Course aims and objectives:
- To delineate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of immune responses to infections.
- To discuss the strategies developed by pathogens to evade immune responses.
- To learn from the models of Inborn errors of immunity the critical pathways involved in genetic susceptibility to infections.
- To get acquainted with the contribution of the infectious agents to emergence of cancers and autoimmune diseases
- To address development of new vaccines and innovative therapeutic strategies in light ofthe interactions between the immune system and microorganisms.
| Faculty | Topic | Learning Link |
|---|---|---|
| Dieter Kabelitz | Non-self signals recognition by innate immunity: Host microbe interactions at barrier sites | Basics of anti-infectious immunity |
| Clive Gray | Anti-infectious effector immune responses | Basics of anti-infectious immunity |
| Amel Benammar-Elgaaïed | Pathogens’mechanisms to escape immune responses | Basics of anti-infectious immunity |
| Nadine Cerf-Bensussan | Host microbiota interactions across the gut immune system | Basics of anti-infectious immunity |
| Steven Holland | Inborn errors of immunity phenocopies | Inborn errors of immunity and infections |
| Brahim Belaid | Inborn errors of IFN-γ Immunity and mycobacterial infections | Inborn errors of immunity and infections |
| Yu Lung Lau | Inborn errors of immunity underlying fungal diseases | Inborn errors of immunity and infections |
| Mohamed-Ridha Barbouche | Exploring frontiers between infections and allergy | Inborn errors of immunity and infections |
| Maryam Sellami | Mechanisms of tolerance disruption and autoimmune diseases | Infection and auto-immunity |
| Melika Ben Ahmed | Mechanisms of autoimmunity induction by infectious agents | Infection and auto-immunity |
| Martin Kriegel | Microbiota and autoimmune diseases | Infection and auto-immunity |
| Gloria Vasquez | Biotherapies and susceptibility to infections during autoimmune diseases | Infection and auto-immunity |
| Abdallah Badou | Introduction to cancer, immunity and oncogenic infectious agents | Pathogen-induced immune dysregulation and cancer |
| Pierre Busson | Head and neck cancer and EBV infection | Pathogen-induced immune dysregulation and cancer |
| Hanne Ostergaard | Viral infection and cancer | Pathogen-induced immune dysregulation and cancer |
| Shubhada Chiplunkar | Vaccination and prevention of cancers | Pathogen-induced immune dysregulation and cancer |
| Koussay Dellagi | Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases and associated challenges | Understanding of host-pathogen interaction and applications (SARS-CoV-2) |
| Myriam Merad | Immunology and immunopathology of COVID-19 | Understanding of host-pathogen interaction and applications (SARS-CoV-2) |
| Fatma Guerfali | Computing approaches and Sars-CoV-2 variants | Understanding of host-pathogen interaction and applications (SARS-CoV-2) |
| Alain Fisher | New vaccine approaches in COVID-19 | Understanding of host-pathogen interaction and applications (SARS-CoV-2) |
