Director INSERM 1125

Enseignant chercheur

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1. Titles

Accreditation to direct research (HDR)

Ph.D. of Molecular Biology, summa cum laude (Strasbourg I University, 2000)

Master of Cellular and Molecular Biology with optional Immunology (Strasbourg I University, 1996)

2. Professional duties

Since 2025: Director INSERM UMR 1125

Since 2016: Professor, Inserm Chair, INSERM UMR1125  Paris 13 University, Bobigny, France. In charge of the group “Innate immunity in RA”

2010-2016: Associate Professor, Inserm Chair, INSERM UMR1125  Paris 13 University, Bobigny, France. In charge of the group “Innate immunity in RA”

Formerly: Group leader (2004-2010), Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tübingen, Germany (Head: Prof. Hans-Georg Rammensee)

3. Scientific societies

Member of the French Society of Rheumatology

4. Distinctions and prizes

Ph.D. thesis prize (Strasbourg, 2000)

EULAR (European League against Rheumatism) Prize, 6th European Lupus Meeting (London, 2005)

Young Investigator Award, 8th International Congress on SLE (Shanghai, 2007)

Chairman at the 2nd European Congress of Immunology (Berlin, 2009)

EFIS Travel award, 2nd European Congress of Immunology (Berlin, 2009)

DAAD Travel grant, 4th Asian Congress on Autoimmunity (Singapore, 2009)

“Cutting Edge of Lupus Research” prize, 9th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Vancouver, 2010)

Research prize of the German Lupus Foundation (2010)

5. Research focuses

Rheumatoid arthritis

Systemic lupus erythematosus

Neutrophils and inflammation

Cytokines and inflammation

Experimental arthritis

Therapeutic targets