Yasmine Belkaid
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Yasmine Belkaid (Arabic: ياسمين بلقايد; born August 1968) is an immunologist, currently President of the Institut Pasteur. She has Algerian citizenship by her father and French citizenship by her mother, and she also holds US citizenship.
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Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Algiers, Algeria |
Nationality | Algerian |
Alma mater | University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene University of Paris-Sud Pasteur Institute |
Known for | Microbiome |
Awards | Sanofi-Pasteur Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Immunology, Microbiology |
Institutions | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases University of Pennsylvania |
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She is best known for her work studying host-microbe interactions in tissues and immune regulation to microbes. Belkaid currently serves as the director of the NIAID Microbiome program.[1] On 29 March 2023, she was appointed as President of the Pasteur Institute for a six-year term, starting from January 2024.[2]