Brigitte Kieffer
| Brigitte Kieffer | |
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| Nationality | French |
Dr. Brigitte Kieffer (born ) is a French molecular neurobiologist known for her research of opiate receptors. She has worked at UCLA in California.
Life
Kieffer became a Professor at the Universite Louis Pasteur in 1994 in Strasbourg. Dr. Kieffer is a Visiting Professor at the UCLA and Group Leader at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology.[1]
She joined the Academie des sciences in December 2013. In 2014 she was given the L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science.[2]
Publications
- Charbogne P., B. Kieffer, Befort K. (2014). 15 Years of genetic Approaches in vivo for addiction research: Opioid receptor and peptide gene knockout in mouse models of drug abuse, Neuropharmacology
- Lutz EP Kieffer B. (2013) Opioid receptors. Distinct roles in mood disorders, Trends Neurosci, 36 (3), 195-206.
References
- ↑ Brigitte Kieffer PhD, UCLA, retrieved 4 April 2014
- ↑ "16th Annual L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science - 2014". UNESCO. Retrieved 6 May 2014.