Brigitte Gicquel#
| Membership Number: | 4857 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.pasteur.fr/fr |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 up to now Head of the Mycobacterial Genetics Unit, Institut Pasteur Paris
- 2014 until now Head of Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai
- 2015: interim scientific co-Director of the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai
- 2003 - 2005 Head of the Department of Microbial Pathogenicity, Institut Pasteur
- Since 1998 Professor at Institut Pasteur
- Since 1994 Head of the Mycobacterial Genetics Unit, Institut Pasteur
- 1991 - 1994 Head of Laboratory within the Unit of Microbial Genetics, Institut Pasteur
- 1978 - 1991 Assistant Professor, Institut Pasteur
- 1974 - 1978 Graduate student, University Center of Hospital Cochin
Fields of Scholarship
- Determination of the whole genome sequence of a mycobacterial replicon
- Identification of new drug candidates against M. tuberculosis or other mycobacteriosis
- Transposition and construction of mutant libraries of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Identification of virulence genes in M. tuberculosis.
- Identification of horizontal transfer in M. tuberculosis
- Identification of active mobiles elements in mycobacteria
- Construction of a vaccine candidate against tuberculosis
- Construction of DNA-based diagnostic test of tuberculosis
Honours and Awards
- 2008 Canetti Award, France
- 2006 Award Sustainable Development from the Foundation Ecology and Development, Spain
- 2004 Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur
- 2002 Award Alexandre Joannides from the French Academy of Science
