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'{{Infobox person | name = Brigitte Kieffer | image =[[File:Brigitte Kieffer.jpg|thumb|]] | image_size = | caption = | birth_name =Brigitte Kieffer | birth_date =February 26th, 1958 | birth_place =Clichy, France | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = | title = | salary = | networth = | height = | weight = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = | nationality = [[France|French]] }} Dr. '''Brigitte Kieffer''' (born February 26th, 1958) is a [[French people|French]] molecular neurobiologist known for her research of opiate receptors. She has worked at [[UCLA]] in California. ==Life== Kieffer became a Professor at the [[Universite Louis Pasteur]] in 1994 in Strasbourg. Dr. Kieffer is a Visiting Professor at the [[UCLA]] and Group Leader at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology.<ref>[http://people.healthsciences.ucla.edu/institution/personnel?personnel_id=315771 Brigitte Kieffer PhD], UCLA, retrieved 4 April 2014</ref> She joined the [[Academie des sciences]] in December 2013. In 2014 she was given the [[L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science]].<ref>{{cite web|title=16th Annual L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science - 2014|url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/priority-areas/gender-and-science/for-women-in-science-programme/2014-awards/|publisher=UNESCO|accessdate=6 May 2014}}</ref> ==Publications== * Charbogne P., B. Kieffer, Befort K. (2014). 15 Years of genetic Approaches in vivo for addiction research: Opioid receptor and peptide gene knockout in mouse models of drug abuse, Neuropharmacology * Lutz EP Kieffer B. (2013) Opioid receptors. Distinct roles in mood disorders, Trends Neurosci, 36 (3), 195-206. ==References== {{reflist}} <ref>"Brigitte Kieffer PhD." Douglas Mental Health University Institute. Centre Intégré Universitaire De Santé Et De Services Sociaux De L'Ouest-de-I'lle-de-Montréal Québec, 7 Feb. 2015. Web. </ref> <ref>- "Brigitte Kieffer Receives the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award." Douglas Mental Health University Institute. Centre Intégré Universitaire De Santé Et De Services Sociaux De L'Ouest-de-I'lle-de-Montréal Québec, 2 May 2014. Web. </ref> <ref>- "Cloning Opioid Receptors to Better Understand Our Brain." Cloning Opioid Receptors to Better Understand Our Brain. For Women in Science L'Oreal Foundation, n.d. Web. </ref> <ref>- "Opioid Systems and Brain Function." IGBMC. Institut De Génétique Et De Biologie Moléculaire Et Cellulaire, n.d. Web. </ref> {{Persondata |NAME=Kieffer, Brigitte |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION=Research in genetics and molecular psychiatry |DATE OF BIRTH= |PLACE OF BIRTH= |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kieffer, Brigitte}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:French scientists]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Neuroscientists]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:University of Strasbourg faculty]] [[Category:Women neuroscientists]] [[Category:L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates]]'