Full professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Faculty of Medicine

Jérôme Estaquier is a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval. He holds a Ph.D. in Immunology obtained in 1994 from the University of Science and Technology of Lille. After a postdoctoral fellowship in San Diego (California), he joined the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) in 1996, specialized in the immunology of infectious diseases. In 2011, he became a member of the CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center.
Prof. Estaquier is the author or co-author of over 175 scientific publications and reviews, as well as around fifteen book chapters.
His research program focuses on studying damage to the immune system related to cell death and metabolism in the context of host-pathogen interactions. These processes are key elements in host defense, and when exacerbated, they contribute to the spread of infectious pathogens and chronic inflammatory processes. Prof. Estaquier’s team specifically investigates intracellular microbes such as the HIV virus and the parasite responsible for leishmaniasis. Furthermore, his work has helped improve the understanding of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its role in the development of long COVID. In the context of future pandemic preparedness, Prof. Estaquier is leading a new facility that will enable Canada to develop future therapies against infectious agents.
Au coeur des mécanismes de défenses contre les agents infectieux, les mécanismes de morts cellulaires et métaboliques constituent des éléments clefs.