Dr. Jerry Pelletier
Fellow
Current Employer
McGill University
Election Year
2017
Academy
Académie des sciences
Department
Department of Biochemistry
PELLETIER, Jerry - Department of Biochemistry, McGill University
Dr. Pelletier is a world leader in protein synthesis and its dysregulation in cancer. He has held focused research programs integrating genetics, molecular biology, mouse cancer models and chemical biology, leading to mechanistic insight into this process as well as demonstrating that it is a druggable vulnerability of tumor cells. Several of his findings are textbook material and he is an advocate of basic research benefiting human health.
Dr. Pelletier is a world leader in protein synthesis and its dysregulation in cancer. He has held focused research programs integrating genetics, molecular biology, mouse cancer models and chemical biology, leading to mechanistic insight into this process as well as demonstrating that it is a druggable vulnerability of tumor cells. Several of his findings are textbook material and he is an advocate of basic research benefiting human health.
Le Dr. Pelletier est un chef de file dans le domaine de la synthèse protéique et de son dérèglement dans le cancer. Ses programmes de recherche qui combinent l'utilisation de la génétique, la biologie moléculaire, les modèles de cancer murins et la biologie chimique ont permis l'acquisition de connaissances remarquables au niveau de l'élucidation de son mécanisme. De plus il a démontré que ce processus représente un point de vulnérabilité important qui peut être ciblé dans le cancer. Plusieurs de ses découvertes se retrouvent dans les manuels scolaires et il prône l'utilisation de la recherche fondamentale afin d'améliorer la santé humaine.