Jean Rossier

Jean Rossier
Born(1944-06-18)18 June 1944
Brussels, German-occupied Belgium and Northern France
DiedJanuary 2026(2026-01-00) (aged 81)
EducationCollège de France
OccupationsBiologist
Academic

Jean Rossier (18 June 1944 – January 2026) was a Belgian biologist.[1] He was a professor of biology at ESPCI Paris until his retirement in 2012 and was a member of the French Academy of Sciences.[2]

Life and career

Born in Brussels on 18 June 1944, Rossier studied medicine in his home city before earning a doctorate in biology in 1969 at the Collège de France under the direction of Jacques Glowinski.[3] He worked as a researcher for Tufts University School of Medicine and at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology. After the biology department at ESPCI Paris was founded by Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Rossier became a professor and researcher there, working on techniques of the polymerase chain reaction.[4] He also founded a startup called Genescore, which developed biotechnology for DNA microarrays.[5] In 2003, he joined the scientific council of Gaz de France.[6] A major advocate for teaching innovation and research in engineering schools,[7] he created the Fondation pour les Sciences du Cerveau.[8] Some of his main research included β-Carbolines[9] and interneurons.[10]

Rossier died in January 2026, at the age of 81.[11]

Distinctions

References

  1. ^ Filloux, Nathalie (14 January 2026). "Décès de Jean Rossier, président de Parole et Musique". ResMusica (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Jean ROSSIER". French Academy of Sciences (in French). Archived from the original on 10 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Jean Rossier : la biologie et la biopuce". Canal Académie (in French). Archived from the original on 23 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Quarante ans de neurosciences avec Jean Rossier, de l'Académie des sciences". Canal Académie (in French). Archived from the original on 24 January 2010.
  5. ^ "GENESCORE Start-up de biotechnologie spécialisée dans la conception et la fabrication de puces oligonucléotides". La Gazette du Laboratoire (in French). Archived from the original on 28 November 2006.
  6. ^ "Jean Rossier" (PDF). French Academy of Sciences (in French).
  7. ^ Rossier, Jean (12 January 2010). "Université-grandes écoles, les batailles stériles". Libération (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  8. ^ "Jean Rossier - Créateur de la Fondation pour les Science du Cerveau". Fondation pour les Science du Cerveau (in French). Archived from the original on 18 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Jean ROSSIER". ESPCI Paris (in French). Archived from the original on 6 March 2001.
  10. ^ "Les neurones du sommeil enfin capturés dans le cerveau". University of Geneva (in French).
  11. ^ Arden, Charles (15 January 2026). "Décès de Jean Rossier, Président passionné de Parole et Musique". Olyrix (in French). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
  12. ^ "Mentoring". Nature.
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