CV Science

Nathalie BENDRISS-VERMARE PhD Immunology

Course and current status

since Jan. 2010 : CR1 INSERM; group leader, team 11 "Targeting tumor cells and its immmune environment", Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, INSERM U1052 - CNRS 5286, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

2005-2009 : CR2 INSERM, INSERM U590, Equipe "Cytokines et cancers", Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

2002-2005 : Post-doctoral fellowship  « Plasmacytoid dendritic cells role in physiopathology of breast cancer »  INSERM U-590, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

1997-2001 : PhD in Immunology "Human plasmacytoid dendritic cells : characterization of their molecular and functional specificities"  Schering-Plough Laboratory for Immunological Research, Dardilly, France

1996-1997 : MASTER degree in Molecular Physiology and Genetics "Expression and fonctions of three novel homologs of human interleukin-10". Schering-Plough Laboratory for Immunological Research, Dardilly, France

1994-1997 : Engineer Diploma in Biology, Institut des Sciences de l’Ingénieur CUST, Clermont-Ferrand, France

1992-1994 : University Diploma in technological applications in Biology, Clermont-Ferrand, France

1991-1992 : Scientific Baccalauréat, Bron, France

Scientific summary

-analysis of immune dysfunctions in breast and ovarian cancer

-analysis of escape mechanisms to tumor immunosurveillance through the modulation of dendritic cells' (DCs) functions

- analysis of the role of plasmacytoid DC in tumor immunosurveillance

- analysis of the mechanisms of lymphopenia in ovarian cancer patients