Jean-Baptiste Assié Receives Prix Michel Hery

We’re proud to highlight Jean-Baptiste Assié from Didier Jean’s team at the Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, recently awarded the Prix Michel Hery at the 17th Monaco Cancer Biennial (MonacoCancero) for his work on pleural mesothelioma pharmacogenomics.

Breakthrough Research

Published in Cancer Research (2025), the study used an integrated pharmacogenomics approach on a large patient cohort, combining multi-omics analyses and high-throughput drug screening in collaboration with Université Paris-Est Créteil, Université Paris Cité, and Centre Léon Bérard.

Key Findings

The research identified several therapeutic vulnerabilities and highlighted entinostat as a promising treatment option, particularly in combination with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy, opening pathways for future clinical trials.

This award recognizes the Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers’ commitment to cancer research, the strength of scientific collaboration, and the importance of translational research bridging fundamental science and clinical application to better stratify patients and identify new therapeutic strategies.