What is Curie Institute (Paris)?
{{Infobox organization | name = Institut Curie | image = | size = | alt = | motto = | formation = {{Start date and age|1920|df=y}} | type = [[Governmental organisation]] | purpose = [[Fundamental research]] | headquarters = 26 rue d'Ulm 75005 Paris | language = French | leader_title = President | leader_name = Thierry Philip | main_organ = | budget = | num_staff = | website = {{URL|institut-curie.org}} }} The '''Curie Institute''' or '''''Institut Curie''''' is one of the leading medical [[research]] centres in the world. It is a private non-profit foundation for [[oncology|research into cancer]]. It is located in [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.curie.fr/index.cfm/lang/_gb.htm |title=Institut Curie, fight and research against cancer |access-date=2009-02-14 |archive-date=2010-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004003706/http://www.curie.fr/index.cfm/lang/_gb.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> == History == It was founded by [[Marie Curie]] and got state approval as a foundation in 1921. == Research == There are several hundred research staff at the Institute. ''Institut Curie'' does not offer undergrduate degrees, but does award Ph.D.s. == Hospital == ''Institut Curie'' runs the ''Hôpital Claudius Régaud'', a cancer treatment hospital. == Nobel laureates == Five [[Nobel prize]]s are attached to the Institute's researchers. * Marie Curie, Physics, 1903 * Marie Curie. Chemistry, 1911 * [[Pierre Curie]], Physics * Irène and [[Frédéric Joliot-Curie]], Chemistry, 1935 * Pierre-Gilles de Gennes == Famous alumni == * [[Marie Curie]], [[physicist]] and chemist == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.aip.org/history/curie/ Marie Curie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211132844/http://aip.org/history/curie/ |date=2009-02-11 }} [[Category:Hospitals in Paris]] [[Category:Non-profit organizations of France]] [[Category:1920 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Education in France]] [[Category:Medical and health organizations]] [[Category:Micr