Anaïs POTRON

Anaïs Potron is a Lecturer (MCU-PH) at Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, affiliated with the CHU Besançon and the PATHOGENES department. Her research focuses on microbiology, molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, genomic analysis, and epidemiology of pathogens like Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. She investigates diagnostic methods for antibiotic resistance, molecular drivers of drug resistance, and bacterial pathogenesis.

Her work emphasizes rapid detection of carbapenemases, genomic characterization of resistance mechanisms, and the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant bacteria. She collaborates on studies involving natural transformation of resistance genes and biofilm formation in Acinetobacter. Current projects include analyzing resistance patterns in clinical isolates and evaluating novel antibiotics like cefiderocol.

Key contributions include genomic studies of Acinetobacter baumannii clades, analyses of colistin resistance mechanisms, and molecular epidemiology of outbreaks. She advises student Susie Gaillot and contributes to labs exploring bacterial genetics and clinical diagnostics.