Education

Ph.D. in Immunology, University of Luminy, Marseille, France, 2004

Current position

Postdoc in Pathology and Immunology, UCSF, USA

Publications

1. Gerard, A., Beemiller, P., Friedman, R. S., Jacobelli, J. and Krummel, M. F. (2013). Evolving immune circuits are generated by flexible, motile, and sequential immunological synapses. Immunol Rev 251(1): 80-96.
   
2. Gerard, A., Khan, O., Beemiller, P., Oswald, E., Hu, J., Matloubian, M. and Krummel, M. F. (2013). Secondary T cell-T cell synaptic interactions drive the differentiation of protective CD8+ T cells. Nat Immunol 14(4): 356-363.
   
3. Khan, O., Headley, M., Gerard, A., Wei, W., Liu, L. and Krummel, M. F. (2011). Regulation of T cell priming by lymphoid stroma. PLoS One 6(11): e26138.
   
4. Guittard, G., Mortier, E., Tronchere, H., Firaguay, G., Gerard, A., Zimmermann, P., Payrastre, B. and Nunes, J. A. (2010). Evidence for a positive role of PtdIns5P in T-cell signal transduction pathways. FEBS Lett 584(11): 2455-2460.
   
5. Gerard, A., van der Kammen, R. A., Janssen, H., Ellenbroek, S. I. and Collard, J. G. (2009). The Rac activator Tiam1 controls efficient T-cell trafficking and route of transendothelial migration. Blood 113(24): 6138-6147.
   
6. Guittard, G.*, Gerard, A.*, Dupuis-Coronas, S., Tronchere, H., Mortier, E., Favre, C., Olive, D., Zimmermann, P., Payrastre, B. and Nunes, J. A. (2009). Cutting edge: Dok-1 and Dok-2 adaptor molecules are regulated by phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate production in T cells. J Immunol 182(7): 3974-3978. *equal contribution
   
7. Gerard, A., Ghiotto, M., Fos, C., Guittard, G., Compagno, D., Galy, A., Lemay, S., Olive, D. and Nunes, J. A. (2009). Dok-4 is a novel negative regulator of T cell activation. J Immunol 182(12): 7681-7689.
   
8. Gerard, A., Mertens, A. E., van der Kammen, R. A. and Collard, J. G. (2007). The Par polarity complex regulates Rap1- and chemokine-induced T cell polarization. J Cell Biol 176(6): 863-875.
   
9. Gerard, A.*, Favre, C.*, Garcon, F., Nemorin, J. G., Duplay, P., Pastor, S., Collette, Y., Olive, D. and Nunes, J. A. (2004). Functional interaction of RasGAP-binding proteins Dok-1 and Dok-2 with the Tec protein tyrosine kinase. Oncogene 23(8): 1594-1598. *equal contribution
   
10. Garcon, F., Ghiotto, M., Gerard, A., Yang, W. C., Olive, D. and Nunes, J. A. (2004). The SH3 domain of Tec kinase is essential for its targeting to activated CD28 costimulatory molecule. Eur J Immunol 34(7): 1972-1980.
    
11. Favre, C.*, Gerard, A.*, Clauzier, E., Pontarotti, P., Olive, D. and Nunes, J. A. (2003). DOK4 and DOK5: new Dok-related genes expressed in human T cells. Genes Immun 4(1): 40-45. *equal contribution