DELPHINE BONHOMME

DELPHINE BONHOMME is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Curie Institute's Immunity and Cancer (U932) unit, focusing on the evolutionary origins of human immune mechanisms. Her work bridges molecular biology and immunology through studies of bacterial gene inheritance in antiviral defense systems.

• Research: Innate immunity in physiology and cancer
• Key contributions: Discovery of SIR2 antiphage protein homology in Toll-like receptor pathways
• Publications: 2025 Science and 2024 Cell Host & Microbe articles

Recent research trends analyze evolutionary conservation of antiviral systems across domains of life, with implications for both fundamental immunology and cancer biology. Her work on human proteins inherited from bacterial ancestors reveals previously unknown dimensions of immune function.