The de Duve Institute has established two series of memorial lectures, which are given alternately every other year by prominent international scientists.
The Heremans Lectures were created following the untimely death in 1975 of Joseph-Félix Heremans. A specialist in human proteins, mainly those related to the immune system, he discovered the immunoglobulin IgA and created the general concept of immunoglobulins, for which he coined the term.
The de Duve Lectures were created following the death in 2013 of our founder, Christian de Duve.
2024•Pascale COSSART • Institut Pasteur, Paris, France •Watch the podcast
2019•Carl-Henrik HELDIN • Uppsala University, Sweden •Watch the podcast
2017•David SABATINI • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research & Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA •Watch the podcast
2015•Andrea BALLABIO • Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Naples, Italy•Watch the podcast
2013•Michael HALL • Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
2022•Lluis QUINTANA-MURCI•Collège de France & Institut Pasteur, Paris, France•Watch the podcast
2018•Stefan H.E. KAUFMANN•Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany•Watch the podcast
2016•Hidde PLOEGH•Boston Children's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA•Watch the podcast
2014•George STARK•Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
2012•Marc TESSIER-LAVIGNE•President, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
2010•Jules HOFFMANN•Nobel Laureate • Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Strasbourg, France
2008•Jean-Laurent CASANOVA•Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
2006•Harvey LODISH•Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research & Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
2004•Alain FISCHER•Groupe Hospitalier Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
2002•Sir Salvador MONCADA•The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, UK
2000•Antonio LANZAVECCHIA•Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland
1998•Charles WEISSMANN•Institut für Molekularbiologie, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
1996•Lorenzo MORETTA•National Institute for Cancer Research, University of Genova, Italy
1994•Fritz MELCHERS•Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland
1992•Jean-Charles CEROTTINI•Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Branch, Switzerland
1990•André CAPRON•Institut Pasteur de Lille, France
1988•Zanvil COHN•Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
1986• Jan KLEIN•Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Tübingen, Germany
1984•Avrion MITCHISON•University College London, UK
1982•Jean DAUSSET•Nobel Laureate•Institut de Recherches sur les Maladies du Sang, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
1980•Michael SELA•Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
1978•Henry KUNKEL•Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
1976•Sir Gustav NOSSAL•The Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia