Yasmine Belkaid

Jan 24, 2025 | nature.com | Mingming Zhao |Dragana Jankovic |Verena M. Link |Oyebola Oyesola |Yasmine Belkaid

AbstractHow macrophages in the tissue environment integrate multiple stimuli depends on the genetic background of the host, but this is still poorly understood. We investigate IL-4 activation of male C57BL/6 and BALB/c strain specific in vivo tissue-resident macrophages (TRMs) from the peritoneal cavity.

Dec 11, 2024 | nature.com | Djenet Bousbaine |Pranav Lalgudi |David Li |Sunit Jain |Martin Mclaughlin |Inta Gribonika | +4 more

AbstractThe ubiquitous skin colonist Staphylococcus epidermidis elicits a CD8+ T cell response pre-emptively, in the absence of an infection1. However, the scope and purpose of this anti-commensal immune program are not well defined, limiting our ability to harness it therapeutically. Here, we show that this colonist also induces a potent, durable, and specific antibody response that is conserved in humans and non-human primates. A series of S.

Jul 4, 2024 | lemonde.fr | Yasmine Belkaid

Quand j’ai pris la décision de revenir en France, en 2024, pour diriger l’Institut Pasteur, j’ai d’abord pensé à mon père, Aboubakr Belkaid, algérien, combattant de l’indépendance algérienne et militant de la démocratie. Pendant la décennie noire [1992-2002], alors que j’étais étudiante en thèse à l’Institut Pasteur, il paya de sa vie son engagement.

Dec 12, 2023 | cell.com | Brian Brown |Anthony S. Fauci |Yasmine Belkaid

Vaccines have stemmed many infectious diseases, but when SARS-CoV-2 emerged, traditional vaccine development would not have been fast enough. This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes work that enabled the rapid development of mRNA vaccines, which halted the COVID-19 pandemic. The feat was a product of basic biological insights coupled with technological innovations, which have transformed vaccine design.