Gilles Thomas

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Gilles Thomas (1946-2014) graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in 1970 and pursued a highly productive career in biology and medicine. After completing his PhD in biochemistry at University Paris VII, during which time he worked on the tertiary structure of E. Coli tRNAs in the laboratory of François Gros, he obtained a medical degree at the Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital. Subsequently, he sought postdoctoral training in Norway and the USA. While a post-doctoral fellow, he published his first Nature paper on the structure of the amylase gene family in rat and was also awarded a laureate from the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine. By 1982, he established a vibrant research group at the Institut Curie, focused on the emerging field of cancer genetics. The main research focuses of his lab were on hereditary predisposition to cancer, particularly colon cancer, and on genetic abnormalities of human chromosome 22, projects he developed in strong interaction with Bernard Dutrillaux and Alain Aurias. In this environment, he trained a generation of French cancer geneticists in his laboratory, many of whom have become international leaders in the field, including Olivier Delattre, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Sylviane Olschwang, Annette Schmitz, Jessica Zucman and Anne Vincent-Salomon. He also developed a biology course at the Ecole Polytechnique.

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