Lise Musset

Lise Musset is the head of the parasitology laboratory. As a pharmaceutical doctor (Université de Reims 2002), Medical Biologist and Doctor of Sciences (Université Paris-Descartes 2006), she is he head of the NRC for malaria and focal point for the WHO collaborating center for surveillance of antimalarial drug resistance. Since her arrival in French Guiana, she develops projects related to the Amazonian territory. She has been studying the mechanisms of resistance to antimalarial drugs and their evolution for 20 years. Her team identified a phenomenon of natural reversion of resistance to chloroquine in French Guiana, seven years after the withdrawal of this molecule (Pelleau et al., 2015, PNAS) and characterized the selection of artemisinin resistance in Guyana (Mathieu et al., 2020, eLife). Her areas of interest are related to i) understanding the mechanisms of resistance, ii) identifying the associated genetic factors, iii) developing or evaluating new diagnostic methods, and iv) understanding the transmission of malaria in French Guiana. These areas benefit on extensive experience in genetics and cell biology and aim to enhance malaria control and elimination in the region.