Déborah Bourc'his

Déborah Bourc'his is a French researcher in Epigenetics. She is currently a team leader at the Curie Institute (Paris). Her research has been awarded the prize Liliane Bettencourt Prize for Life Sciences.

Education and academic appointments In 1996., she joins the laboratory of Evani Viegas-Pequignot to do a PhD in Genetics in at the Necker–Enfants Malades Hospital. There, she identifies methylation mutations on DNMT3B.

In 2000,

Research During her postdoctoral studies, she shows that germline cells require a specific stimulation to acquire DNA methylation, via the cofactor 3 DNMT3L.

Déborah Bourc'his runs a research team studying epigenetic decisions and reproduction Her research focuses on understanding the regulation of epigenetic information within the peri-conception window, from Gametogenesis to early embryonic development. She has published several key publications in the field. Her work has been awarded several prestigious prizes.

Awards 2017: Lilianne Bettencourt Schueller prize for research in life sciences 2010: Prize from Schlumberger Foundation for Education and Research