Bastien Le Derout

Email: bastien.lederout@isc.cnrs.fr

Bastien Le Derout obtained his Master's degree in pathogenic, molecular, and ecological microbiology from Lyon in 2019.

Bastien began his research career studying fungal communities involved in forest’s biomass degradation. Following this, he joined the Microbiology, Adaptation, and Pathogenicity (MAP) laboratory, affiliated with the CNRS, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, and INSA Lyon. There, Bastien studied the gram-negative bacteria Dickeya dadantii. He specifically focused on the type 2 secretion system (T2SS), a key element in the virulence of this bacteria. Finally, through a transcriptomic study of D. dadantii, new genes encoding virulence factors were discovered and published.

Bastien joined our team in June 2024 to conduct immunolabeling experiments on primate brain tissue sections and subsequently perform both qualitative and quantitative analyses using confocal and electron microscopy. Bastien will also learn the RNAscope technique to quantitatively measure transcript expression levels in specific cells of interest.  Part of this program is performed in collaboration with Prof. Martin Parent (Quebec, Canada).