Francois Jean-Marc Iris

Background

Iris, Francois Jean-Marc Son of Marc Henry and Bruna Iris.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, University Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1985.

Career

Medical Research Council postdoctoral fellow Christchurch School Medicine, 1986—1987, research fellow, lecturer, 1987—1989. Team leader CEPH, Paris, 1989—1992. Head department Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, 1993—1995.

Vice president science & technical ValiGene, Paris, 1996—2001, San Diego. President & CSO Bio-Modeling Systems, Paris, since 2002. Lecturer Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, Paris, since 2003, Ecole Central Paris, 2003—2006, Institute Supérieur de Technologie et Management, Noisy-le-Grand, France, 2003—2009, Ecole National Supérieure de Chimie & Physique Industrielle, Paris, since 2004, Ecole de l'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Paris, since 2006.

Director Pherecydes Pharma, Paris, since 2006.

Achievements

• Achievements include discovery of novel mode of treatment for psychiatric disorders, genetic mutations associated with MODY2 diabetes & gene responsible for polycystic kidney disease. Patents for invention of multi-sites targeted mutagenesis, technology for reversible arrest of lytic virus replication, high-efficiency population level recombination technology & mutS-based soustractive gene-expression profiling. Patents for invention of mutS-based & multiplex sequencing-free genotyping technology.

Membership

Tink-tank coordinator Centrale-Santé, Paris, 2001.

Connections

Married Eliane Anne Pailhes, August 12, 1994.

Father:

Marc Henry

Mother:

Bruna Iris

Spouse:

Eliane Anne Pailhes