Prof. Jacques SIMPORE
Commander of the National Ordre
List of positions
Education/ University training
University of Rome II,
Tor Vergata, Italy
Master in Molecular Biology
University of Brescia,
Italy
Doctorate (PhD) in Molecular Genetics
applied to medical sciences
University of Regina Apostolorum Rome
Doctorat (PhD) in Bioethics
Research activities
Thanks to the development of several research projects
We have published 583 scientific articles
in international peer-reviewed journals such as « Nature », « Science », « Nature Genetics », « Nature Communication », « Genes and immunity »; and « Lancet Haematology »
269 scientific articles indexed in PubMed
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H index of 55
Google Scholar
AD Scientific Index
AD Scientific Index – Africa World Scientist Rankings – World Top 100 Rankings 2023
490 DNA sequences in the international GenBank
This research contributed to 490 DNA sequences in the international GenBank
2 chapters in the World Encyclopedias on Bioethics
We wrote 2 chapters that was published in the World -***
Encyclopedias on Bioethics
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Handbook of Global Bioethics
We have also written 14 chapters that have been published in twelve books
Activities in Burkina Faso
2024
Appointed President of the UNESCO Burkinabe Bioethics Committee (CBBU)
2019
Elected President of the African Society of Genetics (SAGE), Burkina Faso Section
2016 – 2022
Appointed expert member of the national biosafety committee, by the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation of Burkina Faso;
2014
Appointed member of the Technical Advisory Group on Vaccination (GTCV), Ministry of Health, Burkina Faso;
2014
Appointed member of the expert committee of the Ministry of Health in charge of the activities of national reference laboratories (NRLs) in Burkina Faso ;
Activities at international level
2021
Appointed expert by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of Faso to represent Burkina at the intergovernmental meeting of the Special Committee on a preliminary draft Recommendation on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) to UNESCO;
2019
Appointed Expert by the Director-General of WHO in the WHO Expert Advisory Committee on the development of global standards for the governance and oversight of human genome editing; See the name “Simpore” in this link
2019
Appointed Expert by the Director-General of WHO in the WHO Expert Advisory Committee on the development of global standards for the governance and oversight of human genome editing; See the name “Simpore”
in this link:
2019
Classified as a scientific expert to evaluate the applications of researchers to become professors at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana
2019
Appointed member of the ad hoc committee of experts responsible for validating the code of conduct of the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education (CAMES);
2018
Appointed Expert at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of Italy (MIUR) for the evaluation of research projects [ Download]
2013-2018
Appointed member of the CAMES Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee;
2013-2018
Appointed member of the CAMES Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee;
Member of academies and learned societies
Subjects taught at Master level
Genetic engineering; Molecular biology
Bioethics/Ethics; Civics; Biosecurity;
Gene editing /CRISPR Cas9 and Signal Transduction;
Genetic fingerprinting in criminology ( Forensics ) and paternity testing.
Decorations
2019
Decorated “Commander of the National Order” of Burkina Faso
2019
Decorated “Officer of the International Order of Academic Palms of CAMES”
2015
Decorated “Knight of the International Order of Academic Palms of CAMES”
2014
Decorated “Officer of the Order of Academic Palms”, Burkina Faso”
2009
Decorated “Officer of the National Order of Burkina Faso
2004
Decorated as “Knight of the National Order of Burkina Faso”
Scientific publications and patents
Google scholar
ORCID
PubMed
Centre de Recherche Biomoléculaire Pietro ANNIGONI
Site perso Pr Jacques SIMPORE
National Center for Biotechnology Information
