Dr. Steeve Boulant

Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
College of Medicine
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology
University Hospital Heidelberg
69120 Heidelberg, Germany

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Virus entry, virus-host interactions, anti-viral innate immune eresponse in intestinal polarized epithelium cells, viral commensal intestinal flora, molecular mechanisms triggering viral particle entry, characterization of the dynamic uptake and intracellular trafficking of viral pathogen using live-cell confocal microscopy, quantification of virus-receptor interaction using TORF microscope and characterization of the impact of receptor clustering on virus entry, intracellular locatioan and functional aspects of innate immunity sensor proteins (TLR and RLR) in polarized cells.

AWARDS & HONORS

2011 Post-doctoral fellowship (2011-2012), GlaxoSmithKline, Boston MA, USA
2010 Pilot and Feasiblity award program HDDC, Boston MA, USA
2009 Pilot and Feasiblity award program HDDC, Boston MA, USA
2007 Poster award, FASEB Liqid Droplets conference, Vermont USA
2006 Post-doctoral fellowship Marie-Curie IEF (2006-2008), Glasgow, UK
2006 Best Oral communication, UK Meeting on the Biology and Pathology of HCV
2005 Post-doctoral fellowship (2005-2006), MRC, Glasgow, UK
2005 Travel award, 11th Interantional Meeting on HCV and Related Viruses
2004 Bridging grant, FRM (2004-2005), Lyon, France
2001 EURODOC fellowsgip, Lyon-Glasgow exchange grant