Dept of Infectious Disease – seminar series (hybrid)
join us for our Post Doc/Fellows led seminar this term (hosted by David Carreno Yugueros/Magdalena Szczesna)
Biography: Dr Javier Pizarro-Cerda
Javier Pizarro-Cerda obtained a Ph.D. in Immunology at the Marseille-Luminy Immunology Centre investigating the intracellular adaptations to mammalian cells of the brucellosis agent Brucella abortus. He then joined the Institut Pasteur in Paris to study Listeria monocytogenes host-pathogen interactions.
Since 2017 he is Associate Professor at Institut Pasteur where he is director of the Yersinia Research Unit and of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Plague (FRA-146) as well as deputy director of the French National Reference Laboratory ‘Plague and other yersiniosis’.
His team currently investigates the biology and evolution of pathogenic members of the genus Yersinia, including the enteropathogens Y. pseudotuberculosis and Y. enterocolitica, as well as the plague bacillus Y. pestis.
His public health activities include the implementation of novel molecular diagnostic strategies to track pathogenic Yersinia outbreaks and the development of a vaccine against plague.
for general enquiries for the seminar series contact; @Mallu, Yasmin
come along in person to:
G47A/B, Flowers Building, S Kensington Campus
or online: via Microsoft Teams
details will be added here
