research interests
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Research interests
My research is focused on microorganisms adaptation to biotic (coevolution) or abiotic variables (antibiotics, pH, etc.). More specifically, I'm interested in:
1. The processes leading to the selection or counter selection of micro-organisms resistant to pesticides (antibiotics, fungicides), or host defenses.
2. Alternative antimicrobial strategies like phage or Bdellovibrio therapy
3. Microbiota functioning and its interactions with its host.
I list below the different projects I have been working on during my academic carreer.
Studying fly microbiota with Drosophila suzukii and biological control with Bactrocera dorsalis
(2018 - 2019)
Post doc with Simon Fellous at the UMR Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP) at Montpellier, France.
Studying the functioning and evolution of the faba bean necrotic stunt virus
(2015 - 2018)
Post doc with Stéphane Blanc at the UMR Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite at Montpellier, France
Project : Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibiotic resistance in biofilm
2015
Project developped with the collaboration of the Genesys - MIVEGEC lab (Montpellier) and the National Institure of Hygiene and Epidemiology At Hanoï (Vietman)
Studying the coevolution between rice and its fungal pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae
(2013 - 2015)
Post doc with Elisabeth Fournier and Didier Tharreau at the UMR Biologie et Génétique des Interactions Plante-Parasite at Montpellier, France
Studying the adaptation of Escherichia coli to antibiotic and pH gradients
(2009 - 2013)
Post doc with Thomas Lenormand at the Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive at Montpellier, France
Adaptation of the lambda phage to E. coli forming biofilms and to the bacterial stationary phase
(2006-2008)
Post doc at the State University of New York at Albany in Ing Nang Wang's lab
Predator - prey coevolution using the Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus - Pseudomonas fluorescens system
(2002-2006)
PhD at the Pierre et Marie Curie University and Ecole Normale Supérieure in the Evolutionary parasitology lab - UMR 7103 -UMR 7625 Paris - France.