Host-microbe interactions: bacteria.

David O’Callaghan is the director of INSERM Espri26 in Nimes, France. Dr O’Callaghan gained his BSc and PhD from the University of London followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the Pasteur Institute, Paris. The laboratory has fundamental research and clinical projects on bacterial virulence and Type IV secretion, the microbiology of infected diabetic foot ulcers and urinary tract infections. Major funding is from INSERM, la Region Languedoc Roussillon, Université de Montpellier 1, VLM, and the ANR.