Summary
Dr Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu is a research fellow in the section of paediatrics, division of infectious diseases. She is currently working on understanding the Mendelian predisposition to rare childhood infections specifically: identifying genes underlying childhood (1) herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), (2) severe viral infections, and (3) invasive meningococcal disease (IMD).
Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu obtained her BSc degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Her PhD project, based in the Centre for the study of Host Resistance to Infectious Disease, focused on investigating the genetics underlying host resistance to Salmonella infection in wild-derived mice. She moved to Paris, France following her PhD, to start her postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Disease in the Necker Enfants Malades Hospital at Universite Paris Descartes, developping an expertise in investigating Mendelian predisposition to childhood herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), and TLR3-antiviral IFN pathways. This led to the identification of human TRIF deficiency as novel genetic aetiology of HSE. She came to Imperial College in 2012 as a Marie Curie research fellow working with Prof M Levin in the section of Paediatrics, continuing her work on the genetic predisposition of childhood HSE in collaboration with her previous lab lead by Prof JL Casanova, but has also extended the search of Mendelian defects to other clinical disease phenotypes including severe childhood viral infections and invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). She has started her own group in 2014 with a career development award from the Medical Research Foundation, within the sections of Virology and Paediatrics.
Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu has been a Marie Cuire fellow from 2008-2010 and 2012-2014. She is currently funded by the Medical Research Foundation.
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Gupta RK, Harrison EM, Ho A, et al.Gupta RK, Harrison EM, Ho A, Docherty AB, Knight SR, van Smeden M, Abubakar I, Lipman M, Quartagno M, Pius R, Buchan I, Carson G, Drake TM, Dunning J, Fairfield CJ, Gamble C, Green CA, Halpin S, Hardwick HE, Holden KA, Horby PW, Jackson C, Mclean KA, Merson L, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS, Norman L, Olliaro PL, Pritchard MG, Russell CD, Scott-Brown J, Shaw CA, Sheikh A, Solomon T, Sudlow C, Swann OV, Turtle L, Openshaw PJM, Baillie JK, Semple MG, Noursadeghi M, Baillie JK, Semple MG, Openshaw PJM, Carson G, Alex B, Bach B, Barclay WS, Bogaert D, Chand M, Cooke GS, Docherty AB, Dunning J, Filipe ADS, Fletcher T, Green CA, Harrison EM, Hiscox JA, Ho AYW, Horby PW, Ijaz S, Khoo S, Klenerman P, Law A, Lim WS, Mentzer AJ, Merson L, Meynert AM, Noursadeghi M, Moore SC, Palmarini M, Paxton WA, Pollakis G, Price N, Rambaut A, Robertson DL, Russell CD, Sancho-Shimizu V, Scott JT, de Silva T, Sigfrid L, Solomon T, Sriskandan S, Stuart D, Summers C, Tedder RS, Thomson EC, Thompson AAR, Thwaites RS, Turtle LCW, Zambon M, Hardwick H, Donohue C, Lyons R, Griffiths F, Oosthuyzen W, Norman L, Pius R, Drake TM, Fairfield CJ, Knight S, Mclean KA, Murphy D, Shaw CA, Dalton J, Lee J, Plotkin D, Girvan M, Mullaney S, Petersen C, Saviciute E, Roberts S, Harrison J, Marsh L, Connor M, Halpin S, Jackson C, Gamble C, Leeming G, Law A, Wham M, Clohisey S, Hendry R, Scott-Brown J, Greenhalf W, Shaw V, McDonald S, Keating S, Ahmed KA, Armstrong JA, Ashworth M, Asiimwe IG, Bakshi S, Barlow SL, Booth L, Brennan B, Bullock K, Catterall BWA, Clark JJ, Clarke EA, Cole S, Cooper L, Cox H, Davis C, Dincarslan O, Dunn C, Dyer P, Elliott A, Evans A, Finch L, Fisher LWS, Foster T, Garcia-Dorival I, Greenhalf W, Gunning P, Hartley C, Ho A, Jensen RL, Jones CB, Jones TR, Khandaker S, King K, Kiy RT, Koukorava C, Lake A, Lant S, Latawiec D, Lavelle-Langham L, Lefteri D, Lett L, Livoti LA, Mancini M, McDonald S, McEvoy L, McLauchlan J, Metelmann S, Miah NS, Middleton J, Mitchell J, Moore SC, Murphy EG, Penrice-Randal close, 2021, Development and validation of the ISARIC 4C Deterioration model for adults hospitalised with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, ISSN:2213-2600
Gao D, Ciancanelli MJ, Zhang P, et al.Gao D, Ciancanelli MJ, Zhang P, Harschnitz O, Bondet V, Hasek M, Chen J, Mu X, Itan Y, Cobat A, Sancho-Shimizu V, Bigio B, Lorenzo L, Ciceri G, McAlpine J, Anguiano E, Jouanguy E, Chaussabel D, Meyts I, Diamond MS, Abel L, Hur S, Smith GA, Notarangelo L, Duffy D, Studer L, Casanova J-L, Zhang S-Y close, 2021, TLR3 controls constitutive IFN-beta antiviral immunity in human fibroblasts and cortical neurons, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Vol:131, ISSN:0021-9738
Hait AS, Olagnier D, Sancho-Shimizu V, et al.Hait AS, Olagnier D, Sancho-Shimizu V, Skipper KA, Helleberg M, Larsen SM, Bodda C, Moldovan LI, Ren F, Brinck Andersen N-S, Thomsen MM, Freytag MR, Darmalinggam S, Parkes I, Kadekar DD, Rahbek SH, van der Horst D, Kristensen LS, Eriksson K, Kjems J, Mostowy S, Christiansen M, Mikkelsen JG, Brandt CT, Paludan SR, Mogensen TH close, 2020, Defects in LC3B2 and ATG4A underlie HSV2 meningitis and reveal a critical role for autophagy in antiviral defense in humans., Sci Immunol, Vol:5
Borghesi A, Trück J, Asgari S, et al.Borghesi A, Trück J, Asgari S, Sancho-Shimizu V, Agyeman PKA, Bellos E, Giannoni E, Stocker M, Posfay-Barbe KM, Heininger U, Bernhard-Stirnemann S, Niederer-Loher A, Kahlert CR, Natalucci G, Relly C, Riedel T, Kuehni CE, Thorball CW, Chaturvedi N, Martinon-Torres F, Kuijpers TW, Coin L, Wright V, Herberg J, Levin M, Aebi C, Berger C, Fellay J, Schlapbach LJ, EUCLIDS consortium and the Swiss Paediatric Sepsis Study close, 2020, Whole-exome sequencing for the identification of rare variants in primary immunodeficiency genes in children with sepsis - a prospective population-based cohort study., Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol:71, ISSN:1058-4838, Pages:e614-e623
Bastard P, Rosen LB, Zhang Q, et al.Bastard P, Rosen LB, Zhang Q, Michailidis E, Hoffmann H-H, Zhang Y, Dorgham K, Philippot Q, Rosain J, Béziat V, Manry J, Shaw E, Haljasmägi L, Peterson P, Lorenzo L, Bizien L, Trouillet-Assant S, Dobbs K, de Jesus AA, Belot A, Kallaste A, Catherinot E, Tandjaoui-Lambiotte Y, Le Pen J, Kerner G, Bigio B, Seeleuthner Y, Yang R, Bolze A, Spaan AN, Delmonte OM, Abers MS, Aiuti A, Casari G, Lampasona V, Piemonti L, Ciceri F, Bilguvar K, Lifton RP, Vasse M, Smadja DM, Migaud M, Hadjadj J, Terrier B, Duffy D, Quintana-Murci L, van de Beek D, Roussel L, Vinh DC, Tangye SG, Haerynck F, Dalmau D, Martinez-Picado J, Brodin P, Nussenzweig MC, Boisson-Dupuis S, Rodríguez-Gallego C, Vogt G, Mogensen TH, Oler AJ, Gu J, Burbelo PD, Cohen JI, Biondi A, Bettini LR, D'Angio M, Bonfanti P, Rossignol P, Mayaux J, Rieux-Laucat F, Husebye ES, Fusco F, Ursini MV, Imberti L, Sottini A, Paghera S, Quiros-Roldan E, Rossi C, Castagnoli R, Montagna D, Licari A, Marseglia GL, Duval X, Ghosn J, HGID Lab, NIAID-USUHS Immune Response to COVID Group, COVID Clinicians, COVID-STORM Clinicians, Imagine COVID Group, French COVID Cohort Study Group, Milieu Intérieur Consortium, CoV-Contact Cohort, Amsterdam UMC Covid-19 Biobank, COVID Human Genetic Effort, Tsang JS, Goldbach-Mansky R, Kisand K, Lionakis MS, Puel A, Zhang S-Y, Holland SM, Gorochov G, Jouanguy E, Rice CM, Cobat A, Notarangelo LD, Abel L, Su HC, Casanova J-L close, 2020, Autoantibodies against type I IFNs in patients with life-threatening COVID-19, Science, Vol:370, ISSN:1095-9203
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