List of Honors and Awards -Elected member of EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) since 2001 -Received the silver medal of CNRS (France) in 2001 -Received the Helmholtz Humboldt Research Award (Germany) in 2005 -Elected as a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (External member), Section of Biological Sciences, in 2010 -Received the « Grand Prix Etancelin » from the French Academy of Sciences, in 2011 -Doctoral and research supervision award for high level of scientific activity with teaching from CNRS, in 2013 -Received the ERC Advanced Grant of € 2.5 million for his project 'BIRTOACTION' in 2013; -Elected member of Faculty Opinions (in 2014, originally F1000Prime); Cell Biology/Control of Gene Expression -Elected as a Member of Academia Europaea in 2016