Mariam is a postdoctoral researcher who joined the Neisseria team in October 2025. She works at the intersection of microbiology, neurology and host–pathogen interactions, with a focus on the extracellular vesicles secreted and how they influence host signaling and disease outcomes
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The MDA promotes bacterial colonisation by selecting hyperadhesive pili variants
20/12/2025 Neisseria meningitidis filamentous phage MDA promotes colonisation by selecting hyperadhesive pili variants Clémence Mouville, Antoine Brizard, Morgane Wuckelt, Mélanie Montabord, Hervé Lécuyer, Julie Meyer, Anne ...
Meningococci reshape host membranes to recruit their own signaling receptors
05/12/2025. Meningococci drive host membrane tubulation to recruit their signaling receptors Audrey Laurent-Granger, Kévin Sollier, Bruno Saubamea, Virginie Mignon, Nicolas ...
Newcomers in the Lab
01/10/2025. It's time to welcome Five new lab members: Anne-Aurélie Lopes, MD, PhD, HDR. Anne Aurélie join the lab and ...
Structure of the MDAΦ
01/07/2025. Structure of the virulence-associated Neisseria meningitidis filamentous bacteriophage MDAΦ Jan Böhning, Miles Graham, Mathieu Coureuil , Abul K. Tarafder ...