The 2019 Bettencourt Prize for Young Researchers was awarded to Jean-Philippe Désilles, a post-doctoral fellow, for his research on the cellular and molecular mechanisms at play during a stroke.

The dark side of white blood cells

Dr. Bennabi studied the various errors that occur during oocyte formation, including misalignment or maldistribution of chromosomes between cells during division.

Jean-Philippe Désilles in a few words

2013: Doctorate in medicine: “Prognostic impact of blood-brain barrier rupture after endovascular treatment of cerebral infarcts”, under the supervision of Professor Mikael Mazighi, University of Lyon 1 - Specialization in Neurology

2017: Doctoral dissertation: “Microvascular damage in the acute phase of cerebral ischemia: from thrombosis to hemorrhage", under the supervision of Professor Mikael Mazighi and Dr. Benoit Ho-Tin-Noé, Vascular Translational Research Laboratory, University of Paris Diderot, Hematology, Oncogenesis and Biotherapies Graduate School - Specialization in the Biology of Cardiovascular Disease

Post-doctorate under the supervision of Dr. Denisa D. Wagner, Cellular and Molecular Medicine Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Bettencourt Prize for Young Researchers

Created in 1990, the Bettencourt Prize for Young Researchers is one of the first initiatives of the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. Until 2021, this prize was awarded each year to 14 young doctors of science or doctors of medicine, to enable them to carry out their post-doctoral stay in the best foreign laboratories. 349 young researchers were distinguished. The prize endowment was €25,000.

All the award-winners