Mathilde completed her PhD on Drosophila immunity at CNRS (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) and EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland) under the supervision of Prof Bruno Lemaitre. She then performed a postdoc in the laboratory of Prof George Christophides at Imperial College (London, UK) on the tripartite interactions between Anopheles mosquitoes, their microbiota and malaria parasites. In 2017, she joined Institut Pasteur to start the Microbiota of Insect Vectors research group at Institut Pasteur de la Guyane.

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Yanouk completed his PhD in 2015 on the effects of pesticides on marine bivalves at Ifremer (Brest, France). After a postdoc position at Institut Pasteur de la Guyane on insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, Yanouk joined the team as a research engineer in 2021 to coordinate our field missions and lab experiments on mosquito microbiota.

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Gabrielle has obtained her Master in Systematic and Evolution from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in 2021, then worked on the taxonomy and insecticide resistance of mosquitoes from French Guiana at the Collectivité territoriale de Guyane. After spending a year and a half studying the impact of bacteria on the mosquito genome in 2023, she once again rejoined the team in 2025 as coordinator of a Participatory Science and Research project on oviposition preferences of the Aedes aegypti mosquito as part of the European Regional Development Fund SRP PoM.

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Marie obtained a DUT in Biological Engineering, specializing in Biological and Biochemical Analyses, from the University of Toulon in 2016. She then completed her training with a Professional Bachelor's degree in Biological Engineering, Microscopy and Quality in 2017. After eight years in the medical biology sector, Marie joined the team as a laboratory technician in 2025 to work on isogenic lines of mosquitoes. She studies the interactions between the genome and the microbiota of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. She is also involved in establishing a biobank of bacteria from Guianese mosquitoes.

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Katiana is undertaking her internship at the Institut Pasteur de la Guyane as part of her second year in the Master's program in Tropical Health Biology at the University of the Antilles (Guadeloupe). Within the Microbiota of Insect Vectors team, she analyzes microbial and biochemical factors influencing oviposition in the Aedes aegypti mosquito. In parallel, she participates in the participatory project "Pontes de Moustiques" (PoM), involving several middle schools in French Guiana, where she guides students in creating educational scientific mini-videos.

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