Curriculum vitae: Camille Locht
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Curriculum vitae: Camille Locht
Curriculum vitae: Camille Locht General information Born : June 27, 1955 Sankt Vith, Belgium Nationality : Belgian Private Address : 160, Avenue Jacques Pastur B-1180 Brussels, Belgium Professional Address : Languages : Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille Institut Pasteur de Lille 1, rue du Prof. Calmette F-59019 Lille Cedex, France Tel : (+33) 3 20 87 11 51/57 Fax : (+33) 3 20 87 11 58 e-mail : [email protected] German (mother tong), French, English, Dutch Training University titles : Candidat en Sciences Biologiques, 1977 Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Licencié en Sciences Zoologiques, 1979 Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Docteur en Sciences (PhD), 1984 Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Post-Doctoral Training : The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Pathobiology: 1984-1987 Professional Positions - Teaching Assistant at the University « Faculté Notre Dame de la Paix » in Namur, Belgium: 1983-1984 - Research Scientist at Smith Kline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium : 1987-1989 - Laboratory Chief at the Institut Pasteur de Lille: 1989 - present - Directeur de Recherche Class 2 INSERM: 1991-1999. Major scientific interest: molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis. - Head of INSERM research Unit CJF9109, then U447, then U629: 1991- 2009. Title of the Unit: Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial Pathogenesis. - Head of « Institut Fédératif de Recherche N°17 » : 1996-1998 - Head of Department at the « Institut de Biologie de Lille »: 1997-2009. Name of the department: « Pathogenesis of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases ». - Directeur de Recherche Class 1 INSERM: 1999-2004 - Scientific Director, Institut Pasteur de Lille: 2002-2013 - Directeur de Recherche Classe exceptionnelle INSERM : 2005-present - Head of « Institut Fédératif de Recherche N°142, Molecular and Cellular Medicine » : 2006-2009 - Head of « Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille », Inserm U1019, CNRS UMR8204, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Univ Lille Nord de France : 2010-present. Awards 1984 : Fogarty Fellowship 2001 : Jean-Pierre Lecocq prize, prize of the French Academy of Sciences 2007 : INPI trophy : trophy for innovative research 2007 : Inserm Trophy for best translational research project 2007 : Nominated “Metropolitan of the Year” of the Lille Metropole 2011 : Prize of the Institut Pasteur de Lille 2014 : Frédéric Kuhlmann prize, prize of the Society for Science, Agriculture and Arts Research Interest Bacterial pathogenesis, in particular whooping cough and tuberculosis. Identification of bacterial virulence factors, structure-function relationship of bacterial virulence factors. Vaccine development, engineering of attenuated Bordetella pertussis as a live, single-dose mucosal vaccine. Immunological studies on Mycobacterium tuberculosis protective antigens, molecular typing of M. tuberculosis clinical isolates. Development of novel vaccines and diagnostics against tuberculosis. > 270 International publications 18 International patents