Laboratory of Pathogens and Host Immunity

The laboratory

LPHI – Laboratory of pathogens and host immunity

Label: UMR 5294 CNRS/UM – UA15 Inserm

Ruling institutions: University of Montpellier, CNRS, Inserm

Localisation: Triolet Campus, University of Montpellier

LPHI direction

Director: Rachel Cerdan

Deputy director: Maryse Lebrun

Research groups

  • Team 1: Cell biology of Apicomplexan parasites (Maryse Lebrun & Sébastien Besteiro)
  • Team 2: Molecular approaches to new antimalarial strategies (Rachel Cerdan & Ana Rita Gomes)
  • Team 3: Plasmodium DNA biology (Jose-Juan Lopez-Rubio)
  • Team 4: Genomic approaches to asymptomatic chronic malaria (Antoine Claessens)
  • Team 5: Computational systems biology (Ovidiu Radulescu)
  • Team 6: Immunity, inflammation and bacterial virulence (Mai Nguyen-Chi & Laure Yatime)
  • Team Exposum: Exploring host-pathogen interactions to propose novel drug targets (Thomas Otto)

FACTS & FIGURES

The LPHI laboratory in numbers:

  • 7 research groups
  • 22 permanent researchers / associate professors
  • 15 permanent engineers / technicians
  • 32 PhD students & Post-docs
  • 20 different nationalities
  • more than 60% of women