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paris , france 2008 nobel prize in physiology or medicine french virology pasteur institute 30 july 1947 discovering hiv françoise barré-sinoussi-press conference dec 06th , 2008-1 . jpg françoise barré-sinoussi
 françoise barré-sinoussi
françoise barré-sinoussi

françoise barré-sinoussi -lrb- born 30 july 1947 -rrb- is a french virologist and director of the regulation of retroviral infections division -lrb- `` unité de régulation des infections rétrovirales '' -rrb- at the institut pasteur in paris , france .
born in paris , france , barré-sinoussi performed some of the fundamental work in the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus -lrb- hiv -rrb- as the cause of aids .
in 2008 , she was awarded the nobel prize in physiology or medicine , together with her former mentor , luc montagnier , for their discovery of hiv .
she will mandatorily retire from active research on august 31 , 2015 and will fully retire by some time in 2017 .
