# Pierre Monsan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pierre_Monsan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pierre_Monsan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Monsan > Source revision: 1354127808 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Prades%2C_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Orientales), France | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | ethnicity = | field = [Biochemistry](/source/Biochemistry), [enzymology](/source/enzymology), [biocatalysis](/source/biocatalysis), [biotechnology](/source/biotechnology) | work_institutions = [Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse](/source/Institut_national_des_sciences_appliqu%C3%A9es_de_Toulouse)
[University of Toulouse](/source/University_of_Toulouse)
Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés
Toulouse White Biotechnology | alma_mater = [INSA Toulouse](/source/INSA_Toulouse)
[University of Toulouse](/source/University_of_Toulouse) | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [Biocatalysis](/source/Biocatalysis)
[Enzyme engineering](/source/Protein_engineering)
[Industrial biotechnology](/source/Biotechnology) | influences = | influenced = | prizes = Enzyme Engineering {{small|(2017)}}
Knight in the [French Legion of Honour](/source/French_Legion_of_Honour) {{small|(2017)}}
Knight in the [French National Order of Merit](/source/French_National_Order_of_Merit) {{small|(2013)}}
Biocat Lifetime Achievement {{small|(2012)}}
Chaptal Award for Chemical Arts (2000) | religion = | signature = }} '''Pierre Monsan''' (born June 25, 1948, in [Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales](/source/Prades%2C_Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es-Orientales), [France](/source/France)){{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}} is a French [biochemist](/source/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](/source/University_of_Toulouse)) and served as founding director of the pre-industrial demonstrator ''Toulouse White Biotechnology'' (TWB) until 2019.{{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}} Monsan's scientific interests include [biocatalysis](/source/biocatalysis), biochemical and [enzyme engineering](/source/Protein_engineering). Beyond his academic work, Monsan is co-inventor on numerous patents and co-founded several [industrial biotechnology](/source/Biotechnology) companies.{{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}} ==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](/source/Biochemistry) in 1969. He was then awarded his Doctor-Engineer Degree in 1971 and his PhD degree in 1977 from INSA Toulouse for research on [enzyme immobilization](/source/Immobilized_enzyme).{{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}} He served as lecturer in the Department of [Biochemical Engineering](/source/Biochemical_Engineering) at INSA Toulouse from 1969 and was later promoted to Assistant Professor (1973) and then Professor (1981).{{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}} 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](/source/Chief_executive_officer) from 1989 to 1993 and CSO again from 1993 to 1999 after the acquisition of the company by the Solabia Group.{{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}} In 1993, Monsan returned to INSA Toulouse to lead a research group focusing on the discovery, characterisation and molecular engineering of enzymes, including [glucansucrase](/source/glucansucrase)s and [lipase](/source/lipase)s. He was also appointed Professor at [Ecole des Mines-ParisTech](/source/Mines_ParisTech) in 1993. 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.{{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}}{{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}} 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](/source/contract_development_and_manufacturing_organization) specializing in the production of stem cells.{{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}} ==Scientific work== Research by Monsan and his collaborators has focused on [biocatalysis](/source/biocatalysis), biochemical engineering and [enzyme engineering](/source/Protein_engineering), published in over 230 articles.{{Scopus|id=7005246555}} His fundamental includes investigation of [structure-activity relationship](/source/structure-activity_relationship)s of enzymes, (particularly glycoside hydrolases{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} and [lipase](/source/lipase)s{{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}}), and enzyme discovery by functional [metagenomics](/source/metagenomics).{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} His more applied research involves [biocatalysis](/source/biocatalysis) in non-conventional ([anhydrous](/source/anhydrous)) media for the synthesis of chemicals (''e.g.'', [chiral resolution](/source/chiral_resolution) to obtain [enantiopure compounds](/source/Enantiomer)),{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} protein engineering (e.g. modification of [substrate specificity](/source/Enzyme),{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} enantioselectivity,{{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}} or thermostability{{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}}), methods for [enzyme immobilization](/source/Immobilized_enzyme),{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} and bioreactor design and development.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} ==Technology transfer and entrepreneurship== Monsan has been heavily involved in [technology transfer](/source/technology_transfer) throughout his career and is co-inventor of over 60 patents.{{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}} He has developed several industrial biocatalytic processes for the production of [polysaccharide](/source/polysaccharide)s,{{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=}} oligosaccharides{{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=}} and [amino acid](/source/amino_acid) derivatives.{{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=}} Companies he has co-founded include BioEurope (1984; biocatalytic synthesis of [reagents](/source/Reagent) for the food, pharma and nutrition industries; now owned by the Solabia group),{{Dead link|date=May 2019}} Biotrade (1996; waste water treatment) and Genibio (1998, food additives).{{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}} He is and has been member of the scientific advisory board of several companies, including [Danisco](/source/Danisco) Venture,{{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}} [PCAS](/source/%3Afr%3APCAS),{{wbr}} {{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 }} or Deinove.{{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}} In 2012, Monsan founded the pre-industrial demonstrator Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB), an original institute dedicated to technology transfer through a consortium of public and industrial partners.{{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}}{{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}} TWB promotes [industrial biotechnology](/source/Biotechnology) and [biobased economy](/source/biobased_economy) through collaborative public/private research and development projects (''e.g.'', THANAPLAST project in partnership with [Carbios](/source/Carbios)){{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}} and the creation of startups such as EnobraQ (development of yeasts able to metabolize CO2){{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}} or Pili (production of bacterial ink).{{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}} == Awards and memberships == * Chaptal Award for Chemical Arts from the [French Society for the Promotion of Industry](/source/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_d'encouragement_pour_l'industrie_nationale) (2000){{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}} * Founding member of the [French Academy of Technologies](/source/French_Academy_of_Technologies) (since 2000){{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}} * Elected senior member of the [Institut Universitaire de France](/source/Institut_Universitaire_de_France) (IUF) in 2003 and re-elected in 2008{{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}} * Elected member of the Executive Board of the European Federation of Biotechnology (since 2009){{Cite web|url=http://www.efbiotechnology.org/sections/about_us_executive_board|title=Executive board, European Federation of Biotechnology|access-date=17 June 2018}} * Biocat Award for lifetime achievement from the [University of Hamburg](/source/University_of_Hamburg) (2012){{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}} * Knight in the [French National Order of Merit](/source/French_National_Order_of_Merit) (2013){{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}} * Docteur Honoris Causa of the [University of Liège](/source/University_of_Li%C3%A8ge), Belgium (2015){{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}} * Founding Chairman of the French Federation of Biotechnology (since 2015){{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}} * Foreign member of the College of Fellows of the [American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering](/source/American_Institute_for_Medical_and_Biological_Engineering) (AIMBE) (since 2016){{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)}} * Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Agriculture (since 2016){{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}} * Enzyme Engineering Award from Engineering Conferences International and [Genencor](/source/Genencor) (2017){{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}} * Knight in the [French Legion of Honour](/source/French_Legion_of_Honour) (2017){{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}} == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == *[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](/source/Coll%C3%A8ge_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] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Monsan, Pierre}} Category:1948 births Category:Living people Category:Biotechnologists Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour Category:French biochemists Category:20th-century French chemists Category:Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Category:Scientists from Toulouse Category:University of Toulouse alumni Category:Academic staff of Mines Paris - PSL --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pierre Monsan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Monsan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor 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