Javier Pizarro-Cerda#
| Membership Number: | 4901 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/yersinia |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4343-0508 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 - present Head, Yersinia Research Unit, Microbiology Department, Institut Pasteur
- 2017 - present Head, World Health Organization Collaborating Research and Reference Center for Yersinia, Institut Pasteur
- 2015 - 2017 Research Director, Bacteria-Cell Interactions Unit, Cell Biology and Infection Department, Institut Pasteur
- 2002 - 2015 Associate Researcher, Bacteria-Cell Interactions Unit, Cell Biology and Infection Department, Institut Pasteur
- 1999 - 2001 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Bacteria-Cell Interactions Unit, Cell Biology and Infection Department, Institut Pasteur
- 1995 - 1999 Ph. D. Student, Immunology Center of Marseille-Luminy
- 1994 - 1995 D.E.A. Student, Immunology Center of Marseille-Luminy
- 1990 - 1994 M. Sc. Student, Biology School, Costa Rica University
- 1985 - 1989 B. Sc. Student, Biology School, Costa Rica University
Fields of Scholarship
- Antibacterial peptides
- Cellular microbiology
- Vaccine development
- Brucella abortus
- Intracellular trafficking
- Bacterial pathogenesis
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Yersinia species
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Elected Member of the World Health Organization International Health Regulations Roster of Experts (Plague Panel)
- 2017 European Microscopy Society 'Life Sciences' Outstanding Paper Award
- 2017 Georges, Jacques & Elias Canetti Prize (Research Council, Institut Pasteur)
- 2015 Medal of the High Chamber (National French Parlament)
- 2012 Elected Member of the Costarrican National Academy of Sciences
- 1998 National Science Prize 'Clodomiro Picado-Twight' (Costarrican Ministry of Research)
