Main mission : scientific research in view to support the health policy.

Main activities :

• Surveillance of communicable diseases
• Scientific research in infectious diseases
• Verification of federal product norms (e.g. food, pharmaceuticals, vaccines)
• Risk assessment (e.g. chemical products, genetically modified organisms)
• Environment and health
• Management of biological resources (collections of microorganisms)

Mycobacteriology

• Molecular identification of mycobacteria
• Drug susceptibility testing (MDR, XDR M.tuberculosis)
• Sequencing, detection of mutations
• Molecular epidemiology TB
• Spontaneous mutants resistant to drugs
• Fitness in macrophage
• Fitness in mouse or rat models