Welcome to the Merkling lab!

Insect infection & Immunity

Welcome! Our lab studies interactions between mosquitoes and viruses, with a keen interest for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and dengue viruses. In short, we an interested in knowing how they interact at the molecular levels and how me can manipulate those interactions to interfere with the viral infection.

We are based at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, within the Virology department and the Insect-Virus Interactions Unit. We are also affiliated with the CNRS and Université Paris Cité.

We are very happy to be supported by the following institutions:

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