Michaela Müller-Trutwin is Professor at Institut Pasteur and head of the “HIV, Inflammation and Persistence” Unit. She studied Biology at the University in Bonn and Frankfurt. She obtained her PhD from Paris-University, France (Barré-Sinoussi lab). She worked at Research institutes in West- and Central-Africa. She served as chair of the “Nonhuman primate models working group” and within the “innate immunity coordinated action” at the ANRS. Among other duties, she serves as the chair of the coordinated action on HIV basic research at the ANRS-MIE, the Vice-president of the Scientific Council at Institut Pasteur and member of the Steering Committee at IDMIT (French NHP research center). She has co-organized multiple meetings (Keystone, HIV dynamics, EACS HIV Cure symposia etc). The lab is focused on deciphering the early host immune responses to identify factors involved in viral reservoir control and tissue damage protection with the aim to translate the findings into clinical research. Her team made key contributions on the role of inflammation in HIV pathogenesis. More recently, they uncovered an important role of NK cells in the control of SIV replication in tissues. Her work has been honored by awards, such as by the French Medical Research Foundation.
