My CV

S. Bahram, 04 February 2011 

CURRICULUM VITAE 

Name: Bahram 

First Name: Seiamak 

Date and place of Birth: March 7, 1964 at Tehran, Iran 

Current position 

September 2002-: 

Professeur des Universités – Praticien Hospitalier, Immunologie biologique. 

(equivalent to US full Professor with tenure, Immunobiology). 

Strasbourg University (ULP) School of Medicine, Strasbourg, France 

September 2003-: 

Head, Laboratory of Immunology, Strasbourg University Teaching Hospital. 

Address: 

“Human Molecular Immunogenetics” 

Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie 

4 rue Kirschleger, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France 

Phone 33 (0) 368.853.992; Fax 33 (0) 368 .854.016 

Email siamak@unistra.fr; web http://mhc-x.u-strasbg.fr 

Education: 

M.D (October 31, 1995): Université Louis Pasteur School of Medicine, Strasbourg, France. 

Ph.D (March 9, 1994): Université Louis Pasteur, Faculty of Sciences, Strasbourg, France. 

Research Experience: 

September 1988: Genetic engineering course. "Cloning and sequencing of a P. Falciparum surface 

antigen". Organized by Pr P. Tiollais. Institut Pasteur, Paris. 

Oct. 1988-July 89: with Pr G. Hauptmann at the Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et 

d'Hématologie, Strasbourg University School of Medicine (as part of the “DEA de Biologie 

Cellulaire et Moléculaire, option Immunologie”). 

Aug.-Dec. 1989: Summer student with Drs C. Benoist and D. Mathis in the Department of 

Immunology of the Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du CNRS, Unité 

184 de Biologie Moléculaire et de Génie Génétique de l'INSERM (Dir.: Pr P. Chambon), 

Strasbourg. 

Jan. 1990-May 1994: Graduate student at Division of Tumor Virology (Dir.: Pr J. L. Strominger), 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (as part of Doctoral 

Thesis for Ph.D degree obtained March 9, 1994 from Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 

France). 

May 1994-November 1994: Post-doctoral fellow in Pathology at the Harvard Medical School. Postdoctoral 

Research associate in the Division of Tumor Virology (Dir.: Pr J.L. Strominger), 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. 

November 1995-September 1997: Member, Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland. 

September 1997 - 2002: Maître de Conférences des Universités-Praticien Hospitalier, Immunologie biologique. 

(equivalent to US Assistant/Associate Professor with tenure, Immunobiology). 

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Publications: 

1. Spies, T., Bresnahan, M., Bahram, S., Arnold, D., Blank, G., Mellins, E., Pious, D. & DeMars, 

R. (1990) A gene in the human major histocompatibility complex class II region controlling the 

class I antigen presentation pathway. Nature 348, 744-47. 

2. Bahram, S., Arnold, D., Bresnahan, M., Strominger, J. L. & Spies, T. (1991) Two putative 

subunits of a peptide pump encoded in the human major histocompatibility complex class II 

region. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88, 10094-10098. 

3. Colonna, M., Bresnahan, M., Bahram, S., Strominger, J. L. & Spies T. (1992) Allelic variants of 

the human putative peptide transporter involved in antigen processing. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 

USA 89, 3932-3936. 

4. Bahram, S. (1993) Transporteurs de peptides et présentation de l'antigène. médecine/sciences 9, 

1204-1213. 

5. Bahram, S., Bresnahan, M., Geraghty, D. E. & Spies, T. (1994) A second lineage of mammalian 

major histocompatibility complex class I genes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 6259-6263. 

6. Bahram, S. & Spies, T. (1996) Nucleotide sequence of a human MHC class I MICB cDNA. 

Immunogenetics 43, 230-233. 

7. Bahram, S., Mizuki, N., Inoko, H. & Spies, T. (1996) Nucleotide sequence of the human MHC 

class I MICA gene. Immunogenetics 44, 80-81. 

8. Bahram, S. & Spies, T. (1996) The MIC gene family. Res. Immunol. 147, 328-333. 

9. Fodil, N., Laloux, L., Wanner, V., Pellet, P., Hauptmann, G., Mizuki, N., Inoko, H., Spies, T., 

Theodorou, I. & Bahram, S. (1996) Allelic repertoire of the human MHC class I MICA gene. 

Immunogenetics 44, 351-357. 

10. Groh, V., Bahram, S., Bauer, S. Herman, A., Beauchamp, M. & Spies, T. (1996) Cell stressregulated 

human major histocompatibility complex class I gene expressed in gastrointestinal 

epithelium. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93, 12445-12450. 

11. Bahram, S., Shiina, T., Oka, A., Tamiya, G. & Inoko, H. (1996) Genomic structure of the 

human MHC class I MICB gene. Immunogenetics 45, 161-162. 

12. Mizuki, N., Ota, M., Kimura, M., Ohno, S., Yoshihiko, K., Ando, H., Watanabe, K., Goto, K., 

Bahram, S. & Inoko, H. (1997) Triplet repeat polymorphism in the transmembrane region of the 

MICA gene: A strong association of six GCT repetitions with Behcet's disease. Proc. Natl. 

Acad. Sci. USA 94, 1298-1303. 

13. Ota, M., Katsuyama, Y., Mizuki, N., Ando, H., Furihata, K., Ono, S., Pivetti-Pezzi, P., Tabbara, 

K. F., Palimeris, G. D., Nikbin, B., Davatchi, F., Chams, H., Geng, Z., Bahram, S. & Inoko, H. 

(1997) Trinucleotide repeat polymorphism within the transmembrane exon of the human MHC 

class I MICA gene: allele frequency data in nine populations. Tissue Antigens 49, 448-454. 

14. Goto, K., Ota, M., Ohno, S., Mizuki, N., Ando, H., Katsuyama, Y., Maksymowych, W. P., 

Kimura, M., Bahram, S. & Inoko, H. (1997) MICA gene and ankylosing spondylitis: linkage 

analysis via a transmembrane-encoded triplet repeat polymorphism. Tissue Antigens 49, 503- 

507. 

15. Pellet, P., Renaud, M., Fodil, N., Laloux, L., Inoko, H., Hauptmann, G., Bahram, S. & 

Theodorou, I. (1997) Allelic repertoire of the human MHC class I MICB gene. 

Immunogenetics, 46, 434-436. 

16. Ando, H., Mizuki, N., Ota M., Ohno, S., Yamazaki, M., Miyata, Y., Wakisaka, K., Bahram, S. 

& Inoko, H. (1997) Allelic variants of the human MHC class I chain-related B gene (MICB). 


17. Riegert, P., Gilfillan, S., Nanda, I., Schmid, M. & Bahram, S. (1998) The mouse HFE gene. 


18. Riegert, P., Wanner, V. & Bahram, S. (1998) Genomics, isoforms, expression, and phylogeny of 

the MHC class I-related MR1 gene. J. Immunol. 161, 4066–4077. 

19. Yabuki, K., Ota, M., Goto, K., Kimura, T., Nomura, E., Ohno, S., Mizuki, N., Katsuyama, Y., 

Makysymowych, W. P., Bahram, S., Kimura, M. & Inoko, H. (1999) Triplet repeat 

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polymorphism in the MICA gene in HLA-B27 positive and negative caucasion patients with 

ankylosing spondylitis. Hum. Immunol., 60, 83-86. 

20. Wanner, V. & Bahram, S. (1999) Unusual MHC-I genes and spondylarthropathies. Rev. Rhum. 

Engl. Ed., 66, 41S-44S. 

21. Fodil, N., Pellet, P., Laloux, L., Hauptmann, G., Theodorou, I. & Bahram, S. (1999) MICA 

haplotypic diversity. Immunogenetics, 49, 557-560. 

22. Katsuyama, Y., Ota, M., Ando, H., Saito, S., Mizuki, N., Kera, J., Bahram, S., Nose, Y. & 

Inoko, H. (1999) Sequencing Based Typing for genetic polymorphisms in exons 2, 3, and 4 of 

the MICA gene. Tissue Antigens, 54, 178-184. 

23. Mizuki, N., Ota, M., Katsuyama, Y., Yabuki, K., Ando, H., Goto, K., Nakamura, S., Bahram, 

S., Ohno, S., & Inoko, H. (1999) Association analysis between the MICA and HLA-B alleles in 

Japanese patients with Behcet's disease. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 42, 1961-1966. 

24. Oka, A., Tamiya, G., Tomizawa, M., Ota, M., Katsuyama, Y., Makino, S., Shiina, T., 

Yoshitome, M., Iizuka, M., Sasao, Y., Iwashita, K., Kawakubo, Y., Sugai, J., Ozawa, A., 

Ohkido, M., Kimura, M., Bahram, S. & Inoko, H. (1999) Association analysis using refined 

microsatellite markers localizes a susceptibility locus for psoriasis vulgaris within a 111 kb 

segment telomeric to the HLA-C gene. Hum. Mol. Gen., 8, 2165-2170. 

25. Shiina, T., Tamiya, G., Oka, A., Takishima, N., Yamagata, T., Kikkawa, E., Iwata, K., 

Tomizawa, M., Okuaki, N., Kuwano, Y., Watanabe, K., Fukuzumi, Y., Itakura, S., Sugawara, 

C., Ono, A., Yamazaki, M., Tashiro, H., Ando, A., Ikemura, T., Soeda, E., Kimura, M., Bahram, 

S. & Inoko, H. (1999) Molecular dynamics of MHC genesis unraveled by sequence analysis of 

the 1,8 Mb HLA class I region. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 13282-13287. 

26. Bahram, S.*, Gilfillan, S.*, Kühn, L. C., Moret, R., Schulze, J. B., Lebeau, A., & Schümann, K. 

(1999) Experimental hemochromatosis due to MHC class I HFE deficiency : Immune status and 

iron metabolism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 13312-13317. 

*contributions égales. 

27. *Aguado, B., Bahram, S., Beck, S., Campbell, R. D., Forbes, S. A., Geraghty, D., Guillaudeux, 

T., Hood, L., Horton, R., Inoko, H., Janer, M., Jasoni, C., Madan, A., Milne, S., Neville, M., 

Oka, A., Qin, S., Ribas-Despuig, G., Rogers, J., Rowen, L., Shiina, T., Spies, T., Tamiya, G., 

Tashiro, H., Trowsdale, J., Vu, Q., Williams, L. & Yamazaki, M. (as the MHC sequencing 

consortium) (1999) Complete sequence and gene map of a human Major Histocompatibility 

Complex (MHC). Nature, 401, 921-923. 

*auteurs dans l’ordre alphabétique. 

28. Shiina, T., Kikkawa, E., Iwasaki, Kaneko, M., Narimatsu, H., Sasaki, K., Bahram, S., and 

Inoko, H. (2000) The beta 1,3-galactosyltransferase-T4 ( 3 Gal-T4) gene is located in the 

centromeric segment of the human MHC class II region. Immunogenetics, 51, 75-78. 

29. Bahram, S. (2000) MIC genes : from genetics to biology. Adv. Immunol., 76, 1-60. 

30. Ota, M., Bahram, S., Katsuyama, Y., Saito, S., Nose, Y., Sada, M., Ando, H., Inoko, H. (2000) 

On the MICA deleted-MICB null, HLA-B*4801 haplotype. Tissue Antigens, 56, 268-271. 

31. Matsuzaka, Y., Makino, S., Nakajima, K., Tomizawa, M., Oka, A., Kimura, M., Bahram, S., 

Tamiya, G., Inoko, H. (2000) New polymorphic microsatellite markers in the human MHC class 

II region. Tissue Antigens, 56, 492-500. 

32. Robinson, J., Pérez-Rodríguez, M., Waller, M. J., Cuillerier, B., Bahram, S., Yao, Z., Albert, E. 

D., Madrigal, J. A. & Marsh, S. G. E. (2001) MICA sequences 2000. Immunogenetics, 53, 150- 

169. 

33. Shiina, T., Ando, A., Suto, Y., Kasai, F., Shigenari, A., Takishima, N., Kikkawa, E., Iwata, K., 

Kuwano, Y., Kitamura, Y., Matsuzawa, Y., Sano, K., Nogami, M., Kawata, H., Li, S., 

Fukuzumi, Y., Yamazaki, M., Tashiro, H., Tamiya, G., Kohda, A., Okumura, K., Ikemura, T., 

Soeda, E., Mizuki, N., Kimura, M., Bahram, S. and Inoko, H. (2001) Genomic anatomy of a 

premier Major Histocompatibility Complex paralogous region on chromosome 1q21–q22. 

Genome Research, 11, 789-802. 

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34. Matsuzaka, Y., Makino, S., Nakajima, K., Tomizawa, M., Oka, A., Bahram, S., Kulski, J. K., 

Tamiya, G. and Inoko, H. (2001) New polymorphic microsatellite markers in the human MHC 

class III region. Tissue Antigens, 57, 397-404. 

35. Radosavljevic, M., Cuillerier, B., Wilson, M., Clément, O., Wicker, S., Gilfillan, S., Beck, S., 

Trowsdale, J., and Bahram, S. (2002) A cluster of ten novel MHC class I-related genes on 

human chromosome 6q24.2-25.3. Genomics, 79, 114-123. 

36. Dupic, F., Fruchon, S., Bensaid, M., Borot, N., Radosavljevic, M., Loreal, O., Brissot, P., 

Gilfillan, S., Bahram, S., Coppin, H. and Roth, M-P. (2002) Inactivation of the 

hemochromatosis gene differentially regulates duodenal expression of iron-related mRNA 

between mouse strains. Gastroenterology, 122, 745-751. 

37. Suemizu, H., Radosavljevic, M., Kimura, M., Sadahiro, S., Yoshimura, S., Bahram, S.* and 

Inoko, H.* (2002) A basolateral sorting motif in the MICA cytoplasmic tail. Proc. Natl. Acad. 

Sci. USA, 99, 2971-2976. 

* auteurs co-correspdents. 

38. Lebeau, A., Frank, J., Biesalski, H. J., Weiss, G., Srai, S. K. S., Simpson, R. J., McKie, A., 

Löhrs, U. Bahram, S., Gilfillan, S. and Schümann, S. (2002) Long-term biochemical and 

pathomorphological sequels of HFE deletion in C57BL/6 mice, an animal model for human 

hereditary hemochromatosis. Eur. J. Clin. Invest., 32, 603-612. 

39. Fergelot, P., Ropert-Bouchet, M., Abgueguen, E., Orhant M., Radosavljevic, M., Grimber, G., 

Jouan, H., Le Gall, J-Y., Mosser, J., Gilfillan, S., Bahram, S. (2002) Iron overload in mice 

expressing HFE exclusively in the intestinal villi provides evidence that HFE regulates a 

functional cross-talk between crypt and villi enterocytes. Blood Cells Mol. Dis. 28, 348–360. 

40. Okamoto, K., Makino, S., Yoshikawa, Y., Takaki, A., Nagatsuka, Y., Ota, M., Tamiya, G., 

Kimura, A., Bahram, S. and Inoko, H. (2003) Identification of IκBL as the second MHC-linked 

susceptibility locus for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Am. J. Hum. Gen., 72, 303-312.. 

41. Simpson, R. J., Debnam, E., Beaumont, N., Bahram, S., Schümann, K. and Srai, S. K. S. (2003) 

Mucosal reductase in wild type and HFE knock-out mice on iron-adequate, iron –deficient and 

iron-rich feeding. Gut, 4, 510-513. 

42. Treiner, E., Duban, L., Bahram, S., Radosavljevic, M., Wanner, V., Tilloy, F., Affaticati, P., 

Gilfillan, S., and Lantz, O. (2003) Selection of evolutionarily conserved mucosal-associated 

invariant T cells by MR1. Nature, 422, 164-169. 

43. Simpson, R.J., Debnam, E., Laftah, A.H., Solanky, N., Beaumont, N., Bahram, S., Schümann, 

K. and Srai, S.K.S. (2003) Duodenal non-heme iron content correlate with iron stores in mice, 

but the realtionship is altered in HFE knock-out mice. Blood, 15, 3316-3318. 

44. Radosavljevic, M. and Bahram, S. (2003) In vivo immunogenetics: from MIC to RAET1 loci. 


45. Nomura, E., Sato, M., Suemizu, H., Watanabe, T., Kimura, T., Yabuki, K., Goto, K., Ito, N., 

Bahram, S., Inoko, H., Mizuki, N., Ohno, S., Kimura, M. (2003) Hyperkeratosis and 

leukocytosis in transgenic mice carrying MHC class I chain-related gene B (MICB). Tissue 

Antigens 61, 300-307. 

46. Anzai, T., Shiina, T., Kimura, N., Yanagiya, K., Kohara, S., Shigenari, A., Yamagata, T., 

Kulski, J. K., Naruse, T. K., Fujimori, Y., Fukuzumi, Y., Yamazaki, M., Tashiro, H., Iwamoto, 

C., Umehara, Y., Imanishi, T., Meyer, A., Ikeo, K., Gojobori, T., Bahram, S. and Inoko, H. 

(2003) Comparative genomics of human/chimpanzee Major Histocompatibility Complex class I 

region unveils a novel path to biological divergence. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 100, 7708– 

7713. 

47. Laftah, A.H., Simpson, R.J., Beaumont, N., Bahram, S., Schümann, K.and Srai, S.K.S. (2003) 

Hypoxic response of iron absorption is not affected by Hfe gene knock-out in mice. British 

Journal of Haematology, 123, 170-172. 

48. Laftah, A. H., Bala, Simpson, R. J., Beaumont, N., Bahram, S., Schümann, K. and Srai, S.K.S. 

(2004) Effect of hepcidin on intestinal iron absorption in mice. Blood, 103, 3940-3944. 

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49. Bensaid, M., Fruchon, S., Mazères, C., Bahram, S., Roth, M-P. and Coppin, H. (2004) 

Multigenic control of hepatic iron loading in a murine model of hemochromatosis. 

Gastroenterology, 126, 1400-1408. 

50. Hue, S., Mention, J. J., Monteiro, R. C., Zhang, S., Cellier, C., Schmitz, J., Verkarre, V., Fodil, 

N., Bahram, S., Cerf-Bensussan, N., Caillat-Zucman, S. (2004) A direct role for NKG2D/MICA 

interaction in villous atrophy during celiac disease. Immunity, 21, 367-377. 

51. Hauptmann, G. and Bahram, S. (2004) The genetics of the central MHC. Curr. Opin. 

Immunol., 16, 668-672. 

52. Farjadian, S., Naruse, T., Kawata, H., Ghaderi, A., Bahram, S., Inoko, H. (2004) Molecular 

analysis of HLA allele frequencies and haplotypes in Baloch of Iran compared with related 

populations of Pakistan. Tissue Antigens, 64, 581-587. 

53. Amoura, Z., Dode, C., Hue, S., Caillat-Zucman, S., Bahram, S., Delpech, M., Grateau, G., 

Wechsler, B., Piette, J. C. (2005) Association of the R92Q TNFRSF1A mutation and 

extracranial deep vein thrombosis in patients with Behcet's disease. Arthritis Rheum., 52, 608- 

611. 

54. Ludwiczek, S., Theurl, I., Bahram, S., Schümann, K., and Weiss , G. (2005) Regulatory networks 

for the control of body iron homeostasis and their dysregulation in HFE mediated 

hemochromatosis. J. Cell. Physiol., 204, 2, 489-499. 

55. Tamiya, G., Shinya, M., Ikuta, T., Makino, S., Matsumoto, T., Mano, S., Furugaki, K., Ando, S. 

Nozaki, Y., Yukawa, W., Nakashige, R., Yamaguchi, D., Ishibashi, H., Yonekura, M., Nakami, 

Y., Takayama, S., Endo, T., Saruwatari, T., Yagura, M., Yoshikawa, Y., Fujimoto, K., Oka, A., 

Chiku, S., Linsen, S. E.V., Giphart, M. J., Kulski, Y. J., Fukazawa, T., Hashimoto, H., Hoshina, 

Y., Suzuki, Y., Hotta, T., Mochida, J., Minezaki, T., Komai, K., Shiozawa, S., Taniguchi, A., 

Yamanaka, H., Kamatani, N., Imanishi, T., Gojobori, T., Bahram, S., Inoko, H. (2005) A Whole 

Genome Association Study of Rheumatoid Arthritis using 27,039 Microsatellite Makers. Hum. 

Mol. Genet., 14, 2305-2321. 

56. Bahram, S., Inoko, H., Shiina, T. and Radosavljevic, M. (2005) MIC and other NKG2D ligands: 

From none to too many. Curr. Opin. Immunol., 17, 5, 505-509. 

57. Casset, A., Purohit, A., Marchand, C., Le Calve, S., Donnay, C., Uring-Lambert, B., Bahram, 

S., Pauli, G., de Blay, F. (2006) The bronchial response to inhaled formaldehyde. Rev. Mal. 

Respir., 3S25-34. French. 

58. Abgueguen, E., Toutain, B., Bedrine, H., Chicault, C., Orhant, M., Aubry, M., Monnier, A., 

Mottier, S., Jouan, H., Bahram, S., Mosser, J., Fergelot, P. (2006) Differential expression of 

genes related to HFE and iron status in mouse duodenal epithelium. Mamm Genome, 17, 430- 

450. 

59. Shiina, T., Ota, M., Shimizu, S., Katsuyama, Y., Hashimoto, N., Takasu, M., Anzai, T., Kulski, 

J. K., Kikkawa, E., Naruse, T., Kimura, N., Yanagiya, K., Watanabe, A., Hosomichi,K., Kohara, 

S., Iwamoto, C, Umehara, Y, Meyer, A., Wanner, V., Macquin , C., Ikeo, K., Tokunaga, K., 

Gojobori, T., Inoko, H. and Bahram, S. (2006) Rapid evolution of Major Histocompatibility 

Complex class I genes in primates generates new disease alleles in humans via hitchhiking 

diversity. Genetics, 173, 1555-1570. 

60. Georgel, P and Bahram, S. (2006) Immunité innée antivirale. Rôle des mécanismes Tolldépendants 

et Toll-indépendants. [Toll-dependent and -independent innate antiviral immunity] 

Med. Sci. (Paris). 22, 961-968. 

61. Ota, M., Katsuyama, Y., Hamano, H., Umemura, T., Kimura, A., Yoshizawa, K., Kiyosawa, K., 

Fukushima, H., Bahram, S., Inoko, H., Kawa, S. (2007) Two critical genes (HLA-DRB1 and 

ABCF1) in the HLA region are associated with the susceptibility to autoimmune pancreatitis. 

Immunogenetics. 59, 45–52. 

62. Rolli, V., Radosavljevic, M., Astier, V., Macquin, C., Castan-Laurell, I., Visentin, V., Guigné, 

C., Carpéné, C., Valet, P., Gilfillan, S. and Bahram, S. (2007) Lipolysis is altered in MHC class 

I Zinc- 2 -glycoprotein deficient mice. FEBS Letters, 581, 394-400. 

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63. Bahram, S. and Inoko, H. (2007) Microsatellite markers for genome-wide association studies. 

Nature Reviews Genetics 8, |doi:10.1038/nrg1962-c1. 

64. Georgel P, Jiang Z, Kunz S, Janssen E, Mols J, Hoebe K, Bahram, S., Oldstone MBA and 

Beutler B. (2007) Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Glycoprotein G activates a specific antiviral Tolllike 

Receptor 4-dependent pathway. Virology, Feb 9; [Epub ahead of print]. 

65. Schrambach, S., Ardizzone, M., Leymarie, V., Sibilia, J. and Bahram, S. (2007) In vivo 

expression pattern of MICA and MICB and its relevance to auto-immunity and cancer. PLoS 

ONE, 2(6): e518, 1-10. 

66. Casset, A., Purohit, A., Birba, E., Chenard, M. P., Uring-Lambert, B., Bahram, S., Meyer, P., 

Pauli, G., De Blay, F. (2007) Bronchial challenge test in asthmatics sensitized to mites: role of 

particle size in bronchial response. J Aerosol Med. 20, 509-18. 

67. Kawa, S., Kitahara, K., Hamano, H., Ozaki, Y., Arakura, N., Yoshizawa, K., Umemura, T., Ota, 

M . , Mizoguchi, S., Shimozuru, Y., Bahram S. (2008) A novel immunoglobulin-immunoglobulin 

interaction in autoimmunity. PLoS ONE, 3(2): e1637, 1-8. 

68. Schabbauer, G., Luyendyk, J., Crozat, K., Jiang, Z., Mackman, N., Bahram, S. Georgel, P. 

(2008) TLR4/CD14-mediated PI3K activation is an essential component of Interferondependant 

VSV resistance in macrophages. Mol. Immunol. 45(10):2790-6. 

69. Georgel, P., Macquin, C. and Bahram, S. (2009) The heterogeneous allelic repertoire of human 

Toll-like receptor (TLR) genes. PLoS ONE, Nov 17;4(11):e7803. 

70. Meguro, A., Inoko, H., Ota, M., Katsuyama, Y., Oka, A., Okada, E., Yamakawa, R., Yuasa, T., 

Fujioka, T., Ohno, S., Bahram, S.*, Mizuki, N. (2010) Genetics of Behcet's disease inside and 

outside the MHC. Ann Rheum Dis. 69:747-754,*corresponding authors. 

71. Ito, T., Kitahara, K., Umemura, T., Ota, M., Shimozuru, Y., Kawa, S. and Bahram, S. (2010) A 

Novel heterophilic antibody interaction involves IgG4. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology 

71, 109–114. 

72. Writing Committee for the Normal Tension Glaucoma Genetic Study Group of Japan Glaucoma 

Society, Meguro A, Inoko H, Ota M, Mizuki N, Bahram S. (2010) Genome-wide association 

study of normal tension glaucoma: common variants in SRBD1 and ELOVL5 contribute to 

disease susceptibility. Ophthalmology. 117:1331-8.e5. Epub 2010 Apr 3. 

73. Georgel, P., Schuster, C., Zeisel, M. B., Stoll-Keller, F., Berg, T., Bahram, S.* and Baumert, T. 

F.* (2010) Virus-host interactions in hepatitis C virus infection – implications for molecular 

pathogenesis and antiviral strategies. Trends in Molecular Medicine 16, 277-286. 

*corresponding authors. 

74. Mizuki, N., Meguro1, A., Ota, M., Ohno, S., Shiota, T., Kawagoe, T., Ito, N., Namba, K., 

Takeno, M., Okada, E., Sugita, S., Mochizuki, M., Bahram, S., Ishigatsubo, Y., and Inoko, H. 

(2010) Genomewide association studies define IL23R/IL12RB2 and IL10 as susceptibility loci 

for Behçet’s disease. Nature Genetics 42, 703-706. 

75. Georgel, P. Radosavljevic, M., Macquin, C. and Bahram, S. (2011) The non-conventional MHC 

class I MR1 molecule controls infection by Klebsiella pneumoniae in mice. Mol. Immunol. 48, 

769-775. 

76. Kawa, S., Hamano, H., Fujinaga, Y., Ota, M., Bahram, S. (2011) Autoimmune pancreatitis and 

Diagnostic Criteria. Current Immunological Review, sous-presse. 

77. Perrot, A., Pionneau, C., Nadaud, S., Davi, F., Leblond, V., Gribben, J., Jacob, F., Merle-Béral, 

H., Herbrecht, R., Béné, M-C., Bahram, S.*, Vallat, L.* (2011) A specific proteomic profile 

after B-cell receptor stimulation in unmutated progressive CLL cells. submitted, 

*co-corresponding authors. 

78. Vallat, L., Kemper, C. A., Meyer, N., Pocheville, A., Fisher III, J. W., Bahram, S. and Gribben, 

J.G. (2011) An oriented modulation of a genetic program in primary cancer cells. en 

préparation. 

79. Bahram, S. (2011) MHC-I come full circle. Trends in Immunology, in préparation, 

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Grants and Awards 

Awards 

1989: « 1989 Charles Oberling Prize », Collège de France. 

1996: « Fred Vles » MD Thesis Award, School of Medicine, Strasbourg, France. 

1997: « 1997 International Scholar Award », American Society for Histocompatibility and 

Immunogenetics (ASHI), awarded during the 23rd Annual Meeting, October 13-19 1997, 

Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 

2001: « 2001 Millennium Pharmaceuticals Young Faculty Award for Genomics Research in 

Clinical Immunology », Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS), awarded 

during the 1st FOCIS annual meeting, May 4-7 2001, The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, 

Massachusetts, USA. 

2002 : National Academy of Medicine 2002 « Drieu-Cholet » Prize, Paris, France. 

2002 : « Jean Valade 2002 » Prize, Fondation de France, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. 

2003 : « Académie des Marches de l’Est » 2003 Prize in Science and Médecine, European circle, 

Strasbourg, France. 

2004 : « Jacques Oudin 2004 Prize for Research in Clinical Immunology ». Awarded by the LFB 

(Laboratoire français du Fractionnement et des Biotechnologies) and the French Society for 

Immunology (SFI). 

2006 : « 2005 Scientific Prize of the Francophonie University Agency (AUF; www.auf.org) in the 

fields of Science and Medicine». Awarded on May 12, 2006, Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, 

Canada. 

2006-2010 : National Research and Teaching Award (Prime d’encadrement doctoral et de 

recherche ; PEDR), Ministry of Higher Education. 

2010 : Grand Prix Robert Debré for Medical Research, National Academy of Medicine. 

Major competitive national grants 

1994-2002: Alliance against Cancer (Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer, ARC). 

1996: Alliance against Myopathies (Association Française contre les Myopathies, AFM). 

1998-2001: Medical Research Fondation (Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, FRM). 

1999-2002: Young Investigator StartUp Grant, Ministry for Research (Action Concertée Incitative 

Jeunes Chercheurs, Ministère de la Recherche). 

2001-2004: Strategic Research Grant – National Institute of Health and Biomedical Research, 

(Contrat de Recherche Stratégique - CReS, INSERM). 

2002-2007: Établissement Français des Greffes (EFG, National Transplant Agency), The Agence 

de la Biomédecine. 

2004-2007: Alliance against Cancer (Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer, ARC). 

2008-2011: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Programme blanc. 

2008-2012 : Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Programme Maladies infectieuses et leur 

environnement (MIE). 

2009-2010 : la Ligue Régionale de lutte contre le Cancer. 

2009-2011 : Agence Nationale pour la Recherche sur le SIDA (ANRS). 

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Seminars upon invitation: 

1. Title: "Nouveaux Gènes à l'intérieur de la région classe II du CMH contrôlent la présentation de 

l'antigène par les molécules de classe I", September 15, 1991. Invited by Dr. J. F. Eliaou, 

INSERM U283, Montpellier, France. 

2. Title: "Structure and Function of the MHC encoded putative peptide transporter" October 28, 

1992. Invited by Pr. Dr. C. Huber, Uni-klinik, Div. Hematologie, Mainz, Germany. 

3. Title: "Transporteurs de Peptide et présentation de l’antigène" October 30, 1992.Invited by Pr. 

G. Hauptmann, Centre de Recherches d’Immunologie et Hématologie, Faculté de Médecine, 

Strasbourg, France. 

4. Title: "Transporteurs de Peptide et présentation de l’antigène" November 5, 1992. Invited by Pr. 

D. Charron, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, Paris, France. 

5. Title: "Une Nouvelle Famille de Gènes de Classe I au sein du Complexe Majeur 

d'Histocompatibilité Humain" October 28, 1993. Invited by Pr. G. Hauptmann, Centre de 

Recherches d’Immunologie et Hématologie, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France. 

6. Title: "A second lineage of human MHC class I genes" March 14, 1994. Invited by Pr. Andrew 

J. McMichael, Molecular Immunology Group, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of 

Oxford, United Kingdom. 

7. Title: "Une seconde lignée de Gènes de classe I du CMH" March 17, 1994. Invited by Dr Jean- 

Gérard Guillet, Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris, France. 

8. Title: "Une seconde lignée de Gènes de classe I du CMH" March 18, 1994. Invited by Doctor 

Gabrielle Gachelin, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France. 

9. Title: "A second lineage of human MHC class I genes" April 11, 1994. Invited by Doctor 

Vaidya, and Professor David Walker, Department of Pathology (Pathology Grand Round), 

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, USA. 

10. Title: "A second lineage of human MHC class I genes" April 12, 1994. Invited by Professor 

Bellur Prabhakar, Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at 

Galveston, Texas, USA. 

11. Title: "Une nouvelle famille de gènes HLA de classe I" November 18, 1994. Invited by 

Professor Dominique Charron, featured speaker "Société Francophone d'Histocompatibilité et 

d'Immunogénétique and12th IHWS", Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, Paris, France. 

12. Title: "Une Nouvelle Famille de Gènes de Classe I du Complexe Majeur d'Histocompatibilité 

induite par le Stress". January 25, 1995. Invited by Professors Patrice Debré et Brigitte Autran. 

Laboratoire d'Immunologie Cellulaire et Tissulaire, Bâtiment CERVI, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié- 

Salpétrière, Paris, France. 

13. Title: "Génétique Moléculaire du Complexe Majeur d'Histocompatibilité humain: intérêt 

pratique à travers deux exemples" February 8, 1995. Invited by Pr. P. Wolf. Fondation 

Transplantation, Strasbourg, France. 

14. Title: "A novel family of stress-induced MHC class I genes" February 9, 1995. Invited by Dr. 

Marco Colonna, Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland. 

15. Title: "Une Nouvelle Famille de Gènes de Classe I au sein du Complexe Majeur 

d'Histocompatibilité Humain" May 18 1995. Invited by Dr Christine Bellanné-Chantelot, Third 

Symposium of Human Genetics Lariboisière Saint-Louis Hospital, under the auspices of 

Fondation Jean Dausset-Center for Human Polymorphism Study (Executive Committee: Prs 

Daniel Cohen, Jean Dausset et Daniel Kuntz), Paris, France. 

16. Title: "A new family of HLA genes: MICA and MICB" November 16-18 1995. Invited by Pr 

Dominique Charron, Second European Tutorial on Histocompatibility, European School of 

Haematology, Institut de Génétique Moléculaire and Centre Hayem, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, 

France. 

17. Title: "A novel family of stress-induced MHC class I genes" December 10-13 1995. Invited by 

Prs Renbiao Chen and Pimol Chiewsilp, The 5th Asia-Oceania Histocompatibility (AOH) 

Workshop and Conference, The 1995 Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian and South 

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East Asian Tissue Typing Association (ASEATTA), "Advances in Major Histocompatibility 

Complex", The Imperial Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. 

18. Title: "Une nouvelle famille de gènes de classe I d'Histocompatibilité", July 9 1996. Invited by 

Dr Charlotte Foltzer, INSERM U381, Pathologie Moléculaire Digestive, Strasbourg, France. 

19. Title: "The human MHC class I MIC gene family", Novembrer 21 1996. Invited by Dr Michael 

Chorney, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology 

& Immunology & Department of Pediatrics, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. 

20. Title: "Unusual diversity within the human MICA gene: a novel stress-induced MHC class I 

molecule selectively expressed in the gut". June 11 1997. Invited by Dr Lutz Walter, 

Department of Immunogenetics, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany. 

21. Title: "Unusual diversity within the human MHC class I MICA and MICB genes", October 17 

1997. Invited by Dr Peter Stastny to receive the “ASHI 1997 International Scholar”, 23 Annual 

meeting of the "American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI)", 14-19 

October 1997, The Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 

22. Title: "Unusual MHC-I genes and HLA-associated disorders", December 12 1997. Invited by 

Drs Jean Sibilia et Thierry Schaeverbeke. Symposium “Bacterial infection and related 

arthritides”, Université de Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France. 

23. Title: "Nouveaux Horizons en Immunogénétique: les gènes MIC", December 15 1997. Invited 

by Pr Dominique Charron. Inaugural meeting of the French Society for Histocompatibility and 

Immunogenetics Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, Paris, France. 

24. Title: "Génétique et diversité de molécules atypiques de classe I d’histocompatibilité", April 29 

1998. Invited by Pr Jean-Yves Le Gall, Département de Biochimie et de Biologie 

Moléculaire,University Hospital and UPR 41 CNRS "Recombinaisons Génétiques", Faculté de 

Médecine, Rennes, France. 

25. Title: "Génétique et diversité de molécules atypiques de classe I d’histocompatibilité", May 12, 

1998. Invited by Dr Maxime Breban, Département de Rhumatologie et INSERM U477, Centre 

Hospitalier Cochin, Paris, France. 

26. Title: "MIC genes", May 22-24 1998. Invited by Professeurs Dominique Charron, Alejandro 

Madrigal et Jon J. van Rood, The Fourth European Tutorial on Histocompatibility, Chairmen: D. 

Charron (FR) & A. Madrigal (UK), J. J. van Rood (NL), European School of Haematology, The 

Bonnington (Bloomsbury), Londres, United Kingdom. 

27. « Novel MHC diversity », le 15 juin 1998. Invited by le Pr Fritz Melchers, Basel Institute for 

Immunology, Bâle, Suisse. 

28. Title: "Génétique et diversité de molécules atypiques de classe I d’histocompatibilité", June 11 

1998. Invited by Dr Marie-Paule Roth, IFR Immunologie et Immunopathologie, CHU Purpan, 

Toulouse, France. 

29. Title: "Unusual class I genes, inside, beside and outside the MHC", December 9, 1998. Invited 

by Pr Hidetoshi Inoko, Department of Genetic Information, Division of Molecular Life Science, 

Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Japan. 

30. Title: "MIC genes and Behçet disease", December 11, 1998. Invited by Pr Shigeaki Ohno. 

Plenary session, 1998 Japanese Ministry of Health Grant-in-Aid Conference on Behçet disease, 

Yokohama, Japan. 

31. Title: "Unusual class I genes, inside, beside and outside the MHC", December 18, 1998. Invited 

by Prs Yoshihide Ishikawa and Katsushi Tokunaga, The Japanase Red Cross Central Blood 

Center, Tokyo, Japan. 

32. Title: "Nouvelle diversité HLA et l’immunogénétique de la réaction du greffon contre l’hôte", 

February 3 1999. Invited by Dr Lucette Guebuhrer, Laboratoire HLA, Établissement de 

Transfusion Sanguine, Lyon, France. 

33. Title: "Les gènes MIC et immunopathologie", February, 3 1999. Invited by Pr Jean-Pierre 

Revillard, INSERM U999 Immunobiologie fondamentale et Clinique, Département de Biologie 

Humaine, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, France. 

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34. Title: "MIC genes: from genetics to biology", April13-17 1999. Invited by Dr Ilias Doxiadis. 

Plenary session “NK cells and non-classical MHC class I genes”, The 13 th European 

Histocompatibility Conference, Sofitel Capsis Conference Center, Aghia Pelaghia-Heraklion, 

Crète, Greece. 

35. "Immune and metabolic status of MHC class I HFE deficiency", October 5, 1999. Invited by Pr 

Hidetoshi Inoko, Department of Genetic Information, Division of Molecular Life Science, Tokai 

University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Japan. 

36. "Unusual class I genes, inside, beside and outside the MHC", October 6 1999. Invited by Pr 

Takehiko Sasazuki, Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, 

Japan. 

37. "Genetics and Immunology of the MHC class I MIC genes", October 13 1999. Invited by Dr 

Keiichiro Hashimoto, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, 

Toyoake, Aichi, Japan. 

38. "Génétique, Biologie et Immunologie de Molécules Atypiques de Classe I 

d’Histocompatibilité", March 29, 2000. Invited by Dr Edgardo Carosella and Pr Jean Dausset, 

Service de Recherche d’Hématologie et d’Immunologie, Département des Sciences de la Vie, 

Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris. 

39. "Experimental hemochromatosis due to MHC class I HFE deficiency: Immune status and iron 

metabolism", May 9, 2000. Invited by Prs W. Engel et Eberhardt Günther, Institut für 

Humangenetik, Zentrum für Hygiene and Humangenetik der Universität Göttingen ; Colloqium 

in Human Genetics and Immunogenetics, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. 

40. "The human MHC class I MIC genes: from genetics to biology", May 25, 2000. Invited by Pr 

Giovanni Battista Ferrara; speaker and chairman, "Transplantation Symposium", the First 

International Biotechnology Conference, May 23-26, 2000, Tebio, Genova, Italy. 

41. "Genomic dispersion of MHC class I genes", June 19, 2000. Invited by Pr Akinori Kimura, 

Department of Immunology, Tokyo Dental and Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. 

42. "In vivo immunogenetics of the MIC gene family", December 5, 2000. Invited by Drs Kathryn 

Wood, Kay Poulton and Henry Stephens. Session 6 "The functional relevance of non-classical 

MHC class I molecules", annual meeting of the British Society for Immunology, December 5-8 

2000, Harrogate International Centre, United Kingdom. 

43. "Non-classical MHC class I genes : do they really matter ", January 18, 2001. Invited by Drs 

Vincenzo Cerundolo and Mariolina Salio, MRC Human Immunology Unit, Molecular 

Immunology Group, Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, 

Oxford, United Kingdom. 

44. « MIC and MICH : unusual class I genes with a mission », May 8, 2001. Invited by Pr Jack 

Strominger, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 

MA, USA. 

45. « Genomic dispersion of Major Histocompatibility Complex class I genes : from genetics to 

function », June 24, 2001. Invited by Pr Abbas Ghaderi, Department of Immunology, Cancer 

Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. 

46. « Unusual MHC class I genes inside, beside and outside the MHC : from genetics to 

pathophysiology», July 5, 2001. Invited by Pr Hormoz Chams, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran 

University School of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 

47. « In search of a common biological denominator within the extended MHC class I 

superfamily», January 16, 2002. Invited by Pr Marco Colonna. Department of Immunology and 

Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. 

48. « MIC and MIC-homologs on both arms of human chromosome 6 », March 22, 2002. Invited by 

Pr Frans Claas. Plenary session 4 « Immunogenetics », The 16 th European Histocompatibility 

Conference, 19-22 Mars 2002, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Strasbourg, France. 

49. « Physiopathologie diversifiée des molécules atypiques de classe I d'histocompatibilité chez 

l'homme et dans les modèles animaux mutants », April 25, 2002. Invited by Pr Jean-François 

Moreau, Laboratoire d'Immunologie, CNRS UMR 5540, Universite de Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux. 

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50. « Atypical Major Histocompatibility Complex class I molecules : from genetics to biology », 

The 6th Iranian Congress of Immunology and Allergy, 7-9 Mai 2002. Invited by the Iranain 

Society for Immunology and Allergy as an invited conferee and session chairman. Iran 

University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 

51. “The molecular medicine of the human Major Histocompatibility Complex” and “The 

molecular basis for HLA-Disease association”, Invité par le Dr Ghassem Ahanghari. “3rd 

Practical and Theoretical Workshop on Basic and Clinical Applications of Immunonogenetic”, 

National Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, May 14-20 2002, 

Tehran, Iran. 

52. « MIC and MIC-homologs on both arms of human chromosome 6 », June 11, 2002. Invited by 

Pr Hidetoshi Inoko, Department of Genetic Information, Division of Molecular Life Science, 

Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Japan. 

53. « MIC and other novel MHC class I genes », le 4 Octobre 2002. Invité par le Dr Masao Ota, 

Departments of Legal Medicine and Transplantation Biology, et Dr Shigeyuki Kawa, 

Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan. 

54. « MIC and other novel MHC class I genes». Invité par le Pr Roger Dawkins en qualité 

d’orateur, président et organisateur de séance. « 7th International Workshop on MHC Evolution, 

and VIII Complement Genetics Workshop and Conference ». 6-11 Octobre 2002, Noalimba 

Conference Center, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. 

55. « MIC genes and other novel MHC class I genes », le 21 octobre 2002. Invité par la Pr Elaine F. 

Reed. Séance Plénière. « Symposium 2 : Other polymorpic gene families ». 28e congrès annuel 

de « American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI) », 19-23 octobre 

2002, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 

56. « Cours généraliste: Génomique fonctionnelle du Complexe Majeur d'Histocompatibilité de 

l'homme » et « Cours spécialisé : Physiopathologie diversifiée des molécules atypiques de 

classe I d'histocompatibilité chez l'homme et dans les modèles animaux mutants ». Invité par 

Drs E. Tartour, P. Gugliemi et O. Boyer. 14 ème cours annuel de la Société Française 

d’Immunologie (SFI), organisé par la SFI et l'association des enseignant d'immunologie des 

universités de langue française (ASSIM) avec le soutien de la Fondation Mérieux, 8-12 

Novembre 2002, Centre de Congrès des Pensières, Annecy, France. 

57. « MIC and other novel MHC class I genes ». Session “Non-classical MHC class I genes”, 

Orateur, président de séance et membre du comité d’organisation scientifique, réunion annuelle 

de la Société Française d’Immunologie, Symposiums France - Europe - Japan, 27-29 Novembre 

2002, Palais des Congrès, Strasbourg, France. 

58. « MHC genes in 2002 », December 13-15 2002. Invited by Prs Dominique Charron and Jon J. 

van Rood, The Euroconference IV « Immunobiology and Immunogenetics of Transplantation: 

from basic science to clinical sciences ». Chairpersons: D. Charron (FR) & J. J. Van Rood (NL), 

European Hematology Association, European School of Haematology, Centre Hayem, Institut 

d'Hématologie, Hôpital St. Louis, Paris, France. 

59. « In vivo immunogenetics », January 2 2003. Invited by Pr Hormoz Chams, Farabi Eye 

Hospital, Tehran University School of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 

60. « From MAC to MIC and beyond: the ongoing adventure of MHC-I loci ». Invited by Dr 

Masaharu Sada, “Special lecture” - “20th Kinki Association of Histocompatibility and 

Immunogenetics (KAHI) Anniversary Conference”, February 1 2003, Grand Cube Osaka 

(Osaka International Convention Center), Osaka, Japan. 

61. “Functional genomics of MR1: a non-conventional MHC class I gene with a mission”, May 13 

2003. Invited by Dr Alexander Steinle, Department of Immunology, Institute for Cell Biology, 

University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany. 

62. “Functional genomics of non-conventional MHC class I genes”, May 23 2003. Invited by Dr 

Stephan Beck, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, 

Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, United Kingdom. 

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63. « Polymorphisme HLA non conventionnels ». Invited by the organizing committee (Pr Jean- 

François Eliaou, Gilbert Faure, Pierre Galanaud and Dr Paul Guglielmi), Club SFI 

« Autoimmunite et Immunopathologie » : « Impact des polymorphismes en Immunologie et 

Inflammations » Wednesday June 25 2003. Institut Pasteur-CIS, 28 Rue du Docteur Roux, Paris 

75015 Cedex 15, France. 

64. « Immunogenetics of Non-conventional MHC class I genes ». Symposium S1: Genome 

Diversity, 7th Asia-Oceania Histocompatibility Workshop and Conference (the 7th AOH) and 

the 2003 Annual Scientific meeting of the Australasian and South east Asian Tissue Typing 

Association, September 16-19, 2003, Karuizawa Prince Hotel, Karuizawa, Japan. 

65. Chairman, “Session II: Genome Diversity in Immunity-2 KIR”, International Symposium of 

Genome Diversity in Immunity and Disease, Sanjo Kaikan, Tokyo University, Septembre 22 

2003, Tokyo, Japan. 

66. “Génomique fonctionnelle des molécules non-conventionnelles de classe I 

d’histocompatibilité”. Invited by Pr Gilbert Faure, DEA de « Microbiologie, Enzymologie, 

Nutrition », November 5, 2003, School of Medicine, Nancy, France. 

67. «New MHC class I genes and their function». Invited by Pr Takashi Gojobori, December 23, 

2003, National Institute of Genetics, Center for Information Biology and DNA Databank of 

Japan (DDBJ), Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan. 

68. “MR1 and ZAG”. Invited by Pr Masanori Kasahara and Dr Masahiko Sugita, symposium 

"Classical and non-classical MHC: their roles in immunity and beyond", The 34th Annual 

Meeting of The Japanese Society for Immunology, December, 1-3, 2004, Sapporo, Japan. 

69. "Single haplotype sequencing dissects the molecular basis of MHC-disease association". April 

4, 2005. The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. 

70. Special Seminar: "Single haplotype sequencing dissects the molecular basis of MHC-disease 

association". April 6 2005. Invited by Pr Marco Colonna. Department of Immunology and 

Pathology, Pathology Library, 3rd Floor, West Building, Washington University School of 

Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. 

71. “Séquençage comparatif d'haplotypes MHC ouvre une brèche dans notre compréhension de 

l'association HLA-Maladies”. May 26 2005. Invited by Pr Antoine Blancher. Institut Claude de 

Préval, IFR 30 INSERM - FR 23 CNRS, Hôpitaux de Toulouse, Toulouse, France. 

72. « Non-conventional MHC class I molecules ». July 3, 2006. Invited by Dr Jacques Zimmer. Le 

Centre de Recherche Public de la Santé (CRP-Santé), Luxembourg. 

73. « The expanding family of atypical MHC-I » in Symposium: “Non-classical MHC class I and γδ 

T cells”. 1st Joint Meeting of European National Societies of Immunology - 16th European 

Congress of Immunology, under the auspices of European Federation of Immunological 

Societies, September 6-9, 2006, Paris, France 

74. « Immunogenetics of MIC/RAET1-NKG2D interaction in health and disease». Plenary 

symposium. 14. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Immungenetik, October 12-14 

2006, Hotel "Grauer Bär", Innsbruck, Austria. 

75. “From MAC to MIC: MHC class I genes come full circle”. Invited by Professor Takashi 

Gojobori, Japan Biological Information Research Center (JBIRC) AIST Waterfront Bio-IT 

Research Building, May 21 2007, Tokyo, Japan. 

76. “MIC genes: from A to Z”, « Rencontres d’histocompatibilité de La Baule », organised by the 

« Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS) de Nantes », June 16, 2007, Hôtel Barrière - 

Hermitage, La Baule, France. 

77. « MIC genes ». August 6 2007, Invited by Professor Paul I. Terasaki, One Lambda, Inc and 

Terasaki Foundation Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 

78. “MIC vs. HLA diversity in man and non-human primates”. April 2 2008. Plenary Lecture. 

Satellite symposium: Non-human primate immunogenetics. European Federation of 

Immunogenetics (EFI), 22 nd European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, 

“New horizons in Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility”, Toulouse. 

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79. “Gènes MIC: Génétique et Immunologie”. July 4, 2008. Invited by Docteur Olivier Lambotte, 

Service de Médecine Interne et de Maladies Infectieuses, INSERM U802, CHU Bicêtre, Le 

Kremlin-Bicêtre. 

80. “MIC genes: from bench to bedside”. September 12, 2008. Invited by Professor Akinori 

Kimura. Department of Molecular Pathogenesis, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical 

and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. 

81. “Auto-immunity – MHC – IgG4”. Le 17 Septembre 2008. Invited by Professor Shigeyuki 

Kawa, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan. 

82. “MIC genes: from bench to bedside”. 20-22 September 2008. Special Plenary (Key Note) 

lecture. Joint meeting of the 17th Meeting of the Japanese Society for Histocompatibility and 

Immunogenetics (JSHI) with the 44th Meeting of the Japanese Society of Transplantation, 

Osaka, Japan. 

83. “MIC genes: from bench to bedside”. September 24, 2008. Invited by Professor Nobuhisa 

Mizuki, Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. 

84. “MIC genes: from bench to bedside”. September 26, 2008. Invited by Professor Katsushi 

Tokunaga, Department of Genetics, Tokyo University, Japan. 

85. “Population genetics of MHC class I MIC genes in eye disease”. Invited lecture. The 10th 

Congress of International Ocular Inflammation Society (IOIS 2009). May 30 - June 2, 2009, 

Prague, Czech Republic. 

86. Rencontres de « DÉCISION SANTÉ » 2008-2009. Innovation en Santé - Ensemble les régions 

s’engagent pour la santé. Invité à la table ronde en compagnie de Monsieur André Aoun, 

Directeur de l’Agence Régionale de l’Hospitalisation d’Alsace, Dr Alexandre Feltz, Vice- 

Président de la Communauté Urbaine de Strasbourg chargé de la santé publique, Dr Philippe 

Gaertner, Président de la Fédération des syndicats pharmaceutiques de France, Madame Agnès 

Gougeon-Chamayou, Directeur des affaires publiques régionale, Sanofi-Aventis, France, Patrick 

Guillot, Directeur Général du CHRU de Strasbourg, Dr Elisabeth Kruczek, Présidente du 

conseil de l’ordre des médecines du Bas-Rhin. 

87. "The MIC Genes and Antibodies: From Bench to Bedside”. EFI (European Federation for 

Immunogenetics (EFI) session at the European Congress of Immunology (ECI) 2009". Chair: 

Seiamak Bahram. September 13-16, 2009, Berlin, Germany. 

88. “Personalized medicine: from myth to reality". Royan Institute’s International Twin Congress. 

10th Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine and 5th Congress on Stem Cell Biology & 

Technology, September 23-25, 2009 - Tehran – Iran. 

89. “The genetics of the adaptive and the innate immune systems in 2 examples: the MHC and TLR 

loci.” The 10 International Congress of Immunology and Allergy (ICIA), May 18-20, 2010 

Tehran, Iran. 

90. “BIOMAX: an integrated, R&D oriented hospital-wide biobank” BioValley Meet & Match: 

Biomarker Day. May 26, 2010. Société Industrielle de Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France. 

Upcoming: 

The first International student congress on cell and molecular medicine. February 17-19, 2011. 

Shiraz, Iran. 

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