Valérie Castellani, Thierry Chartier, and Daniel Le Berre are the recipients of the 2018 CNRS Innovation Medals. All three will be handed their medals during a ceremony held on October 10 in Paris. Since 2011, CNRS Innovation Medals have recognized scientists whose outstanding research has led to innovations having notable technological, economic, therapeutic, or social impacts. Valérie Castellani - A CNRS researcher specialized in developmental biology and affiliated with the Institut NeuroMyoGène (CNRS / INSERM / Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University), Castellani studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms behind the generation of neurons in the embryo, their migration, and the establishment of their nerve connections. Her work has led to the development of various experimental approaches that she has in turn applied to research into pediatric cancers. Castellani has developed a patented innovation that allows cancer cells sampled from patients to be inserted into bird embryos, where they may develop just as they would in the patients' bodies, providing an accurate model of tumor evolution. This is a major breakthrough for personalized medicine.
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