Codjo Hountondji
University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), France
Biography
Codjo Hountondji has completed his PhD at the age of 30 years from University of Orsay (Paris 11, France). He is professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6, France) and director of a research team focusing on “the mechanism of peptide bond formation at the peptidyl transferase center, the active site of the ribosome” and on “the ribosome as a target for anti-cancer drugs”. He has published more than 40 papers in reputed journals.