Background
I completed a BSc degree in Cellular Biology and Physiology at the University of Paris-Diderot, followed by a MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Pierre and Marie Curie. During my master, I did my research internship at the Pasteur Institute (Paris, France). Then I continued my education by completing a PhD in Biology-Health at the University of Limoges. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher Associate in the Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology. I am interested in host-pathogen interactions, bacterial virulence and antimicrobials resistance.
Project
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Streptococcus pneumoniae is spread globally. Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) has decreased AMR among vaccine-type strains, but now, AMR emerges by expansion of non-PCV types. The aim of my project is to decipher mechanisms (genetic/functional) which are involved in acquisition and transmission of antibiotic resistant pneumococcal strains, before and after pneumococcal vaccination, working in an in vivo mouse model.
Publications
Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhi, Gulf of Guinea Region, Africa. Baltazar M, Ngandjio A, Holt KE, Lepillet E, Pardos de la Gandara M, Collard JM, Bercion R, Nzouankeu A, Le Hello S, Dougan G, Fonkoua MC, Weill. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015 Apr ;21(4):655-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2104.14135
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