Brigitte Gicquel

Brigitte Gicquel (BG) is a biologist. She first studied molecular interactions between MTB and host cells and was a pioneer in the identification of molecular diagnosis probes and genes involved in virulence of MTB, the basis of a vaccine candidate under clinical trials. BG coordinated the efforts of the European Commission to find new vaccines against TB and is now the coordinator on the European NAREB project on nanotechnology and Infectious Diseases. She heads the Mycobacterial Genetics Unit at Institut Pasteur in Paris, and the Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit at the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai Where she works in collaboration with the CCDC.