SEMINAR ; Dr Sandrine HENRI - Unraveling the immune cell diversity of murine prostate in health and cancer

I grew up in the Loire Valley near Amboise and moved to Marseille during my university studies. I did PhD on Immunology (Inserm Laboratory, Marseille, France), on a translational immuno-parasito project aiming to uncover immune signature in patients developing Symmers fibrosis. Then I did a post-doc at the Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI, Melbourne, Australia) where I discovered the beautiful world of dendritic cells. At my return to France, I joined the Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML, Marseille, France), first as post doctoral fellow and was then recruited as Inserm tenure scientist. In the team of Bernard Malissen, I worked on the characterization of the myeloid compartment (dendritic cells and macrophages) mainly in the skin and more recently on prostate, using state-of-the-art technologies and innovative murine models, we uncovered their heterogeneity and functions in health and diseases. Since 2024, I moved back to the Loire Valley and joined the team 'Pathophysiology of lung infections' at Centre d'Etude des Pathologies Respiratoires (CEPR, Inserm U1100, Tours, France) to resume translational research.