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Benoit Chassaing
Assistant Professor at Georgia State University.
Benoit Chassaing was born and raised in Clermont-Ferrand, France, He obtained his PhD in microbiology at the Auvergne University, identifying factors involved in the virulence of adherent and invasive Escherichia coli strains (pathovar involved in the etiology of Crohn's disease).
Following his PhD completion in 2011, he joined Georgia State University (Atlanta) where he worked with Dr. Andrew T. Gewirtz on various aspects of the intestinal microbiota and mucosal immunology, trying to decipher how genetic and environmental factors can perturb the intestinal microbiota composition in a detrimental way, leading to intestinal inflammation.
Benoit was appointed Assistant Professor in 2015, and he recently joined the Neuroscience Institute in order to pursue his research on the Role of the microbiota in health and disease, with a particular focus on intestinal inflammation, carcinogenesis and neuro-inflammation.
Visit website: https://www.chassainglab.com/
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