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Curriculum vitae
Pierre-Yves Lozach
Personal information
Name
Pierre-Yves Lozach
Date and place of birth
1976/05/03, L’Haÿ-Les-Roses (France)
Language written spoken
French and English (fluent), German (basic)
Address
Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology
Im Neuhenheimer Feld 324
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 6221-56-1328, Fax: +49 (0) 6221-56-5003
Email: pierre-yves.lozach@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Website: www.bunyavirus.org
Education and professional training
Assistant Professor
2013-present, CellNetworks Junior Group Leader at the Department of Infectious
Diseases, UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg, Germany
2012-2013, Head of the lab ‘Cell Biology of Arboviral Infections’, Institut ArmandFrappier (Institut Pasteur International Network), Canada
Senior Research Associate
2011-2012, Laboratory of Ari Helenius, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Postdocs
2007-2011, Laboratory of Ari Helenius, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2004-2007, Laboratories of Félix Rey and Fernando Arenzana-Seisdedos, (joint project),
Institut Pasteur, France
PhD Thesis in Virology
2001-2004, Subject : ‘Role of the C-type lectins DC-SIGN and L-SIGN during hepatitis C
virus infection’, Supervisor: Dr Ralf Altmeyer, Institut Pasteur (Université Pierre & Marie
Curie), France
Most relevant technical skills
Virology
Production and purification of recombinant or wild type viruses, working in BSL3 lab and
BSL3 animal facility
Cell biology Flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy (confocal, spinning-disc, TIRF), siRNA-based
high content screen, primary cells
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Curriculum vitae
Pierre-Yves Lozach
Most relevant teaching skills
Teaching in Virology and Cell Biology of Virus Entry
2014-present, UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg (‘Zweigutachter’, HBIGS member), Germany
2012-2013, Institut Armand-Frappier and Université de Montréal, Canada
2007-2012, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Member of PhD student committees
2014, Oponent of Cecilia Andersson, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2013, President of the PhD committee of Élodie Brison, Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Canada
2012, Third Reviewer of the PhD committee of Raquel Rodrigues, ENS Lyon, France
Supervision skills
Present
Postdoctoral researcher (1) and PhD student (1)
Completed Research assistants (2), Research associate (1), PhD student (2), Master students (9), and
undergraduate students (3)
Fellowships and awards
2013
Award delivered by the Banting Research Foundation (Canada)
2008-2010 Marie Curie European postdoctoral fellow
2006
Member of the American Society for Virology (full member, 2008)
2004
Jacques Monod Prize delivered by the Fondation de France
2003
Travel attendance fellowship from the HCV International Conference (Kyoto, Japan)
2000-2004 MSc and PhD fellowships (Institut Pasteur and Université Pierre & Marie Curie, France)
Grants and funding
2013-2018 CellNetworks Research Group funds (Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology,
UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg, Germany)
2013
5-years operating grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, declined
2012-2013 5-years operating grant from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada, cancelled
2013
‘Research tools and instruments’ grant from the National Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada
2011
Start-up funds from Institut Armand-Frappier (Canada)
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Pierre-Yves Lozach
Bibliometrics (Thomson Reuters)
Total number of publications: 20 (14 publications and 6 news, reviews, and book chapters)
Total citation number: 900; Average citation per item: 45.0
h-index: 11
Additional information
 Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals: Cellular Microbiology (1), FEMS Microbiology Reviews (2),
Journal of Biological Chemistry (1), Journal of Cellular Biochemistry (1), Journal of General
Virology (1), Journal of Virology (2), PLoS One (2), PLoS Pathogens (2), Nature Review
Microbiology (1), Viruses (1), and Virus Research (1)
 Member of different scientific societies (American and French Societies for Cell Biology, Canadian
Society of Microbiologists, American Society for Microbiology, and European and German Societies
for Virology)
 Member of different alumni associations (Marie Curie fellows and students of Université Pierre &
Marie Curie), Representative of AD-B2M PhD student association (2004-2005)
 Teaching in virology (Université d’Évry, France, 2002) and cell biology (Université de Créteil,
France, 2002)
 Trainings in laboratories in Canada, France, and Sweden (1 to 5 months, 1998-2007)
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Publication list
Pierre-Yves Lozach
Peer reviewed book chapters, news, publications, and reviews (5 past years)
The name of students and technicians under my supervision are underlined; #contributed equally to this work;
*corresponding. ‘Times cited’ source: Thomson Reuters.
1. Meier R, Franceschini A, Horvath P, Tetard M, Mancini R, von Mering C, Helenius A, and Lozach
PY* “Genome-wide siRNA screens reveal VAMP3 as a novel host factor required for Uukuniemi virus
late penetration” J. Virol. 2014; 88(15) :8565-78, Times cited: 2. Cifuentes-Muñoz N, Acuña R, Marquez C, Bulling M, Klingström J, Mancini R, Lozach PY, and
Tischler ND*. “Hantavirus Gn and Gc glycoproteins self-assemble into virus-like particles” J. Virol.
2014; 88(4) :2344-8, Times cited: 1
3. Goncalves AR, Moraz ML, Pasquato A, Helenius A, Lozach PY, and Kunz S*. “Role of DC-SIGN
in Lassa virus entry into human dendritic cells” J. Virol. 2013; 87(210):11504-15, Times cited: 1
4. Mercer J and Lozach PY*. “Cellular protein disposal system assists poxvirus genome uncoating”
Med. Sci. 2013; 29(6-7) :561-3, Times cited: 5. Barriga GP, Martínez-Valdebenito C, Galeno H, Ferrés M, Lozach PY, and Tischler ND*. “A rapid
method for infectivity titration of Andes hantavirus using flow cytometry” J. Virol. Methods 2013;
193(2):291-4, Times cited: 1
6. Lozach PY and Helenius A*. “Control of athropods” Duodecim 2012; 128(18):1929-35, Times cited: 7. Meier R, Helenius A, and Lozach PY*. “DC-SIGN, a receptor for phlebovirus” Med. Sci. 2012;
28(1) :16-8, Times cited: 8. Lozach PY, Huotari J, and Helenius A*. “Late-penetrating viruses” Curr. Opin. Virol. 2011; 1:3543, Times cited: 17
9. Lozach PY*, Kühbacher A, Meier R, Mancini R, Bitto D, Bouloy M, and Helenius A*. “DC-SIGN
as receptor for phleboviruses” Cell Host Microbe 2011; 10(1):75-88, Times cited: 35
10. Sotiriou GA, Hirt AM, Lozach PY, Teleki A, Krumeich F, Pratsinis SE*. “Hybrid, silica-coated,
Janus-like plasmonic-magnetic nanoparticles” Chem. Mater. 2011; 23(7):1985-92, Times cited: 43
11. Lozach PY, Mancini R, Bitto D, Meier R, Oestereich L, Överby AK, Pettersson RF, Helenius A*.
“Entry of Bunyaviruses into Mammalian Cells” Cell Host & Microbe 2010; 7(6):488-99, Times cited: 38
Presentations as invited speaker at conferences
 Lozach PY “Arboviruses: host-to-host and cell-to-cell”, 34th Annual meeting of the Chilean Society
for Microbiology, Valdivia Chile (2012)
 Lozach PY “DC-SIGN as a receptor for arboviruses: receptor dynamics during virus entry”, Annual
meeting of Union of the Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology, Lausanne Switzerland (2012)
Presentations as guest speaker (3 past years)
 Philipps-University Marburg (Germany), invited by Friedemann Weber (2014)
 Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), invited by Ali Mirazimi (2014)
 Centre Hospitalo-universitaire de Lausanne (Switzerland), invited by Stefan Kunz (2013)
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Publication list
Pierre-Yves Lozach
 Centre Hospitalo-universitaire de Montréal (Canada), invited by Andrès Finzi (2013)
 Université de Montréal (Canada), invited by G. Lemay (2012)
 Fundación Cienca & Vida (Chile), invited by Nicole Tischler (2012)
 EMBL Grenoble (France), invited by Rob Ruigrok (2012)
 University of Utrech (Netherlands), invited by Peter Rottier (2012)
 Institut Pasteur (France), invited by Pascal Cossart (2012)
Presentations at conferences (3 past years)
The name of students and technicians under my supervision are underlined.
 Meier R, Franceschini A, Horvath P, Tetard M, von Mering C, Helenius A, and Lozach PY. (2014)
“Genome-wide siRNA screens reveal regulation of bunyavirus intracellular trafficking by miRNAs”,
24th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Virology, Alpbach Austria
 Meier R, Franceschini A, Horvath P, Tetard M, von Mering C, Helenius A, and Lozach PY. (2013)
“Regulation of virus endocytosis by miRNAs”, 5th European Congress of Virology, Lyon France
 Meier R, Franceschini A, Horvath P, Tetard M, von Mering C, Helenius A, and Lozach PY. (2013)
“Regulation of virus endocytosis by miRNAs”, 63rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of
Microbiologists, Ottawa Canada
 Meier R, Franceschini A, Horvath P, von Mering C, Helenius A, Lozach PY. (2012) “Regulation of
bunyavirus endocytosis by miRNAs”, 2nd meeting of the Institut Pasteur International Network in
America, Montevideo Uruguay
Poster presentations (3 past year)
The name of students, research associate, and technicians under my supervision are underlined. Speaker appears
in italic.
 Meier R, Franceschini A, Horvath P, Tetard M, Mancini R, von Mering C, Helenius A, and Lozach
PY. (2013) “Regulation of bunyavirus endocytosis by the miRNA142.3p”, 11th Discovery on Target,
Boston, USA
 Meier R, Franceschini A, Horvath P, Tetard M, Mancini R, von Mering C, Helenius A, and Lozach
PY. (2013) “Regulation of bunyavirus endocytosis by the miRNA142.3p”, 3rd Systems Biology of
Infection Symposium, Ascona, Italy
 Tetard M, Rouxel R, and Lozach PY. (2013) “L-SIGN as an attachment factor for phleboviruses”,
63rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Ottawa, Canada
 Meier R, Franceschini A, Horvath P, Tetard M, Mancini R, von Mering C, Helenius A, and Lozach
PY. (2013) “Regulation of bunyavirus endocytosis by the miRNA142.3p”, 2nd Swiss Image-Based
Screening Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland
 Meier R, Tetard M, Franceschini A, Horvath P, von Mering C, Helenius A, and Lozach PY. (2012)
“Genome-wide siRNA screens reveal miRNA regulating UUKV endocytosis”, Annual Meeting of
the Department of Biology of ETH Zurich, Davos, Switzerland
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