I trained in bacterial pathogenesis since my MSc and PhD at the Université of Montreal and I did a first postdoctoral fellowship in bacterial pathogenesis at INRA, Toulouse and a second postdoctoral fellowship on Salmonella pathogenesis at Washington University, St-Louis. I’m now a Full Professor at the Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie, Université de Montréal.
Over the last decade, I have been focusing on:
- Studies of Salmonella virulence factors
- Identification and characterization of genes expressed in vivo
Role in Syst-OMICS
As the Activity 1 Co-Leader, I’m assisting Roger Levesque in our responsibilities i.e. make sure that Activity 1 achieve its objectives, that coordination among our activity is optimal and that our virulence models and data are comparable. As a member of the Steering committee, I will follow the scientific progress of the project and make sure inter-activity synergy and coordination is happening.
I am also in charge of Activity 1.4.1 which aims to do high-throughput mammalian whole cell screening (gentamicin) to define virulence of selected Salmonella strains.