Portrait Sogevity | John Alexander Hopps: “I was constantly amazed at how technology had refined the device I helped create”
Portrait Sogevity | John Alexander Hopps: “I was constantly amazed at how technology had refined the device I helped create”

Born in 1919 in Winnipeg, John Alexander Hopps was an electrical engineer and medical researcher…

Portrait Sogevity | Luc Montagnier: “We must continue the fight against HIV, the battle is not over”
Portrait Sogevity | Luc Montagnier: “We must continue the fight against HIV, the battle is not over”

French virologist and professor Luc Montagnier (1932–2022) is known for co-discovering the human immunodeficiency virus…

Portrait Sogevity | René Laënnec: “The stethoscope is the extension of the physician’s ear”
Portrait Sogevity | René Laënnec: “The stethoscope is the extension of the physician’s ear”

French physician René Laënnec is best known for inventing the stethoscope and establishing the modern…

Portrait Sogevity | Émile Roux: “science knows no country”
Portrait Sogevity | Émile Roux: “science knows no country”

Émile Roux was a French physician and microbiologist who played a central role in the…

Portrait Sogevity | Emmanuelle Charpentier: “CRISPR is a tool to understand and repair life”
Portrait Sogevity | Emmanuelle Charpentier: “CRISPR is a tool to understand and repair life”

A leading figure in contemporary biology, Emmanuelle Charpentier is a French microbiologist and geneticist, co-recipient…

Portrait Sogevity | Georges Cuvier: “The revolutions of the globe”
Portrait Sogevity | Georges Cuvier: “The revolutions of the globe”

Georges Cuvier was a French naturalist and the founder of vertebrate paleontology. A leading figure…