The Jean-de-Margerie Prize (biomedical sciences category) was awarded to Prof. François Bachand. This award recognizes the most notable publication of the year in 2020, whether it be a book chapter, a book or an article in the field of biomedical sciences. The article in question was published in the journal Genes & Development and is entitled: “Nutrient-dependent control of RNA polymerase II elongation rate regulates specific gene expression programs by alternative polyadenylation” by Carlo Yague-Sanz, Yann Vanrobaeys et al. ” Well done!