science

Sarah TeichmannAlso won EMBO Membership

Bernard LahireAlso won CNRS silver medal

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Edith Heard is a British-French researcher in epigenetics who became Director and CEO of the Francis Crick Institute in London, U.K. in September 2025, having previously served as Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) since January 2019. She is also Professor at the Collège de France, holding the Chair of Epigenetics and Cellular Memory.

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Born 1965 · age 61

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