Immunologist, FNRS Senior Research Associate, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Master en Sciences Zoologiques (orientation biologie moléculaire) à l'Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgique.
Doctorat en Sciences Zoologiques (immunologie cellulaire) à l'ULB (1992-1997).
Spécialisation postdoctorale en biochimie (1997-1999, Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire, ULB), en parasitologie (1999-2002, Laboratoire de Parasitologie, ULB) et en immunologie infectieuse (2002-2004, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, INSERM URM 6097, Nice, France).
Présentement Maître de recherche au F.R.S.-FNRS., attaché au laboratoire de Parasitologie de la Faculté de Médecine de l'ULB et collaborateur scientifique à l'Unité de recherche en biologie des micro-organismes (URBM) de l'Université de Namur (UNamur).
Je me consacre principalement à l'étude théorique et expérimentale de la relation hôte pathogène, ainsi qu'à l'enseignement de l'Immunologie. Je tente également de contribuer au développement de la théorie de l'évolution.
There is no evidence that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory
Apr 22, 2020 12:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The Covid-19 pandemic, which is disrupting our lives and shaking our health systems and economies, is at the root of what Dr. Sylvie Briand, director of the Department of Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases of the World Health...
'Cultured' meat could create more problems than it solves
Dec 01, 2019 03:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Cultured or in vitro meat, also called clean meat by its supporters, is meat produced in a laboratory using bioengineering techniques. In 2013, Mark Post, professor at Maastricht University, presented the first...
Why biodiversity is key to our survival
Dec 08, 2018 17:27 pm UTC| Science
Diversity, be it genetic, morphological, behavioural or ecological, is at the heart of many controversies. It fascinates us or worries us, depending on the context. But what is biological diversity? How useful is it, how...
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