Ethel Moustacchi

Ethel Moustacchi (21 August 1933 - 13 December 2016) was an Egyptian-born French geneticist and research director of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). She was a leading figure in molecular biology and radiobiology research. From 1988, she headed the Société française de génétique (French Genetic Society). After first attending an Italian-speaking primary school, she became a student at the French lycée in Cairo where she passed her baccalauréat.

Career Moustacchi left France to pursue postdoctoral studies in the United States and collaborated with Donald Williamson in Herschel L. Roman's laboratory at Washington State University in Seattle.

Awards and commemoration Moustacchi was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1999 and promoted to Officier in 2013.

In 2011, Ethel Moustacchi received the Prix d'honneur de l'Inserm for her life's work. She was also the recipient of the Pierre and Marie Curie Medal from the International Society for Radiobiology in French. 6,4,4′-Trimethylangelicin photoadduct immunodetection in DNA: induction and repair in Fanconi's anemia and normal human fibroblasts Round table - DNA repair pathways and dose responses to ionizing radiations Moustacchi EDNA damage and repair: consequences on dose-responses. Mutat Res 464: 35-40 Distribution and Repair of Bipyrimidine Photoproducts in Solar UV-irradiated Mammalian Cells FANCD1 et BRCA2, un seul et même gène? Fanconi anemia: Genes and function(s) revisited Sensitivity to photoaddition of mono- and bifunctional furocoumarins of X-ray sensitive mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae EXCISION OF PYRIMIDINE DIMERS FROM THE NUCLEAR DNA OF A HAPLOID RESPIRATION‐DEFICIENT (ρ) STRAIN OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE Un rôle pour les UVA dans les dommages solaires causés à l'ADN Biologie cellulaire et moléculaire de l'anémie de Fanconi Researchgate records 245 publications by Moustachi