Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi

Biography:

Boutheina Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi is a Veterinary Medical Doctor from Tunisia, a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the Biotechnology Research Institute of Montreal and the University of Montreal in Canada, and Professor at the Institut Pasteur of Tunis since 1998. She is in charge of research and diagnostic activities in the Mycoplasmas Laboratory at Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia. She is currently head of the Research Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Vaccinology and Biotechnology Development. Her research topics aimed mainly to gain further insight into the genomic of mycoplasmas, and elucidation of the genetic evolution of their antibio- resistance.