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I am a biologist with over 25 years of flow cytometry and cell sorting experience. I received my Ph.D. from the C.N.A.M. in Paris, France, where I developed a 12-color flow cytometry panels to study immune cells in both humans and monkeys. I authored or co-authored more than 40 scientific articles.

My family and I moved to the US in 2001, where I was hired by the Division of Viral Pathogenesis at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, to run the Cell Sorting Facility. I worked there for 7 years prior to joining Boston College where I am in charge of the Flow Cytometry Core facility.

My most important contribution as a technical expert and collaborator has led to the discovery of the TRIM5α protein (capable of blocking HIV infection in monkey cells), a groundbreaking advance in AIDS research published by M. Stremlau in the journal Nature in 2004.ÌýÌýThis study has been widely reported in the mainstream press and has been cited over 800 times in scientific journals since publication.ÌýÌýOver the last 18 years, I have acquired a broad knowledge in Immunology, first at the Division of Viral Pathogenesis at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and at Boston College. First, I worked extensively on measuring immune response on lymphocyte subsets during HIV or SIV infection studies in humans and monkeys. Then at Boston College, I focused my work on monocyte/macrophage subset, a cell population thought to bring HIV or SIV in the brain that induce encephalitis and neuronal damage.

As a Director of the AVÑо¿Ëù flow cytometry facility, I interact with many researchers and students. In addition, I manage the scheduling of the facility, the budget and the ordering of reagents. Finally, as a collaborator I helped many researchers designing their flow cytometry experiment so that their research project would be successful.