Conférenciers invités

               Robert Sinden, Emeritus Professor 

                 Imperial College of London, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences

Bob Sinden's expertise and research focus lies within the field of parasite cell and molecular biology, as well as proteomics and population dynamics of malaria transmission. His research has an overall focus on discovery and characterisation of transmission-blocking vaccine candidates

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/AP/faces/pages/read/Home.jsp?person=r.sinden&_adf.ctrl-state=o1c7oa59m_3

               Priscille BRODIN, DR2 Inserm 

                  Mycobacteria Chemogenomics

                  Inserm 1019 - CNRS UMR 8204, Centre d'infection et immunité Lille, CIIL

 Project:

- A comprehensive picture of the critical features of M. tuberculosis within live target cells provided by combined high content imaging and mycobacterial functional genomics;

- A better understanding on how M. tuberculosis controls host cell signalling pathways;

- The proof of concept about whether targeting the intracellular microorganism can lead to novel approaches for the fight against antibiotic resistance.

 http://u1019.lille.inserm.fr/recherche/brodin/

                  Xavier de Lamballerie, PU-PH

               PU-PH, Faculté de Médecine Unité des virus émergents Université Aix-Marseille

Xavier de Lamballerie is currently Professor of Microbiology at Marseille Medical University’s Emerging Viruses Unit, where he is also responsible for overseeing the Virology Department research programme. He is also in charge of the Virology Unit of the Microbiology Department at La Timone Hospital, Marseille.

Dr. de Lamballerie was the first to demonstrate the nosocomial transmission of the Hepatitis C virus in haemodialysis units using phylogenetic tools. He established, in collaboration with Professor Ph. De Micco, the first research laboratory dealing with clinical virology specialised in diagnosis, genomics and genetics of RNA viruses and established the complete sequences of more than 40 RNA viruses including flaviviruses, arenaviruses and reoviruses.

In 1997 he conducted epidemiological and molecular studies in Europe on the GB virus-C and on the TT virus, and established the first genomic sequences and taxonomic classification of Coltiviruses and a new genus – the Seadornavirus genus - within the Reoviridae family. X de Lamballerie was coordinator of the EU-funded VIZIER programme aiming to have a ground-breaking impact on the identification of potential new drug targets against RNA viruses by providing a comprehensive structural characterization of the replicative machinery of a carefully selected and diverse set of viruses.

 https://www.ird.fr/la-recherche/liste-des-unites-de-recherche/190-emergence-des-pathologies-virales