I combine public health surveillance and research activities. My lab in in charge of the microbiological surveillance of diphtheria and pertussis (whooping cough) under mandates of the French Public health Agency (Santé publique France); we provide diagnostics, expertise and clinical advice. Our research focuses on the microbial population biology and emergence of pathogenic microbial strains, vaccine escape and antimicrobial resistance. We also develop applications in diagnostics and public health, including universal strain subtype genotyping systems and nomenclatures that facilitate international epidemiological tracking and micro-evolutionary studies.
Speaker 2 - Maria Keramarou (ECDC)
Speaker 3 - Valérie Bouchez (Institut Pasteur)
Valérie Bouchez is a research engineer in the Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Bacterial Pathogens and in the National Reference Center for Whooping Cough and other bordetellosis in Institut Pasteur (Paris, France). Her research investigates the microbiology and the genomic evolution of Bordetella species under vaccine pressure.
Speaker 4 - Martin Rethoret-Pasty (Institut Pasteur)
Graduating with a HND in biotechnology in 2020 and later with an engineering degree in biological engineering in 2023, with a specialization in Bioinformatics and Modeling for biology, I joined the Institut Pasteur immediately after completing my studies. I currently hold the position of Data Manager, where I am responsible for curating and developing the BIGSdb Pasteur database.
Speaker 5 - Noémie Lefrancq (ETH Zurich)
Noémie is a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich. Her works on the development of mathematical models that help shed light on the underlying transmission dynamics of infectious diseases, with the ultimate goal of helping disease control. She is particularly focusing on the use of genetic data, that is increasingly available and is bringing novel insights into pathogen transmission. She completed her PhD at University of Cambridge on the global dynamics of Bordetella pertussis and the implications for control. Before her PhD, Noémie worked at Institut Pasteur in Paris.
