Pr. Cédric Blanpain received the 2019 AstraZeneca Price

Prof. Cédric Blanpain was awarded the price for biomedical research 2019 from the AstraZeneca Foundation.  Every two years, the AstraZeneca Foundation, together with the Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique (ARMB) and the Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde van België (KAGB), awards a prize to a Belgian biomedical scientist for research that has contributed, or could contribute, to improving human health.  S.A.R. Princess Astrid gave this distinction to Prof. Blanpain at the Royal Academy in Brussels. Jean-Claude Marcourt, the Belgian’s French Community Minister for Research, together with other guests including the members of the Blanpain’s lab, were also present at the ceremony. 

Crédits : AstraZeneca Foundation – Laurent Dubrule

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