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Gaëtan LIGAT Associate Professor of Virology (Maître de Conférences)
Course and current status
Associate Professor of Virology (Maître de Conférences)
Virology section member - French Society of Microbiology
Advisory board and scientific committee - Des étoiles dans la mer
Equality referent - Faculty of Sciences and Engineering & Infinity
ORCID: 0000-0003-1237-1936
Teaching activities from licence to master level
Head of Virology practical work department
Toulouse University, France
PI of an emerging axis: molecular biology of host-human cytomegalovirus interactions in brain tumours and therapeutic innovations
INSERM UMR1291 - CNRS UMR5051 - Toulouse University - Infinity - Toulouse Institute for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Toulouse, France
Scientific summary
Molecular biology of host-human cytomegalovirus interactions in brain tumours and therapeutic innovations
Our projects focus on the link between human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection and glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Many of these projects have a translational aspect and include the discovery of new biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Through various collaborations, we are currently working on the vectorization of anti-HCMV therapeutic peptides into extracellular vesicles to improve their efficacy.
We hope to better understand the role of HCMV in the development and progression of brain tumors to identify new prognosis and therapeutic approaches.
Our lab is always looking for strong and excellent prospective Master/PhD/PostDoc candidates, so feel free to contact us if you are interested in joining the lab!
https://www.infinity.inserm.fr/en/research-teams/team-7-dunia-malnou/
