Yesterday, the Claude Pompidou prize ceremony was held in the presence of celebrity ambassadors and patrons of the association. A grant of €100,000 was promised to the winner.
225,000 new cases of Alzheimer’s disease are diagnosed each year. “In France, there are nearly 900,000 people affected,” notes the deputy and departmental councilor of Alpes-Maritimes, Éric Ciotti.
That is why, as every year for the past 7 years, the Pompidou Foundation encourages researchers to work on this terrible disease known as Alzheimer’s. Accompanied by Julien Lepers, Bernard De La Villardière, Emmanuelle Boidron, Brahim Asloum, and other notable figures from Nice, Alain Pompidou presented the prize named after his adoptive mother, the Claude Pompidou prize.
It’s Professor Alain Buisson, based in Grenoble, who is this year’s laureate for 2017. His work on synapses (the area located between two neurons ensuring the transmission of information from one to the other) convinced the jury to help him continue his research. “This will allow the funding of a significant portion of a new generation study station capable of better understanding the development of the disease to better combat it,” reports Professor Buisson.
At the same time, the Foundation also donated a mini-bus to the Nice institute to allow the residents of the center to benefit from organized outings.
A tattoo for Pompidou.
Since August 1st, the city of Nice and the Claude Pompidou Foundation have launched the operation: “if you’re tattooed, you’re Pompidou and you’re… Nice.” It aims to encourage tourists, as well as the people of Nice, to obtain ephemeral tattoo sheets from the city’s tourist offices. Each sheet is sold for €5, €2 of which is donated to the association.
The Claude Pompidou Foundation helps people made vulnerable by illness, disability, and old age. Created in 1970, the foundation builds specialized centers that currently accommodate over 1,000 people throughout France. In March 2014, it inaugurated a specialized care center focused on Alzheimer’s disease in Nice (10 rue Molière), employing over 50 people year-round. Screening, care, reception, and treatment are the main areas of expertise you can find there. The institute also aims to assist the families of patients on a daily basis through various activities such as “if you’re tattooed, you’re Pompidou and you’re Nice.” “One in three French people has a tattoo. It’s fun, it’s nice, it’s fresh, it’s young. The goal is to raise awareness for our cause through this operation,” explains Didier Audebert, special communications advisor.
