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Marie-Hélène Pinard-van der Laan
INRA (FR)
My research interests are principally focused on animal disease genomics with a special interest in host-pathogen interactions in poultry, for example Eimeria causing coccidiosis. Relevant questions in animal disease genomics are 1- to decipher the genetics of the host response to a pathogen, but also, 2- to study and exploit the individual genetic variability of the host response to vaccines, and ultimately 3-identify genetic- and bio-markers of immunocompetence which can be predictive of a better response of the host to pathogen and vaccine. The goal is to integrate as a synergy all possible means to combat diseases by developing integrated animal health management strategies. This needs to bring together animal health, vaccinology, animal genetics, genomics, bioinformatics…and facilitate collaborations to develop innovative projects at national but more and more at European level.
keywords:Disease genomics, Resistance to disease, Host-pathogen interactions, Genetics and vaccinology
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