Maurice Boissinot

Maurice Boissinot received the B.Sc. degree in microbiology and the Ph.D. degree in microbiology-immunology from Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, QC, Canada. He completed his post-doctoral training in protein engineering with the Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, and with Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA. He is a Project Leader with the Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université Laval, where he is working on the development of rapid tests for the detection and identification of pathogenic micro-organisms.