Pr Antoine Gessain is a medical virologist who studied in Paris’ hospitals and Universities where he received his MD and PhD. In 1983-1984, he participated to field epidemiological studies on the human retrovirus HTLV-1 […]
Olivier Cassar born in 1965, is a former researcher of the Institut Pasteur International network. He studied at the University Paris Diderot in Paris where he earned his Doctorate es Sciences in Virology in […]
Pierre-Emmanuel Ceccaldi obtained a Ph .D in Neuroscience at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 1989, on the axonal transport of Rabies Virus. After a post-doctoral training (EMBO Fellowship) at the University of Milan/San […]
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. […]
Our team has developed genetic tools allowing the study of the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We developed the first methods using molecular biology for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and study transmission. We isolated […]
For many years, I have been working in the field of host cell interaction with M. tuberculosis, and in immunology of TB. I am especially interested in the innate immune response against bacterial infection. In particular […]
Laetitia is a PhD student from the University Paris VII. She is graduated for a Master degree in Immunology in 2012 at the University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. She joined the lab in 2011 for […]
Innate immunity and Leptospira La leptospirose est une zoonoose réémergente, négligée et de répartition mondiale, causée par des bactéries pathogènes incluant l’espèce Leptospira interrogans. Ces bactéries spiralées et motiles pénètrent leur hôte par la […]