
Xavier Contreras
PhD - CR Inserm
About me
- INSERM Researcher at RESTORE institute, Toulouse, France (since 2021)
INSERM Researcher at STROMALab Institute, Toulouse, France ( 2020)
Senior research associate / chargé de recherche at Gene Regulation Laboratory, IGH, Montpellier, France (2011 to 2020)
Post doctoral fellow at Gene Regulation Laboratory, IGH, Montpellier, France (2009 to 2010)
- Post doctoral fellow at Peterlin laboratory, UCSF, San Francisco, USA (2005 to 2009)
- PhD student at laboratory of virology, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France (2000 to 2005)
- Masters degree in Immunology, signalling and lymphoid tumors (2000) at the Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France
Research interests
- Transcription and gene regulation
- Linking Gene regulation to function and translational medicine
- Bioinformatics
- Virology / Immunology
Teaching activity
- Lecture on Transcription L3 Montpellier
- Lecture on HIV latency M2 Toulouse
Publications / Patents
- An NF90/NF110-mediated feedback amplification loop regulates dicer expression and controls ovarian carcinoma progression, Barbier et al, Cell res., 2019
- Nuclear RNA surveillance complexes silence HIV-1 transcription, Contreras et al, PLOS Pathogens, 2018
- Premature termination of transcription by RNAP II: the beginning of the end, Contreras et al., Transcription, 2013
- Microprocessor, Setx, Xrn2, and Rrp6 co-operate to induce premature termination of transcription by RNAPII, Wagschall et al., Cell, 2012
- Protein kinase C-delta regulates HIV-1 replication at an early post-entry step in macrophages, Contreras et al, Retrovirology, 2012