Research and professional experiences
Since January 2021: Postdoctoral training at Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
- Subject: Studying the innate immune memory induced by beta-glucan
- Team: Immunology of fungal infections
- Director: Dr Jessica Quintin
2019-2020: Postdoctoral training at INSERM U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, CPTP, Toulouse, France
- Subject: Brain resident memory CD8 T cells upon toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium infections
- Team: Eukaryotic intracellular parasites: Immunity and Chemoresistance
- Director: Dr Nicolas BLANCHARD
2016-2019: PhD training at INSERM U1043, CNRS UMR 5282, CPTP, Toulouse, France
- Subject: Impact of parasitic and viral infection of T cells-mediated inflammatory diseases
- Team: Eukaryotic intracellular parasites: Immunity and Chemoresistance
- Director: Dr Nicolas BLANCHARD
- PhD degree defended in November 2019
2016: M2R training at CNRS UMR 5089, IPBS, Toulouse, France
- Subject: Experimental evolution of tuberculosis bacilli: Genetic factors required for persistence
- Team: Molecular Pathogenesis of Mycobacteria
- Director: Dr Christophe GUILHOT
2015 (3 months): Master 1 training at INSERM U1043, CPTP, Toulouse, France
- Subject: Impact of the probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 on the susceptibility to central nervous system inflammation
- Team: Inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system: mechanisms and therapy
- Director: Dr Abdelhadi SAOUDI
Education
2016-2019: PhD in Immunology, Université Paul Sabatier, UFR Sciences de la vie et de la terre – Toulouse, France
2014-2016: Master degree – Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Université Paul Sabatier, UFR Sciences de la vie et de la terre – Toulouse, France
2011-2014: Bachelor in Biology – Microbiology/Immunology, Lebanese university – Faculty of sciences, Lebanon