Philippe Sansonetti
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Academic year 2010-2011
Lectures
When pathogens break through the body’s "barriers"
"No construction without destruction, no current barrier-free, non-stop step ahead".
Mao Zedong
9 December
Species, a barrier that plays a key role in the emergence of infection.
16 December
The intestinal barrier, rupture, invasion and inflammatory destruction by pathogens
6 January
The urogenital barrier, from acute rupture to chronic parasitism.
13 January
The skin barrier, another major interface with the world of germs; commensalism and pathogenicity.
20 January
The blood-brain barrier, protection of the last sanctuary, strengths and vulnerabilities against bacterial and viral pathogens.
3 February
The respiratory barrier, from commensalism to pathogenicity; in search of new paradigms.
Seminars
Linked to topics covered in the lectures
9 December
Antoine Flahault (School of Advanced Studies in Public Health, Rennes)
The emergence of influenzas
Antoine Flahault (School of Advanced Studies in Public Health, Rennes)
The emergence of influenzas
16 December
Marc Lecuit (Institut Pasteur and Necker Hospital, Paris)
Listeria, the challenge of crossing the intestinal barrier
Marc Lecuit (Institut Pasteur and Necker Hospital, Paris)
Listeria, the challenge of crossing the intestinal barrier
6 January
François Forestier (School of Pharmacy, Chatenay-Malabry)
The placenta, the ultimate barrier?
François Forestier (School of Pharmacy, Chatenay-Malabry)
The placenta, the ultimate barrier?
13 January
Gérard Orth (Institut Pasteur and Academy of Sciences, Paris)
Papillomaviruses, from the cervix to the skin
Gérard Orth (Institut Pasteur and Academy of Sciences, Paris)
Papillomaviruses, from the cervix to the skin
20 January
Xavier Nassif (INSERM and Necker Hospital, Paris)
Neisseria meningitidis, revealing the subversive secrets of the cerebral vascular endothelium
Xavier Nassif (INSERM and Necker Hospital, Paris)
Neisseria meningitidis, revealing the subversive secrets of the cerebral vascular endothelium
3 February
Arturo Zychlinsky (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin)
Neutrophils, new findings
Arturo Zychlinsky (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin)
Neutrophils, new findings