Éric Gilson is PU-PH at Université Côte d’Azur and Nice University Hospital. He heads the “Telomere, Senescence and Cancer” team at IRCAN (Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging, Nice), a laboratory unit devoted to aging which he founded in 2012. His research focuses on deciphering how telomeres contribute to aging and cancer, and, through a comparative biology lens, he investigates aging strategies across the tree of life. His work reveals the role of telomeric chromatin in the biological mechanisms leading to aging and cancer by identifying the protective structure of human telomeres and showing how telomere alterations over the lifespan contribute to normal and pathological aging, not only by inducing senescence but also through pleiotropic effects on transcriptional regulation, heterochromatin stability, and mitochondrial function. Eric Gilson also plays a coordinating role in the aging‑biology community, leading the Inserm AGEMED network, the international InterAging programme, and the Sino‑French “Cancer, Aging and Hematology” laboratory at Ruijin Hospital in Shanghai. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the European Molecular Biology Organization, and Academia Europaea and has been laureat of prestigious prizes, including the Grand Prix Inserm and the Fondation Allianz–Institut de France Prize.
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Pr. Éric GILSON
PU-PH at Université Côte d’Azur and Nice University Hospital
Chercheur à l’IRCAN (Nice)
Member of the French Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the European Molecular Biology Organization, and Academia Europaea