Patrice Codogno MD, MS

Patrice Codogno is the Research Director of the French Institute for Health and Medical research (INSERM) and a group leader at the Institut Necker-Enfants Malades (INEM). His research is dedicated to basic aspects of autophagy, including membrane dynamics, autophagy signaling and the role of autophagy in the stress response to mechanical stress and cancer treatment. Patrice Codogno obtained his PhD in 1984 from the University Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. He obtained a permanent junior researcher position at INSERM in 1985. He became a group leader in 1989. His research was focused on glycoprotein biosynthesis, trafficking and degradation. From 1999 to 2012 he was the Director of an INSERM laboratory with focus on glycobiology and autophagy.