Prof. Mamadou Daffe
Prof. Daffe was born in 1957 in the city of Sofara, Mali.
He obtained his BSc in 1977, and his MD in 1979 in Biochemistry from the
University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
He went on to get his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology in 1982 from
the same university. He obtained excellence awards throughout his academic
studies; Best Student of the University of Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, 1981;
and the best thesis on Leprosy, Paris, 1982.
Prof. Daffe has above 15 years of research experience that focused on the
characterization of Cellular Components of the Mycobacterial Envelope.
Presently, he is leading one of the well-known laboratories working on the
Biochemical and Structural aspects of the Cell wall in Mycobacteria.
He is often invited to deliver numerous talks at various seminars,
scientific meetings and international conferences.
He is currently Director of Research at the Institute of Pharmacology and
Structural Biology (CNCS), France.
Prof. Mamadou Daffe was elected a Fellow of IAS in 2001:
