From Gut microbiota to cancer immunity: a crucial axis
Laurence Zitvogel - Institut Gustave Roussy
July, 23 2014
11:00 DKFZ Main Auditorium
Host: A. Cerwenka
Biosketch Laurence Zitvogel
Dr. Laurence Zitvogel is the Research Director at Institut National de la Santé et Recherche Médicale in a laboratory located at Institut GrustaveRoussy, Villejuif, France. She graduated in 1992 with a degree in Medical Oncology from the School of Medicine of the University of Paris, France. She began her scientific career at the University of Pittsburgh, USA working under Michael Lotze. Her expertise is mainly dendritic cell and innate effector biology and relevance during tumor development, as well as exosome-based vaccine designs.
More recently her laboratory has defined triggers and consequences of immunogenic cell death of tumor cells. Laurence Zitvogel is actively involved in many national and international committees including the DKFZ Scientific Advisory Board.