Six Pasteur Women Scientists Awarded the 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science “Young Talents France” Prize

Six young researchers from the Institut Pasteur have been honored with the prestigious L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science – Young Talents France 2025 award. This distinction recognizes promising early-career scientists whose work contributes to major advances in biology, medicine, and public health.

The awardees include:

• Eulalie Liorzou – investigating the cellular mechanisms of uterine biology to better understand menstrual disorders in Camille Berthelot research team (INCEPTION program)

• Leah Friedman – studying early embryonic cell organization and developmental robustness;

• Marie Robert – advancing diagnostics for sarcoidosis and tuberculosis;

• Yolène Duchaudé – developing plant-based strategies to limit the spread of the Aedes albopictus mosquito;

• Marion Guérin – exploring new immunotherapeutic approaches against cancer;

• Sabrina Mechaussier – researching ways to prevent the degeneration of auditory nerve cells.

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