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© Christine Schmitt, Sophie Goyard, Jean-Marc Panaud
Trypanosoma vivax - forme sanguine. Responsable de la trypanosomose animale ou Nagana.
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SherPa

Brice Rotureau (PI)

Developing a SHERLOCK platform for multipurpose detection of trypanosomatid Parasites   Neglected tropical diseases caused by vector-born trypanosomatids – African trypanosomiases, Chagas disease and leishmaniases – affect both humans and animals, and disproportionately levy an […]
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Ongoing
14 Members

SHERLOCK4HAT

Brice Rotureau (PI)

SHERLOCK4HAT African trypanosomes are transmitted by the bite of the tsetse fly and cause the debilitating, and often fatal, neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness, or Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT). Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, the parasites […]
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Ongoing
4 Members

AdipoTryp

Brice Rotureau (PI)

AdipoTryp Trypanosoma brucei is a unicellular and extracellular parasite transmitted by the tsetse fly (Glossina genus) and causing Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) in Sub-Saharan Africa. If untreated, this neglected tropical disease has a case […]
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Ongoing
2 Members

TrypaDerm

Brice Rotureau (PI)

Trypanosoma brucei gambiense causes chronic Human African Trypanosomiasis. These extra-cellular protist parasites are transmitted by tsetse flies and proliferate in the host blood. We have recently demonstrated that the skin was a major yet […]
Project
Completed
4 Members

VeCoInf

Christian Mitri (PI)

Deciphering the impact of Plasmodium/Trypanosoma co-infections on the vectorial capacity of Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria and African trypanosomiasis (AT), also known as sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana in cattle, are two parasitic diseases prevalent […]
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GlycoNov

Brice Rotureau (PI)

Non-glycolytic pathways in glycosomes: novel functions for trypanosome development and virulence Trypanosomes and Leishmania spp. are parasitic protozoans responsible for major human diseases, which account for ~24 million persons infected worldwide, with over 600 […]
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EnTrypa

Brice Rotureau (PI)

Dynamics of the early steps of mammalian host infection by African trypanosomes Human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease caused by the flagellated protist Trypanosoma brucei. Nagana is a similar […]

CV

DIPLOMAS

  • 2016: HDR – University Paris-Descartes V (10-03-2016)
  • 2012: DU Experimentation on Living Animals – University Paris-Descartes V
  • 2005: PhD in Life Sciences – University of French Guiana – Obtained with honours (11-29-2005)

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • 2020-…: Director of the Parasitology Unit at Institut Pasteur of Guinea, Conakry.
  • 2019-…: Director of Research at Institut Pasteur.
  • 2015-…: Head of the Trypanosome Transmission Group at Institut Pasteur.
  • 2011-2014: Permanent staff scientist at Institut Pasteur.
  • 2007-2011: Post-doctoral fellow in the Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit at Institut Pasteur.
  • 2006: Staff scientist in the International Department at the Institut de Veille Sanitaire, France.

 

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

  • ORCID 0000-0003-0671-8999, 58 publications, 4 books/chapters, 40 talks, 2 invention disclosures.
  • Associate Editor for Microbiol Spectrum (American Society for Microbiology, 2022-24), Front Cell Infect Microbiol (Nature Publishing Group, since 2012) and Trop Med Infect Dis (Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, since 2020) (12-24/y).
  • Frequent reviewer for Nat Comm, Sci Rep, Commun Biol, PLoS journals, Antimicrob Agents Chemother, Int J Parasitol, Cell Microbiol, MBio, … (6-12/y).
  • Project / candidate evaluator for grants and recruitments (6/y): ERC, Wellcome Trust, ANR, IRD, INSERM, IP CoReScif, IP PTR and ACIP, …

 

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • 2020-…: Lectures in Parasitology at University Gamal Abdel Nasser of Conakry (8-14h).
  • 2016-…: Lecture and MOOC for the Medical Entomology Course IRD-IP (2h/y).
  • 2015-…: Lectures in Parasitology at University Paris Saclay (2-6h/y).
  • 2013-15 & 2021: Practical courses in Parasitology for the Microbiology Course at IP (2h-1w/y).
  • 2006-…: Lectures in Parasitology, Ecology and Epidemiology in Licence and Master degrees at ICES (10-30h/y).
  • 2003-05: Lectures in Animal Biology and Parasitology in Licence, Master and Medical degrees at University of French Guiana (80h/y).

 

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES and EXPERTISE (last 5 years)

  • Invited expert for workshops (WHO, Aviesan…) and PhD / HDR juries (4-6/y).
  • Member of the committee for recruitment and evaluation of IRD researchers (CSS2, 2015-20).
  • SAB member of the LAMIVECT international consortium regrouping 7 international research institutes in Western Africa and in France (2017-23).

 

AWARDS and DISTINCTIONS

  • 2017: Award of the French Academy of Medicine – Deschiens Prize.
  • 2011: Annual prize of the French Society of Parasitology for the best presentation.
  • 2009: Award of the French Academy of Medicine – Evian-les-Bains Prize.
  • 2008: Award of the Foundation for Medical Research (FRM) – Epidaure Prize for a young scientist in medicine and ecology – given by the French Minister of Ecology.

 

MAIN RESEARCH GRANTS (last 5 years)

  • Coordinator of the ANR-PRC 2021-24 SherPa project
  • Coordinator of the BMGF-DNDi 2021-23 TrypSkin study
  • Partner of the ANR-PRC 2019-24 AdipoTryp project
  • Coordinator of the IP-PTR 2019-21 Sherlock4HAT project
  • Coordinator of the ANR-PRC 2018-22 TrypaDerm project
  • Partner of the ANR-PRC 2015-20 GLYCONOV project
  • Coordinator of the ANR-JCJC 2014-18 ENTRYPA project

 

MAIN RESEARCH INTEREST

Development, transmission, and eco-epidemiology of trypanosomatid parasites causing NTDs

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