{{short description|French biochemist and entrepreneur (born 1948)}} {{COI|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist | name = Pierre Monsan | image = Pierre Monsan.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1948|6|25}} | birth_place = Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | ethnicity = | field = Biochemistry, enzymology, biocatalysis, biotechnology | work_institutions = Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse<br />University of Toulouse<br />Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés<br />Toulouse White Biotechnology | alma_mater = INSA Toulouse<br />University of Toulouse | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = Biocatalysis<br />Enzyme engineering<br />Industrial biotechnology | influences = | influenced = | prizes = Enzyme Engineering {{small|(2017)}}<br />Knight in the French Legion of Honour {{small|(2017)}}<br />Knight in the French National Order of Merit {{small|(2013)}}<br />Biocat Lifetime Achievement {{small|(2012)}}<br />Chaptal Award for Chemical Arts <small>(2000)</small> | religion = | signature = }}
'''Pierre Monsan''' (born June 25, 1948, in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.whoswho.fr/bio/pierre-monsan_43301|title=Pierre Monsan - Who's Who in France|website=www.whoswho.fr|language=fr|access-date=2018-06-20}}</ref> is a French biochemist and entrepreneur. He is currently Professor emeritus at the Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse (INSA Toulouse, affiliated to the University of Toulouse) and served as founding director of the pre-industrial demonstrator ''Toulouse White Biotechnology'' (TWB) until 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com/en/toulouse-white-biotechnology-2/governance/|title=TWB Governance|website=Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB)|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref>
Monsan's scientific interests include biocatalysis, biochemical and enzyme engineering. Beyond his academic work, Monsan is co-inventor on numerous patents and co-founded several industrial biotechnology companies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pierre MONSAN - Professeur émérite à l'INSA et directeur de TWB |url=http://www.toulouse-biotechnology-institute.fr/fr/contacts/pierre-monsan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614173303/http://www.toulouse-biotechnology-institute.fr/fr/contacts/pierre-monsan.html |archive-date=14 June 2021 |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=Toulouse Biotechnology Institute}}</ref>
==Education and career== Monsan was educated at INSA Toulouse and the University of Toulouse where he graduated with an engineer degree (''Ingénieur diplômé)'' in Biological Chemistry in 1969.<ref name=":0" /> He was then awarded his Doctor-Engineer Degree in 1971 and his PhD degree in 1977 from INSA Toulouse for research on enzyme immobilization.<ref>{{Cite thesis|url=http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/DB=2.1/SRCH?IKT=12&TRM=042177219|title=Immobilisation d'enzymes à l'aide de glutaraldehyde (PhD Thesis)|last=Monsan|first=Pierre|website=www.sudoc.abes.fr|year=1977|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref> He served as lecturer in the Department of Biochemical Engineering at INSA Toulouse from 1969 and was later promoted to Assistant Professor (1973) and then Professor (1981).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pierre MONSAN - Professeur émérite à l'INSA et directeur de TWB |url=http://www.toulouse-biotechnology-institute.fr/fr/contacts/pierre-monsan.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614173303/http://www.toulouse-biotechnology-institute.fr/fr/contacts/pierre-monsan.html |archive-date=14 June 2021 |access-date=21 March 2022 |website=Toulouse Biotechnology Institute}}</ref>
In 1984, Monsan took a leave from Academia and co-founded BioEurope, a startup company specialized in industrial biocatalysis. There he served as CSO from 1984 to 1989, CEO from 1989 to 1993 and CSO again from 1993 to 1999 after the acquisition of the company by the Solabia Group.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/24/11/1992/LesEchos/16272-050-ECH_solabia--cofigeo--reprend-bioeurope.htm|title=Solabia (Cofigéo) reprend BioEurope|date=24 November 1992|work=Les Echos|language=fr|url-access=subscription|archive-date=27 July 2018|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727212311/https://www.lesechos.fr/24/11/1992/LesEchos/16272-050-ECH_solabia--cofigeo--reprend-bioeurope.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1993, Monsan returned to INSA Toulouse to lead a research group focusing on the discovery, characterisation and molecular engineering of enzymes, including glucansucrases and lipases. He was also appointed Professor at Ecole des Mines-ParisTech in 1993.<ref name=":0" /> From 1999 to 2003 he served as head of Department of Biochemical Engineering at INSA Toulouse. In 2012, he founded the pre-industrial demonstrator "Toulouse White Biotechnology" (TWB) with a €20M grant within the framework of the ''Investing for the Future'' national program (also called the ''grand emprunt'') and served as its founding director until 2019.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web|url=http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/ProjetIA-10-DPBS-0002|title=Funding of Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB)|website=agence-nationale-recherche.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2018-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Olivier Rolland nouveau directeur de la plateforme Toulouse White Biotechnology |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2019/01/10/2937858-olivier-rolland-nouveau-directeur-de-la-plateforme-toulouse-white-biotechnology.html |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
Monsan is presently Professor emeritus at INSA Toulouse. From 2019 to 2024, he was the CEO of Cell-Easy, a contract development and manufacturing organization specializing in the production of stem cells.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-09 |title=Cell-Easy Becomes the First Private Pharmaceutical Company in France Allowed to Manufacture Stem Cells |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200609005563/en/Cell-Easy-Becomes-the-First-Private-Pharmaceutical-Company-in-France-Allowed-to-Manufacture-Stem-Cells |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Scientific work== Research by Monsan and his collaborators has focused on biocatalysis, biochemical engineering and enzyme engineering, published in over 230 articles.<ref name="scopus">{{Scopus|id=7005246555}}</ref> His fundamental includes investigation of structure-activity relationships of enzymes, (particularly glycoside hydrolases<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Mirza|first1=Osman|last2=Skov|first2=Lars K.|last3=Remaud-Simeon|first3=Magali|last4=Potocki de Montalk|first4=Gabrielle|last5=Albenne|first5=Cecile|last6=Monsan|first6=Pierre|last7=Gajhede|first7=Michael|display-authors=1|date=2001|title=Crystal Structures of Amylosucrase from Neisseria polysaccharea in Complex with d-Glucose and the Active Site Mutant Glu328Gln in Complex with the Natural Substrate Sucrose|journal=Biochemistry|language=en|volume=40|issue=30|pages=9032–9039|doi=10.1021/bi010706l|pmid=11467966|issn=0006-2960}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last1=Albenne|first1=C|last2=Skov|first2=LK|display-authors=1|date=2004|title=Molecular basis of the amylose-like polymer formation catalyzed by Neisseria polysaccharea amylosucrase|journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry|volume=279|issue=1|pages=726–734|doi=10.1074/jbc.M309891200|pmid=14570882|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite journal|last1=Moulis|first1=C|last2=Joucla|first2=G|display-authors=1|date=2006|title=Understanding the polymerization mechanism of glycoside-hydrolase family 70 glucansucrases|journal=Journal of Biological Chemistry|volume=281|issue=42|pages=31254–31267|doi=10.1074/jbc.M604850200|pmid=16864576|doi-access=free}}</ref> and lipases<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Guieysse|first1=D|last2=Cortes|first2=J|display-authors=1|date=2008|title=A structure-controlled investigation of lipase enantioselectivity by a path-planning approach|journal=ChemBioChem|volume=9|issue=8|pages=1308–1317|doi=10.1002/cbic.200700548|pmid=18418817|s2cid=1036558}}</ref>), and enzyme discovery by functional metagenomics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Tasse|first1=Lena|last2=Bercovici|first2=Juliette|last3=Pizzut-Serin|first3=Sandra|last4=Robe|first4=Patrick|last5=Tap|first5=Julien|last6=Klopp|first6=Christophe|last7=Cantarel|first7=Brandi L.|last8=Coutinho|first8=Pedro M.|last9=Henrissat|first9=Bernard|display-authors=1|date=2010|title=Functional metagenomics to mine the human gut microbiome for dietary fiber catabolic enzymes|journal=Genome Research|volume=20|issue=11|pages=1605–1612|doi=10.1101/gr.108332.110|issn=1549-5469|pmc=2963823|pmid=20841432}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Cecchini|first1=Davide A.|last2=Laville|first2=Elisabeth|last3=Laguerre|first3=Sandrine|last4=Robe|first4=Patrick|last5=Leclerc|first5=Marion|last6=Doré|first6=Joël|last7=Henrissat|first7=Bernard|last8=Remaud-Siméon|first8=Magali|last9=Monsan|first9=Pierre|display-authors=1|date=2013|title=Functional metagenomics reveals novel pathways of prebiotic breakdown by human gut bacteria|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=8|issue=9|article-number=e72766|bibcode=2013PLoSO...872766C|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0072766|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3774763|pmid=24066026|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ladevèze|first1=Simon|last2=Tarquis|first2=Laurence|last3=Cecchini|first3=Davide A.|last4=Bercovici|first4=Juliette|last5=André|first5=Isabelle|last6=Topham|first6=Christopher M.|last7=Morel|first7=Sandrine|last8=Laville|first8=Elisabeth|last9=Monsan|first9=Pierre|display-authors=1|date=2013|title=Role of glycoside phosphorylases in mannose foraging by human gut bacteria|journal=The Journal of Biological Chemistry|volume=288|issue=45|pages=32370–32383|doi=10.1074/jbc.M113.483628|issn=1083-351X|pmc=3820872|pmid=24043624|doi-access=free}}</ref> His more applied research involves biocatalysis in non-conventional (anhydrous) media for the synthesis of chemicals (''e.g.'', chiral resolution to obtain enantiopure compounds),<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Monsan|first1=P|last2=Durand|first2=G|date=1978|title=Production of l-lysine by immobilized trypsin. Study of dl-lysine methyl ester resolution|journal=Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology|volume=523|issue=2|pages=477–484|doi=10.1016/0005-2744(78)90050-5|pmid=566119}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Maugard|first1=T|last2=Remaud-Simeon|first2=M|last3=Monsan|first3=P|date=1998|title=Kinetic study of chemoselective acylation of amino-alditol by immobilized lipase in organic solvent: effect of substrate ionization|journal=Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology|volume=1387|issue=1–2|pages=177–183|doi=10.1016/S0167-4838(98)00119-8|pmid=9748563}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Guieysse|first1=D|last2=Salagnad|first2=C|last3=Monsan|first3=P|last4=Remaud-Simeon|first4=M|date=2001|title=Resolution of 2-bromo-o-tolyl-carboxylic acid by transesterification using lipases from Rhizomucor miehei and Pseudomonas cepacia|journal=Tetrahedron: Asymmetry|volume=12|issue=17|pages=2473–2480|doi=10.1016/S0957-4166(01)00432-3}}</ref> protein engineering (e.g. modification of substrate specificity,<ref name=":10">{{Cite journal|last1=Champion|first1=E|last2=Andre|first2=I|display-authors=1|date=2009|title=Design of alpha-transglucosidases of controlled specificity for programmed chemoenzymatic synthesis of antigenic oligosaccharides|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|volume=131|issue=21|pages=7379–7389|doi=10.1021/ja900183h|pmid=19432472}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite journal|last1=Champion|first1=Elise|last2=Guérin|first2=Frédéric|last3=Moulis|first3=Claire|last4=Barbe|first4=Sophie|last5=Tran|first5=Thu Hoai|last6=Morel|first6=Sandrine|last7=Descroix|first7=Karine|last8=Monsan|first8=Pierre|last9=Mourey|first9=Lionel|display-authors=1|date=2012|title=Applying Pairwise Combinations of Amino Acid Mutations for Sorting Out Highly Efficient Glucosylation Tools for Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Bacterial Oligosaccharides|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|language=EN|volume=134|issue=45|pages=18677–18688|doi=10.1021/ja306845b|pmid=23072374|s2cid=25315382 |issn=0002-7863|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03003058/file/champion-jacs12.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Irague|first1=Romain|last2=Tarquis|first2=Laurence|last3=André|first3=Isabelle|last4=Moulis|first4=Claire|last5=Morel|first5=Sandrine|last6=Monsan|first6=Pierre|last7=Potocki-Véronèse|first7=Gabrielle|last8=Remaud-Siméon|first8=Magali|display-authors=1|date=2013|title=Combinatorial engineering of dextransucrase specificity|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=8|issue=10|article-number=e77837|bibcode=2013PLoSO...877837I|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0077837|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3799614|pmid=24204991|doi-access=free}}</ref> enantioselectivity,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lafaquière|first1=Vincent|last2=Barbe|first2=Sophie|last3=Puech-Guenot|first3=Sophie|last4=Guieysse|first4=David|last5=Cortes|first5=Juan|last6=Monsan|first6=Pierre|last7=Siméon|first7=Thierry|last8=André|first8=Isabelle|last9=Remaud-Siméon|first9=Magali|display-authors=1|date=2009|title=Control of Lipase Enantioselectivity by Engineering the Substrate Binding Site and Access Channel|journal=ChemBioChem|language=en|volume=10|issue=17|pages=2760–2771|doi=10.1002/cbic.200900439|pmid=19816890|s2cid=15169723|issn=1439-4227|url=https://hal.laas.fr/hal-01986285/file/09ChemBioChem_sub.pdf}}</ref> or thermostability<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Emond|first1=Stéphane|last2=André|first2=Isabelle|last3=Jaziri|first3=Kais|last4=Potocki-Véronèse|first4=Gabrielle|last5=Mondon|first5=Philippe|last6=Bouayadi|first6=Khalil|last7=Kharrat|first7=Hakim|last8=Monsan|first8=Pierre|last9=Remaud-Simeon|first9=Magali|display-authors=1|date=2008|title=Combinatorial engineering to enhance thermostability of amylosucrase|journal=Protein Science|volume=17|issue=6|pages=967–976|doi=10.1110/ps.083492608|issn=1469-896X|pmc=2386748|pmid=18441231}}</ref>), methods for enzyme immobilization,<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last1=Monsan|first1=P|last2=Durand|first2=G|date=1971|title=Preparation d'invertase insolubilisée par fixation sur bentonite|journal=FEBS Letters|language=fr|volume=16|issue=1|pages=39–42|doi=10.1016/0014-5793(71)80679-8|pmid=11945894|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Monsan|first1=P|last2=Puzo|first2=G|last3=Mazarguil|first3=H|date=1975|title=Mechanism of glutaraldehyde-protein bond formation|journal=Biochimie|volume=57|issue=11–12|pages=1281–92|doi=10.1016/S0300-9084(76)80540-8|pmid=4153}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last1=Lopez|first1=A|last2=Monsan|first2=P|date=1980|title=Dextran synthesis by immobilized dextran sucrase|journal=Biochimie|volume=62|issue=5–6|pages=323–329|doi=10.1016/S0300-9084(80)80161-1|pmid=17941439}}</ref> and bioreactor design and development.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last1=Monsan|first1=P|last2=Combes|first2=D|date=1984|title=Application of immobilized invertase to continuous hydrolysis of concentrated sucrose solutions|journal=Biotechnology and Bioengineering|volume=26|issue=4|pages=347–351|doi=10.1002/bit.260260409|pmid=18553301|s2cid=603176}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last1=Vallat|first1=I|last2=Monsan|first2=P|last3=Riba|first3=JP|date=1986|title=Maltodextrin hydrolysis in a fluidized-bed immobilized enzyme reactor|journal=Biotechnology and Bioengineering|volume=28|issue=2|pages=151–159|doi=10.1002/bit.260280202|pmid=18555309|s2cid=28676281}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Severac|first1=E|last2=Galy|first2=O|last3=Turon|first3=F|last4=Monsan|first4=P|last5=Marty|first5=A|date=2011|title=Continuous lipase-catalyzed production of esters from crude high-oleic sunflower oil.|journal=Bioresource Technology|volume=102|issue=8|pages=4954–4961|doi=10.1016/j.biortech.2011.01.041|pmid=21354788|bibcode=2011BiTec.102.4954S}}</ref>
==Technology transfer and entrepreneurship== Monsan has been heavily involved in technology transfer throughout his career and is co-inventor of over 60 patents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Pierre+Monsan|title=Search results for Pierre Monsan's patents on Google Patents|website=Google Patents|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref> He has developed several industrial biocatalytic processes for the production of polysaccharides,<ref>{{cite patent|country=US|number=US5876982A|title=Strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, subsp. pneumoniae, and a process for the production of a polysaccharide containing L-fucose|status=|pubdate=1996-08-01|fdate=1996-01-25|pridate=1995-01-26|gdate=1999-03-02|inventor=|invent1=Paul|invent2=Perry|invent3=Monsan|inventor1-first=Francois|inventor2-first=David|inventor3-first=Pierre|assign1=BioEurope|assign2=|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US5876982A|class=}}</ref> oligosaccharides<ref>{{cite patent|country=WO|number=1989007148|title=Process for enzymatic preparation of oligodextrans useful in the manufacture of sugar substitutes, and new oligodextrans|status=|pubdate=1989-08-10|fdate=|pridate=1988-01-29|gdate=|invent1=Paul|invent2=Lopez Munguia Canales|invent3=Remaud|invent4=Monsan|inventor1-first=F.|inventor2-first=A.|inventor3-first=M.|inventor4-first=P.|assign1=BioEurope|assign2=|url=https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19890810&CC=WO&NR=8907148A1&KC=A1#|class=}}</ref> and amino acid derivatives.<ref>{{cite patent|country=US|number=US4956489A|title=Water-soluble L-tyrosine derivatives and a process for preparing L-tyrosine derivatives|status=|pubdate=|fdate=1988-10-14|pridate=1987-10-19|gdate=1990-09-11|inventor=|invent1=Auriol|invent2=Paul|invent3=Monsan|inventor1-first=Daniel|inventor2-first=François|inventor3-first=Pierre|assign1=BioEurope|assign2=|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4956489A|class=}}</ref> Companies he has co-founded include BioEurope (1984; biocatalytic synthesis of reagents for the food, pharma and nutrition industries; now owned by the Solabia group),<ref name=":6" />{{Dead link|date=May 2019}} Biotrade (1996; waste water treatment) and Genibio (1998, food additives).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.genibio.fr/company.html|title=Presentation of the company|website=Website of Genibio|language=fr|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621194220/http://www.genibio.fr/company.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is and has been member of the scientific advisory board of several companies, including Danisco Venture,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npinvestor.dk/nyheder/anerkendt-biokemiker-skal-r%C3%A5dgive-danisco-venture|title=Anerkendt biokemiker skal rådgive Danisco Venture {{!}} NPinvestor|website=npinvestor.dk|language=da|access-date=2018-06-20}}</ref> PCAS,{{wbr}} <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcas.com/Corporate/Corporate-Governance/Scientific-%7B%7Bsic%7CCom%7Cmitee%7Chide%3Dy%7D%7D |title=Scientific {{sic|nolink=y|Commi|tee}} of PCAS |website=PCAS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814202628/http://www.pcas.com/Corporate/Corporate-Governance/Scientific-%7B%7Bsic%7CCom%7Cmitee%7Chide%3Dy%7D%7D |archive-date=14 August 2018 |access-date=4 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> or Deinove.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deinove.com/en/profile/people/scientific-advisory-board|title=Scientific advisory board of Deinove|website=Deinove|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-date=21 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621194232/http://www.deinove.com/en/profile/people/scientific-advisory-board|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2012, Monsan founded the pre-industrial demonstrator Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB),<ref name=":11" /> an original institute dedicated to technology transfer through a consortium of public and industrial partners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.innovatorsmag.com/toulouse-joins-the-dots-for-biotechs/|title=Toulouse joins the dots for biotechs {{!}} Innovators magazine|website=www.innovatorsmag.com|date=14 April 2017 |language=en-GB|access-date=2018-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/09/02/2016/LesEchos/22125-120-ECH_le-toulouse-white-biotechnology-totalise-18-millions-d-euros-de-contrats.htm|title=Le Toulouse White Biotechnology totalise 18 millions d'euros de contrats|date=2016-02-09|work=Les Échos|access-date=2018-06-21|language=fr|archive-date=2018-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621194122/https://www.lesechos.fr/09/02/2016/LesEchos/22125-120-ECH_le-toulouse-white-biotechnology-totalise-18-millions-d-euros-de-contrats.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> TWB promotes industrial biotechnology and biobased economy through collaborative public/private research and development projects (''e.g.'', THANAPLAST project in partnership with Carbios)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://waste-management-world.com/a/enzymatic-recycling-process-to-allow-infinite-recycling-of-pet-developed-in-france|title=Enzymatic Recycling Process to Allow Infinite Recycling of PET Developed in France|last=Messenger|first=Ben|date=2015-12-08|work=waste-management-world.com|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en}}</ref> and the creation of startups such as EnobraQ (development of yeasts able to metabolize CO<sub>2</sub>)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inra.fr/en/Partners-and-Agribusiness/Results-Innovations-Transfer/All-the-news/EnobraQ2|title=EnobraQ: A start-up resulting from TWB to capture and exploit man-made CO2|last=Frinault|first=Anne|date=2016-09-28|website=www.inra.fr|language=en|access-date=2018-06-20}}</ref> or Pili (production of bacterial ink).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://labiotech.eu/pili-bacterial-ink-twb-inra/|title=SynBio Startup moves to Toulouse to scale up its Bacterial Ink|date=2016-07-20|work=Labiotech.eu|access-date=2018-06-20|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621194318/https://labiotech.eu/pili-bacterial-ink-twb-inra/|archive-date=2018-06-21}}</ref>
== Awards and memberships ==
* Chaptal Award for Chemical Arts from the French Society for the Promotion of Industry (2000)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2000/11/24/546096-indiscretion-le-prix-chaptal-2000-a-pierre-monsan.html|title=Le prix Chaptal 2000 à Pierre Monsan|date=24 November 2000|work=La Dépêche|language=fr}}</ref> * Founding member of the French Academy of Technologies (since 2000)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academie-technologies.fr/members/290-pierre-monsan|title=Profile of Pierre Monsan|website=Académie des technologies|language=fr|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140131/https://www.academie-technologies.fr/members/290-pierre-monsan|archive-date=22 June 2018}}</ref> * Elected senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) in 2003 and re-elected in 2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iufrance.fr/les-membres-de-liuf/membre/1195-pierre-monsan.html|title=Pierre Monsan|website=Institut Universitaire de France|language=fr|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref> * Elected member of the Executive Board of the European Federation of Biotechnology (since 2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efbiotechnology.org/sections/about_us_executive_board|title=Executive board, European Federation of Biotechnology|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref> * Biocat Award for lifetime achievement from the University of Hamburg (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academie-technologies.fr/blog/categories/actualite-des-academiciens/posts/pierre-monsan-a-recu-la-distinction-biocat-2012|title=Pierre Monsan a reçu la distinction Biocat 2012|date=9 October 2012|website=Académie des Technologies|language=fr|access-date=18 June 2018|archive-date=22 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622140158/https://www.academie-technologies.fr/blog/categories/actualite-des-academiciens/posts/pierre-monsan-a-recu-la-distinction-biocat-2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Knight in the French National Order of Merit (2013)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000028197686|title=Décret du 14 novembre 2013 portant promotion et nomination|date=15 November 2013|work=Journal Officiel de la République Française|language=fr}}</ref> * Docteur Honoris Causa of the University of Liège, Belgium (2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gembloux.ulg.ac.be/blog/conference-recent-trends-in-industrial-biotechnology/|title=Talk by Pierre Monsan: " Recent trends in industrial biotechnology "|date=17 March 2015|website=University of Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech|language=fr|access-date=18 June 2018}}</ref> * Founding Chairman of the French Federation of Biotechnology (since 2015)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://formule-verte.com/pierre-monsan-president-la-nouvelle-federation-francaise-des-biotechnologies/|title=Pierre Monsan, président la nouvelle Fédération Française des Biotechnologies|date=23 September 2015|work=Formule Verte|language=fr}}</ref> * Foreign member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) (since 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aimbe.org/press/Monsan-COF-2009.pdf|title=Pierre Monsan to be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite|date=20 January 2016|website=American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)}}</ref> * Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Agriculture (since 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academie-agriculture.fr/membres/annuaire/pierre-monsan|title=Pierre Monsan|website=Académie d'Agriculture de France|access-date=17 June 2018}}</ref> * Enzyme Engineering Award from Engineering Conferences International and Genencor (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.engconf.org/17184-2/enzyme-engineering-xxiv/#header3|title=Enzyme Engineering XXIV, September 24-28, 2017|website=Engineering Conferences International|access-date=18 June 2018|archive-date=16 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616045858/http://www.engconf.org/17184-2/enzyme-engineering-xxiv/#header3|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Knight in the French Legion of Honour (2017)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000036339823|title=Décret du 30 décembre 2017 portant promotion et nomination|date=31 December 2017|work=Journal Officiel de la République Française|language=fr}}</ref>
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== External links == <!-- Use the format: * [http://www.example.com/ example.com] --> *[https://www.toulouse-white-biotechnology.com/ Website of ''Toulouse White Biotechnology''] *[http://www.toulouse-biotechnology-institute.fr/fr/index.html TBI - Toulouse Biotechnology Institute] *[http://www.college-de-france.fr/site/marc-fontecave/seminar-2015-03-25-11h00.htm From metabolic engineering to synthetic biology and industrial biotechnology], Pierre Monsan, 25 March 2015, Collège de France (in French) * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPJeT7yFsQo Interview of Pierre Monsan at the BIOKET Global Conference on Bioeconomy Key Enabling Technologies 6-8 March 2018, Strasbourg, France]
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