International Engagement

"My research programs are embedded in a strong international network of academic, clinical, and industrial partners. These collaborations enable the integration of multi-scale approaches, from human cohorts to advanced organoid and organ-on-chip systems, to address key questions in tuberculosis, co-infection/co-morbidity, and lung niche biology."

🤝 Consortia & Programs

MAC-TB/HIV (2011–present)
Understanding how the tuberculosis microenvironment shapes macrophage susceptibility to HIV-1 through metabolic and cellular reprogramming.
Partners: CNRS/IPBS (France), INBIRS (Argentina)
Funding: ANRS, Sidaction, ECOS-SUD, IRP
MMI-TB Program (2015–2021)
Integration of microbiota, metabolism, and immunity in macrophage responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Partner: INRA MICALIS Institute (France)
Funding: ANR
Human Lung Organoid & Organ-on-Chip Platforms (2017–present)
Development of innovative human models to study respiratory infectious diseases and therapeutic responses.
Partners: CNRS/IPBS (France), TissUse GmbH (Germany), Maastricht University & Hubrecht Institute (Netherlands)
Funding: Gates Foundation, PHC Van Gogh
Neuro-Associated Stromal Niche in TB (2024–present)
Characterization of perivascular and neuro-immune niches in tuberculosis granulomas using spatial and multi-omics approaches.
Partners: CNRS/IPBS, IBDM (France), MDC Berlin (Germany), University of Basel (Switzerland)
Funding: ANRS
DiabTB Program (2015–present)
Investigating diabetes-driven susceptibility to tuberculosis through macrophage dysfunction.
Partner: IMSS Zacatecas (Mexico)
Funding: Campus France

🌐 Key Collaborations (by Geography)

🇫🇷 France (National Core Network)

CNRS – IPBS (Toulouse)
Core collaborations with the laboratories of Christel Vérollet/Renaud Poincloux and Etienne Meunier/Céline Cougole on TB-HIV interactions, macrophage biology, and organoid models.
IBDM, Marseille (Aix-Marseille Université)
Collaboration with Fanny Mann/Sophie Chauvet on neuro-immune and stromal niche biology in TB.
INRA MICALIS Institute
Work with Philippe Langella/Muriel Thomas/Aude Remot on microbiome–immunity interactions.

🇦🇷 Argentina

INBIRS, University of Buenos Aires (Luciana Balboa)
Long-standing collaboration on TB-HIV co-infection, and integrating transcriptomics and metabolomics in human macrophages.

🇩🇪 Germany

TissUse GmbH (Uwe Marx)
Development of multi-organ chip platforms (lung–liver–lymph node) for TB modeling.
Max Delbrück Center (Fabian Coscia)
Spatial proteomics and systems-level analysis of TB niches.

🇳🇱 Netherlands

Maastricht University (Peter Peters)
Hubrecht Institute (Hans Clevers)
Pioneering work on human lung organoids and host–pathogen interactions.

🇵🇹 Portugal

iMed-ULisboa (Elsa Anes)
Host-directed therapies targeting lysosomal pathways in TB and HIV co-infection.

🇪🇸 Spain

IrsiCaixa (Nuria Martínez-Useros)
Role of Siglec-1 in TB-driven enhancement of HIV-1 infection.
IGTP-HUGTIP (Cristina Vilaplana)
Characterizing the Perivascular-Associated Stromal Niche in TB granulomas

🇨🇭 Switzerland

University of Basel (Carolyn King, David Schreiner)
Neuro-immune and perivascular interactions and spatial biology of TB granulomas.

🌐 Individual Collaborations

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

University of Cambridge (Newnham College) – Martha Montserrat Rangel-Sosa
Collaboration on neuro-immune niche biology in tuberculosis, integrating Schwann cell and neural perspectives into lung microenvironment research
University of Cambridge (Newnham College) – Stephen Adonai León-Icaza
Collaboration on the characterization of the perivascular niche using human organoid technologies to model host–pathogen interactions

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