Viruses were for quite long characterized as the invisible heteronomous agents, (unseen by light microscopy & unable to propagate themselves in the absence of susceptible cells) capable of escaping the bacteriological filters (Rivers, 1932, […]
After completing my undergraduate studies in Algiers, I joined the “Haematopoiesis and Immunity lab” led by Dr. Marc Haenlin and Dr. Lucas Waltzer at the “Centre de Biologie du Développement” in Toulouse. I investigated […]
Since my ‘licence professionelle’ degree in tissue and cell culture and molecular biology in 2016 I’m working in virology. I really passionate about viruses. To continue to learn about them, I did a university […]
Intravital imaging of iRFP-expressing Neisseria meningitidis vascular colonization. Bacteria rapidly bind to the human endothelium (UEA-1 lectin, grey) and locally proliferate. At 6 hours post-infection, the 3D-rendering shows the complete colonization of the human […]
I received my PhD from Sapienza-University of Rome (Italy) in 2014. I investigated the regulation of HLA-E molecule expression during the monocyte-to-macrophage differentiation process as well as their role in the crosstalk between mononuclear […]
