Francoise Barre-Sinoussi
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008
Nobel co-recipients: Harald zur Hausen, Luc Montagnier
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Name: Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Birth: 30 July 1947, Paris, France
Residence: Regulation of Retroviral Infections Unit, Virology Department, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Award: “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus.”
Portion of Cash: 1/3
Award: “for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus.”
Nobel Prize Cash & Philanthropy
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi shared one half of the Nobel Prize money with Luc Montagnier. She was awarded 2.5 million Swedish crowns [$600,000]. She planned to use the money on HIV research.