Dr Paul Imbert

Profile

ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1870-1249

Dr Paul Imbert completed his MCs in Microbiology in Marseille and obtained a PhD in host-pathogen interactions in an international team in Lyon. Later, he continued his career in Toronto, joining an internationally renowned group in Cell Biology and advanced imaging techniques.

In August 2021, Paul is back in Europe as Microscopy Facility Manager in the CMR Advanced Bio-Imaging Facility in London.

Research

As full-time Microscopy Facility Manager, Paul runs the microscopy facility housed within the Centre for Microvascular Research (CMR). Paul responsibilities are overseeing the maintenance, operation and day-to-day use of multiple fluorescents, confocal and multiphoton microscopy platforms and image analysis workstations. Finally, Paul establishes a financially sustainable management structure for the facility, providing image analysis expertise and training for users, ensuring continuity and advancement of specialized experimental procedures and protocols.

Awards & Funding
2018 - EMBO Long-Term Fellowship (International fellowship)
2017 - Prix BioMérieux (National award)

Publications

• An acquired and endogenous glycocalyx forms a bidirectional “don’t eat” and “don’t eat me” barrier to phagocytosis PRC Imbert, A Saric, K Pedram, CR Bertozzi, S Grinstein, SA Freeman, Current Biology 31 (1), 77-89. e5
• A Pseudomonas aeruginosa TIR effector mediates immune evasion by targeting UBAP1 and TLR adaptors, PRC Imbert, A Louche, JB Luizet, T Grandjean, S Bigot, TE Wood, ...The EMBO journal 36 (13), 1869-1887
• More here: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=ZPbhWQIAAAAJ&hl=fr