Anne-Aurélie Lopes is a Medical Doctor specialising in Paediatrics and serves as a Hospital Practitioner in the Paediatric Emergency Department at the Necker Children’s Hospital (AP-HP, Paris).
Alongside her clinical duties, Dr Lopes pursues fundamental research focusing on bacterial pathogenesis. Her expertise in the mechanisms of biofilm formation and antibiotic tolerance directly supports the unit’s research themes. Her PhD in Microbiology (Université Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur) investigated antibiotic tolerance and biofilm development in the gut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.
This work complements her previous research during her Master’s degree (Sorbonne Université & Institut Pasteur), conducted at Jikei University in Tokyo, Japan, which specifically explored the role of key enzymes in Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation. Dr Lopes’ background, bridging clinical paediatrics with molecular microbiology, provides a valuable perspective for investigating the adaptation of pathogens in chronic infections.
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Skin-adapted Staphylococcus aureus in chronically infected patients
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