Michaela Müller

Michaela Müller-Trutwin holds the position of Professor at Institut Pasteur where she heads the “HIV, Inflammation and Persistence” Unit. She studied Biology at the University in Bonn. She obtained her PhD from Paris-University, France (Barré-Sinoussi lab). She worked at Research institutes in West- and Central-Africa. Among other duties, she serves as the coordinator for HIV basic research at the French Agency for Research on HIV and emerging diseases (ANRS-MIE), Vice-president of the Scientific Council at Institut Pasteur and Steering Committee member at IDMIT (French NHP research center). Her team made key contributions on the role of inflammation in HIV pathogenesis and on the impact of early virus-host interactions on the outcome of HIV infection. The lab is currently focused on deciphering host immune responses involved in viral reservoir control with the aim to foster the development HIV remission strategies. They uncovered an important role of natural killer cells in the control of SIV replication in tissues. Her work has been honored by awards, such as by the French Medical Research Foundation.