About Ass. Prof. T.R.V.C. (Thibault) Mesplède
Introduction
Thibault Mesplède is an Assistant Professor of Virology at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
He received his Ph.D. in Genetics from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, France, and completed his postdoctoral work with Mark Wainberg.
Thibault also held an Assistant Professorship in Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
His research primarily focuses on HIV drug resistance against integrase inhibitors, and he has published over 95 peer-reviewed papers. Thibault's work has contributed to the World Health Organization's recommendation to list dolutegravir as the preferred antiretroviral drug anchor. He is also involved in cure programs and has a keen interest in the interplay between the reservoir and drug resistance.
Field(s) of expertise
Antiretrovirals
Antivirals
Drug resistance
Education and career
2021 –
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
2017 – 2020
Project Director, McGill AIDS Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
2013 – 2017
Researcher, McGill AIDS Centre, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
2011 – 2012
Postdoctoral fellow, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
2009 – 2010
Postdoctoral fellow, Molecular Oncology Group, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
2006 – 2009
Ph.D., Laboratoire de Régulation de la transcription et maladies génétiques, CNRS UPR 2228, UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Paris, France
2001 – 2006
M.Sc., Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS UMR 8541, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
1999 –2000
Publications
Teaching activities
Viroscience Department, Erasmus University:
• “Population dynamics” (Graduate M.Sc. Level) – 2021 -
• “Course in Virology”, (Graduate M.Sc. Level) – 2021 -
• “Viral life cycle” (Graduate M.Sc. Level) – 2022-
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University:
• “Viral pathogenesis and host defences”– 2014-2020• “Molecular Biology Lab/ Scientific Communication & Skills in Microbiology & Immunology”– 2017 and 2019-2020
• “Undergraduate Research Project in Microbiology and Immunology” –2017-2020
• “Honours Research Project” – 2018-2020
• “Immunology Advanced Research Project” – 2019 - 2020
• “Library Project in Microbiology” – 2019
Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University:
• ”Recent advances in Virology and Antiviral Therapeutics” – 2017-2019
