Kafatos:Gendrin, Mathilde

Contact Info

 * Mathilde Gendrin
 * Kafatos/Christophides lab
 * Sir Alexander Flemming Building, 6th Floor
 * South Kensington Campus
 * Imperial College
 * London SW7 2AZ
 * m dot gendrin at imperial dot ac dot uk

Education

 * 2010, PhD, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
 * 2005, MS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
 * 2003, BS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (France)

Research interests
During my PhD, I worked on the cooperation between local and systemic responses in the antibacterial defenses of Drosophila. I am now studying the tripartite interactions between the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, its gut microbiota and the malaria parasite.

Publications

 * 1) Article: Gendrin M, Welchman DP, Poidevin M, Hervé M, Lemaitre B (2009) Long-Range Activation of Systemic Immunity through Peptidoglycan Diffusion in Drosophila. PLoS Pathog 5(12): e1000694. pmid=20019799
 * 2) Book (PhD thesis): Gendrin M. Immunité de la Drosophile. Articulations entre réponses locale et systémique dans les défenses antibactériennes de la Drosophile. isbn=978-613-1-56749-0