Geneviève Almouzni is a member of the French Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She was director of the Research Center of the Institut Curie from 2013-2018 and has been honorary director since 2018. She has been a principal investigator of the chromatin dynamics team in the nuclear dynamics research unit since 1999. She is a world

leader in understanding genome organization and function during development and disease, particularly in cancer. She has combined biochemistry, cell biology and physical approaches with advanced imaging to explore chromatin dynamics. Active in the field of epigenetics and European actions, she coordinated the EpiGeneSys Network of Excellence to move epigenetics towards systems biology. She is highly engaged in promoting the careers of young scientists. She has received prestigious grants, as well as awards such as the Federation of the European Biochemical Societies | European Molecular Biology Organization Women in Science Award (2013) and the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale Grand Prix (2014). She has been a member of the European Research Council since June 2019. She served on the EMBO council (vice-chair in 2014) and is the current chair of EU- LIFE, as well co-chair of LifeTime.