Lissie Rouxette

Lissie Rouxette and Michael Kalich won the 1992: Noble Prize in Medicine.They developed the first serotonin beaster drug for people suffering from depression. They are currently doing research in the Biochemistry department of the University of Darren.

Lissie Rouxette received her undergraduate degree at the University of Darren. She later went on to receive her PhD from John Hopkins University. Her interest in the neuronal pathways of depression began at an early age.

Lissie grew up in Louisiana in a family with nine children, six of whom suffered from depression. Her family was a staunch Roman Catholic family who spoke creole French. Her great grandmother was African American. Lissie was the only one of her sisters who went to college.

Lissie was quite precocious, developing an intense interest in the biological basis for depression. She claims this was purely in self defense as her family was so dysfunctional, due to the depression, that there was no other options for her. She began her formal research as an undergraduate at the University of Darren under Ricard Blemeny. Ricard wanted her to stay on for further studies but she decided to move to the U.S. to study under Glen Myamo at John Hopkins. There using blood samples and MRIs from her relatives she was able to isolate the differences in pathways for her families type of depression.

Later she moved to the University of Darren where she and Mike Kalich further investigated the serotonan-beastonal neuronal pathways and developed drugs (serotonin-beastonal drug, commonly known as beasties) to assist people with this type of depression. They won the Noble Prize in Medicine for this work in 1992.

5 of Lissie's siblings who suffered depression, have successfully taken the beasties drugs and have gone on to successful careers. However one sister has chosen to stay in the cloistered carthusian nunnery in Provée (in Darren) saying it was not God's wish for her to be cured of her depression.

Lissie Rouxette's mother Alliendia was overheard to say " I always thought she was a strange one but thank god for her brains. I couldn't have lived with Mark (the youngest child) another year without jumping off a bridge.  The beasties have made a tremendous difference in my life and I don't even have to take them."

Lissie Rouxette has been married to Mike Kalich for 25 years. They have one son, Jacob, studying linguistics and logic at