!!Javier Pizarro-Cerda - Curriculum Vitae __MAJOR DIPLOMAS__ \\ *1985 - 1990 Bachelor [[B.Sc.]] in Biology (University of Costa Rica)\\ *1991 - 1994 Master [[M.Sc.]] in Biology - Honors (University of Costa Rica)\\ *1994 - 1995 Master [[D.E.A.]] in Immunology - Honors (Aix-Marseille II University)\\ *1995 - 1998 Doctor [[Ph.D.]] in Immunology - Honors (Aix-Marseille II University)\\ *2012 Habilitation [[H.D.R.]] (University Paris Descartes) \\ __SCHOLARSHIPS__ \\ *1994 - 1995 DEA Scholarship (French Embassy in Costa Rica - France) \\ *1995 - 1998 Ph.D./Engineer Scholarship (CNRS - France)\\ *1997 ICRETT Travel Scholarship (International Union Against Cancer - Switzerland)\\ *1998 - 1999 Internship Scholarship (Assistance Publique/Hôpitaux de Marseille - France)\\ *1999 - 2001 Post-Doctoral Scholarship (French Association Against Cancer - France) \\ __PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS__ \\ *1992 - 1994 Edgardo Moreno Laboratory (National University Veterinary School - Costa Rica) \\ *1994 - 1998 Jean-Pierre Gorvel Laboratory (Marseille-Luminy Immunology Centre - France)\\ *1999 - 2017 Pascale Cossart Unit (Pasteur Institute - France)\\ *1997 Robert Parton Laboratory (Queensland University - Australia)\\ *1999 Benjamin Geiger Laboratory (Weizmann Institute - Israel)\\ *2004 Helen Yin Laboratory (Texas Southwestern Medical Center - USA)\\ *2010 Christoph Dehio Laboratory (Biozentrum/University of Basel - Switzerland)\\ *2017 Minoarisoa Rajerison Laboratory (Pasteur Institute Antananarivo - Madagascar) \\ __FUNDING (Principal Investigator)__ \\ *2000 - 2003 Programme Recherche Fondamentale en Microbiologie/Maladies Infectieuses\\Identification of proteic and lipidic components of the Listeria invasion vacuole\\ *2013 - 2015 PTR 460 (Institut Pasteur)\\ Comparing the intra-vacuolar lifestyle and vacuolar escape of Listeria & Shigella \\ *2015 - 2017 PTR 521 (Institut Pasteur)\\Identification of microRNAs regulating infection of human cells by Listeria\\ *2015 - 2019 Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)\\Novel common host targets during bacterial infection of humans\\ *2018 - 2019 PasteurINNOV (Institut Pasteur)\\Listeriolysin S as a novel antibacterial\\ *2018 LabEx IBEID - Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases\\Analysis of Yersinia pestis genomes from the 2017 Madagascar pneumonic plague outbreak\\ *2019-2021 Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)/Agence Innovation Défense (AID)\\Genomic Characterization and Cartographhy of Yersinia pestis\\ \\