I am currently Professor at Institut Pasteur, head of the Genetics of Biofilms Unit in the Department of Microbiology. For the past 25 years, I investigated the molecular bases of various bacterial processes. I first […]
The cell envelope of Gram-negative bacteria is a complex structure composed of two membranes and a cell wall. The cell wall determines cell shape and protects the cell from bursting due to osmotic pressure. […]
After graduating as an engineer from Ecole Polytechnique, Jean-Pierre Levraud obtained a PhD in Immunology at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (then Paris VI) in 1997, working on anti-tumor T cell immunity under the […]
Marc Lecuit, MD, PhD, is a microbiologist and an infectious diseases physician. He is the Director of the Biology of Infection Unit at the Institut Pasteur and Inserm (U1117) and of the Listeria National […]
In the lab, we are focusing on bacterial mechanisms of survival in hostile environments containing sub-lethal antibiotic concentrations. The emergence of antibiotic resistance is increasingly associated with low antibiotic concentrations in the aquatic environment, […]