Education

Ph.D. in Science (Microbiology and Biotechnology), University of Antananarivo and Free University of Brussels, Belgium, 2014
M D. in Medical Biology, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, 2008

Current position

Postdoctoral position in Biotechnology, University of Antananarivo, Madagascar

Publications (since 2008)

1. Kahumba, J., Rasamiravaka, T., Okusa, P. N., Bakari, A., Bizumukama, L., Kalonji, J. B., Kiendrebeogo, M., Rabemanantsoa, C., Jaziri, M. and Duez, P. (2015). Traditional African medicine: from ancestral know-how to bright future.  Science 350(6262):S53-S85.
   
2. Rasamiravaka, T., Vandeputte, O. M., Pottier, L., Huet, J., Rabemanantsoa, C., Kiendrebeogo, M., Andriantsimahavandy, A., Rasamindrakotroka, A., Stevigny, C., Duez, P. and El Jaziri, M. (2015). Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation and Persistence, along with the Production of Quorum Sensing-Dependent Virulence Factors, Are Disrupted by a Triterpenoid Coumarate Ester Isolated from Dalbergia trichocarpa, a Tropical Legume. PLoS One 10(7): e0132791.
   
3. Rasamiravaka, T., Shaista Sheila, H. S., Rakotomavojaona, T., Rakoto-Alson, A. O. and Rasamindrakotroka, A. (2015). Changing profile and increasing antimicrobial resistance of uropathogenic bacteria in Madagascar. Med Mal Infect 45(5): 173-176.
   
4. Rasamiravaka, T., Rasoanandrasana, S. and RakotoAlson, A. O.(2015). Rasamindrakotroka A. Particularités et limites du coagulase-test en tube sur plasma humain pour l'identification de Staphylococcus aureus : Peut-on l’utiliser en routine ? Journal de Biologie Médicale.  4(14): 131-137.
   
5. Rasamiravaka, T., Labtani, Q., Duez, P. and El Jaziri, M. (2015). The formation of biofilms by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a review of the natural and synthetic compounds interfering with control mechanisms. Biomed Res Int 2015: 759348.
   
6. Rasamiravaka T, El Jaziri M. Quorum sensing et biofilm bactérien “Cibles potentielles pour la lutte contre les bactéries pathogènes » (cas de Pseudomonas aeruginosa). Presses académiques francophones, Allemagne 2014. pp. 202.
   
7. Okusa, P. N., Rasamiravaka, T., Vandeputte, O., Stevigny, C., Jaziri, M. E. and Duez, P. (2014). Extracts of Cordia gilletii de wild (Boraginaceae) quench the quorum sensing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. J Intercult Ethnopharmacol 3(4): 138-143.
   
8. Beury-Cirou, A., Tannieres, M., Minard, C., Soulere, L., Rasamiravaka, T., Dodd, R. H., Queneau, Y., Dessaux, Y., Guillou, C., Vandeputte, O. M. and Faure, D. (2013). At a supra-physiological concentration, human sexual hormones act as quorum-sensing inhibitors. PLoS One 8(12): e83564.
   
9. Rasamiravaka, T., Rasoanandrasana, S., Zafindraibe, N. J., Rakoto Alson, A. O. and Rasamindrakotroka, A. (2013). Evaluation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in Malagasy patients. J Infect Dev Ctries 7(4): 318-322.
   
10. Rasamiravaka, T., Jedrzejowski, A., Kiendrebeogo, M., Rajaonson, S., Randriamampionona, D., Rabemanantsoa, C., Andriantsimahavandy, A., Rasamindrakotroka, A., Duez, P., El Jaziri, M. and Vandeputte, O. M. (2013). Endemic malagasy Dalbergia species inhibit quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Microbiology 159(Pt 5): 924-938.
    
11. Rasamiravaka, T., Rafanomezantsoa, H., Rasoanandrasana, S., Rakoto Alson, A. O. and Rasamindrakotroka, A. (2012). Présence préoccupante des bactéries multi résistantes dans la communauté Malgache. Revue Médicale de Madagascar  ; 2(3) : 174-175. ISSN 2222-792X.
    
12. Vandeputte, O. M., Kiendrebeogo, M., Rasamiravaka, T., Stevigny, C., Duez, P., Rajaonson, S., Diallo, B., Mol, A., Baucher, M. and El Jaziri, M. (2011). The flavanone naringenin reduces the production of quorum sensing-controlled virulence factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Microbiology 157(Pt 7): 2120-2132.
    
13. Rasamiravaka, T., Dessay, M., Niry Manantsoa, S., RakotoAlson, A. O. and Rasamindrakotroka, A. (2011). La place de l’examen direct des prélèvements bactériologiques dans le diagnostic des infections bactériennes. Biotribune magazine 41(1) : 13-17
    
14. Rasamiravaka, T., Andrianarivelo, A. M., Ramarison, G., Rakoto-Alson, A. O. and Rasamindrakotroka, A. (2011). [Simplified preparation of test-red blood cells for ABO blood grouping in a laboratory in Madagascar]. Med Trop (Mars) 71(5): 460-463.
    
15. de Barbeyrac B, Peuchant O, Rasamiravaka T, Clerc M, Bébéar C. -“Lymphogranuloma venereum doesn’t spread in the overall Chlamydia trachomatis-infected population in France”. CNR Chlamydiae et Mycoplasme - France Sex Transm Infect. june 2009; 85:157
    
16. Rasamiravaka T, Carod JF « Mise en Place d’un laboratoire de biochimie dans un dispensaire isolé : attitude pratique en pays en voie de développement ». Institut Pasteur de Madagascar Revue Francophone des Laboratoires - 2008 ; 402 ; 77 - 80