1983-1984 Research Technician, G. D. Searle, High Wycombe, England.
1984-1998 Undergraduate degree in biochemistry, University of Oxford.
Summer 1985 Research Assistant, G. D. Searle, High Wycombe, England.
Summer 1986 Cadre de Recherche, Laboratoire Roger Bellon, Monts, France.
Summer 1987 Temporary Staff Scientist, Immunex Corporation, Seattle, U.S.A.
1988-1992 Graduate degree in biophysics, University of Cambridge.
1988-1990 MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England.
1990-1992 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
Autumn 1992 Sloan-Kettering Center, New York, U.S.A.
1993-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, CIML, Marseille, France.
1998 Permanent INSERM position (CR1).
1999 Junior group leader, CIML, Marseille, France.
2001 Group leader, CIML, Marseille, France.
2002 Research Director (DR2), INSERM.
2004-2006 Director Marseille-Nice Genopole
2006-2010 Associate Professor at the Université de la Méditerranée
2007-2019 Research Director (DR1), INSERM.
01/2008-07/2008 Visiting Professor, Dept. Biochemistry, University Oxford, UK.
2012-2015 Deputy director, CIML
01/2017-08/2017 Visiting scientist, Malaghan Institute for Medical Research, Wellington, NZ
2020- Research Director (DRE), INSERM.
2021- Director General, European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents
After almost 25 years at the CIML, conducting fundamental research into host-pathogen interactions, in 2021 I was appointed Director General of the European Research Infrastructure on Highly Pathogenic Agents, a non-profit organisation that federates maximum- and high-containment laboratories and coordinates or participates in actions to further pandemic preparedness in Europe.