Ibrahima Diallo

PhD student

i.diallo@lumc.nl orcid

orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-2699

Research: Immunology, Immunometabolism and vaccine response

Presently, I am doing my PhD, and my main area of research is immunometabolism. My study focuses on how immunometabolic pathways trigger different vaccination responses, particularly in low-income countries. The main objective is to define the contribution of host immunometabolic states in determining vaccination responses and identify the key biological mechanism that drive this association. Finally, the goal aims to help with the development of more effective and equitable vaccine strategies worldwide.

Curriculum Vitae

After completing my MSc in immunology and Infection at Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar University, I joined the Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Épidémiologique et de Formation (IRESSEF) as laboratory scientist. I worked on the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak via diagnostic testing and also contributed to the AIDCO study by collection and processing samples to investigate SARS-Cov-2 infection. This experience provided me extensive training in good clinical laboratory practice, data documentation, and collaborative research.

Publications

Comparison of immunometabolic profiles in whole blood versus peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
Diallo I, Heieis G, Manurung MD, Cisse M, Mouwenda YD, Kruize YCM, Mbow M, Yazdanbakhsh M, Everts B.

Immunometabolism (Cobham). 2025 Nov 11;7(4):e00073. doi: 10.1097/IN9.0000000000000073. PMID: 41230343; PMCID: PMC12604536.
Immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 in sub-Saharan Africa and western Europe: a retrospective, population-based, cross-sectional study.
Mbow M, Hoving D, Cisse M, Diallo I, Honkpehedji YJ, Huisman W, Pothast CR, Jongsma MLM, König MH, de Kroon AC, Linh LTK, Azimi S, [...] Yazdanbakhsh M, Jochems SP; BEAT-COVID consortium; COVID-19 Leiden University Medical Center study team.

Lancet Microbe. 2025 Feb;6(2):100942. doi: 10.1016/j.lanmic.2024.07.005. Epub 2024 Dec 18. PMID: 39708825.

Groups: Cellular Immunometabolism

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Groups

Functional immunology of infection and vaccine induced responses

The aim of our research group is to delineate host immune-responses towards mycobacteria to innovate diagnostic and vaccination strategies.

Systemic immunometabolism

Our research is centred on studying the immune regulation of metabolic homeostasis, especially the crosstalk between metabolic and immune cells within metabolic organs in cardiometabolic diseases and parasitic infections.

Immunodiagnostics of mycobacterial diseases

Our research focusses on prediction, diagnosis and improved treatment of leprosy and TB based on translation of immunological mechanisms to field applications using population studies worldwide.

Microbiome Systems Biology

We are a human microbiome research group aimed at gaining a better fundamental understanding of the human microbiome and exploring the clinical relevance of its complex interactions with the host using various systems biology approaches.

Experimental Bacteriology

Our research group is interested in fundamental and translational aspects of bacterial biology.

Virus-Host interactions and Antiviral Strategies

Our research group aims to develop antiviral strategies against (re)emerging viruses, including novel host-directed approaches.

Immune variation and vaccine hypo-responsiveness

Our research focuses on understanding the immune system of populations with varying degree of exposure to microorganisms and parasites, which can influence disease patterns and vaccine responsiveness across the globe.

Translational Parasitology

Our research tackles questions such as the development of a highly effective single-dose malaria vaccine and the increased understanding of natural and vaccine-induced immunity against helminth infections.

Transgenic parasites in malaria

Our research aims to develop innovative interventions against human malaria.

Cellular Immunometabolism

Our studies are aimed at understanding how cellular metabolism and the metabolic micro-environment controls the functional properties of immune cells in the context of infection, cancer and obesity.

Mucosal and systems immunology

Our aim is to understand how protective immunity is induced and maintained in the respiratory mucosa after infection and vaccination.

Coronaviruses and other nidoviruses

Understanding coronavirus molecular biology is central to antiviral drug discovery and pandemic preparedness.

Molecular Immunology

We aim to uncover the fundamental molecular principles that govern protective and long-lasting immunity to infectious diseases in humans.

Glycoscience and Helminth infections

The group focusses in particular on research and applications in helminth infections, with an emphasis on schistosomiasis.

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