Intracellular bacterial pathogens

Our group is interested in deciphering at a molecular and cellular level the mechanisms involved in infectious processes caused by intracellular bacterial pathogens as Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes. We put special emphasis in the study of non-productive infection models in which both the pathogen and the host coexist. These models can provide insights into teh basis of asymptomatic or peristent infections as well as chronic pathologies linked to microbial infections.