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Dr Immunologist · Wellington, NZ

Immunology, data & tools for research.

I'm Manon Chauvin, a postdoctoral researcher in immunology. I study immune aging, and I build software that helps scientists turn bench data into clear figures.

About me

My research & career

PhD in immunology, two postdocs across Paris and Wellington, working on inflammation, immune aging and resilience in the elderly.

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My toolkit

Atlascope

A collection of nine Shiny App tools for everyday research workflows: ELISA, flow cytometry, qPCR, plate design, transcriptomics and more.

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About me

Dr Manon Chauvin

Doctor in Immunology

I am a postdoctoral research fellow at the Malaghan Institute, Wellington, New Zealand, working on improving flu vaccination in the elderly.

During my PhD and first postdoc at CIMI-Paris, France, I studied the impact of aging on the immune system in response to stress: viral infection or hip fracture. My career has given me solid skills in research project management, data analysis, immuno-monitoring and scientific communication, with several peer-reviewed publications.

Fluent in French and English, I integrate easily into international teams. I'm passionate about scientific innovation and committed to becoming an academic researcher.

Manon Chauvin
Professional experience

Career path

2026–now
Postdoctoral Research Fellow — Immunology
Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
Wellington, New Zealand

Extending my work on immune aging toward human immunology and cellular interactions. Integrates cellular immunology, advanced flow cytometry and computational analyses to investigate immune regulation in physiological and pathological contexts, including cell–cell interaction mapping and organoid models.

2024–2025
Postdoctoral Research Fellow — Immunology
CIMI-Paris U1135, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Paris, France

A direct continuation of my PhD on immune aging, integrating cellular immunology and biochemistry to investigate age-associated immune regulation.

  • Scientific writing: three original research manuscripts and one review (in progress).
  • Chemical collaboration: six-month period at the École Nationale Supérieure (ENS) de Chimie de Paris for synthesis and conjugation of pteridine-based molecules.
  • Supervision and mentoring: training of Master's and PhD students.
  • Computational tools: designed a Shiny App (Atlascope©) to streamline lab data analysis workflows and optimize experimental pipelines within the laboratory.
  • Société Française d'Immunologie 2025 congress · 12-14 November 2025 · Paris, France
    • Poster: "How inflammatory status impacts clinical outcomes post-hip fracture in elderly patients"
2021–2024
PhD — Immunology
CIMI-Paris U1135, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Paris, France

"Impact of inflammation on the resilience of the elderly" — This thesis explored how acute trauma impacts immune and muscular resilience in elderly patients. Combining analysis of a clinical cohort with mechanistic studies in a mouse model, we identified neopterin as a biomarker predictive of poor outcomes and a driver of immune and muscle dysfunction. Longitudinal immune profiling and in vivo experiments highlighted a sustained inflammatory state and an imbalance between innate and adaptative immunity, providing new insights into recovery failure and potential therapeutic targets.

My PhD, illustrated
PhD thesis comic summary
© Manon Chauvin — comic summary of my thesis
Scientific communication & teaching
European Congress of Immunology 2024 · 1–4 Sept 2024 · Dublin, Ireland
  • Poster: "How an acute stress impacts immunity in elderly patients?"
  • Sorbonne Université travel grant / SFI travel grant
  • ★ Selected for Best Poster Award
Doctoral School Day 2024 · 3–4 June 2024 · Paris, France
  • Oral: "How inflammatory status impacts clinical outcomes post-hip fracture in elderly patients"
Doctoral School Day 2023 · 19–20 June 2023 · Paris, France
  • Poster: "How inflammatory status impacts clinical outcomes post-hip fracture in elderly patients"
  • ★ Best Poster Award
Société Française d'Immunologie 2022 congress · 22–24 Nov 2022 · Nice, France
  • Poster: "How inflammatory status impacts clinical outcomes post-hip fracture in elderly patients"
Doctoral School Day 2022 · 19–20 May 2022 · Paris, France
  • Oral: "Impact of inflammation on the resilience of the elderly"
Société Française d'Immunologie 2021 congress · 7–9 Dec 2021 · Paris, France
  • Oral: "Impact of inflammation on the resilience of the elderly"
  • Poster: "Elevated neopterin levels predict fatal outcome in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients"
Doctoral School Day 2021 · 27–28 May 2021 · Paris, France
  • Online presentation: "Impact of inflammation on the resilience of the elderly"
Teaching
  • 2022–2024: Immune aging (Master's degree), Saclay & Sorbonne University.
2020
M2 Internship / Research Engineer
CIMI-Paris U1135, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Paris, France

"Study of the impact of inflammation on immune and muscular functions in the elderly."

Scientific art
  • Scientific illustration creation (@PhDesign3D).
2019
M1 Internship
Institut Necker Enfants Malades (iNEM), U1151
Necker Hospital, Paris, France
  • Study of the persistence of Staphylococcus aureus in human cells.
  • Study of intestinal responses to S. aureus infection in Drosophila melanogaster.
Career communication
  • Webmaster of the BTS Bioanalyses et Contrôles / STL de Saint-Germain-en-Laye website.
2016
Technician Laboratory Internship
Research laboratory UPRES EA220, Foch Hospital
Suresnes, France

"Study of inflammatory responses in lungs of cystic fibrosis and cancer patients."

Career communication
  • Creation of the BTS Bioanalyses et Contrôles / STL de Saint-Germain-en-Laye website.
  • Creation of a tutoring system for first-year BTS students by second-year students.
What I can do

Skills & proficiencies

Flow cytometry

Conventional and spectral cytometry, multicolor panel design
FlowJo · SpectroFlo · OMIQ

Immunoassays & molecular biology

ELISA, Luminex, qPCR, cell culture
GraphPad Prism · R

Clinical cohort studies

Experience working with human clinical cohorts and integrating immunological data with clinical outcomes
ShinyApp (Feature Selector)

Biochemistry

Bioconjugation and chemical crosslinking
 

Scientific illustration & 3D

Blender 3D, Canva, BioRender
 

Scientific software

Shiny App development
R · Shiny
Research

Publications

Expression of immune checkpoint on subset of monocytes in old patients (2023)
Luca Royer, Manon Chauvin, et al., Hélène Vallet
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IL-7 immunotherapy improves T cell functions of immunosenescent patients, especially post hip fracture (2023)
Chrystel Marton, …, Manon Chauvin, et al., Delphine Sauce
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Mechanisms of immune aging in HIV (2022)
Manon Chauvin, Delphine Sauce
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Elevated Neopterin Levels Predict Fatal Outcome in SARS-CoV-2-Infected Patients (2021)
Manon Chauvin, Martin Larsen, et al., Delphine Sauce
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Inventions

Patents

Pterin derivatives and their use in immunotherapy (2024)
Manon Chauvin, Martin Larsen, Delphine Sauce
Reversion molecules to counteract neopterin production (2021)
Manon Chauvin, Hélène Vallet, Martin Larsen, Delphine Sauce
What I can do

Side project

ImmunoTalk

ImmunoTalk

A science podcast exploring key concepts, discoveries and open questions in immunology.

Each episode is generated using NotebookLM from peer-reviewed articles, then reviewed and structured into a short, accessible summary.

▶ Listen on Spotify
Created on Blender

Scientific illustrations

A selection of 3D scientific illustrations I create with Blender (before AI exists).

Reach out

Always happy to talk immunology, data, or collaborations.

New In progress - looking for Beta-testers

Atlascope. Research tools, all in one place.

Atlascope is a collection of nine Shiny App tools for common research workflows: ELISA, flow cytometry, qPCR, plate design, bulk transcriptomics and more.

How it works

Simplify your workflow

1

Sign in

Access Atlascope from any browser. No installation, no R, no Python.

2

Pick a tool

Open the module that matches your experiment. Upload your data: CSV, Excel, FCS, raw plate readouts.

3

Export

Save figures and processed data in formats that fit your paper or your next analysis.

One place, nine specialized tools

Each module solves a real lab need

Born from years of analyzing data at the bench. They share one login, one interface, and one set of design principles.

Sorbet
ELISA Analyser — 3PL/4PL/5PL standard curves & back-calculation.
TwistPlot
Graph Builder — Prism-like, 15+ chart types with stats.
Plaquo
ELISA Layout — plate planner for 24/48/96/384 wells.
CytoMix
Flow panels — design panels & calculate volumes.
FlowFusion
FCS Merger — merge & align FCS files across experiments.
CtExplorer
qPCR Analysis — Ct values to efficiency & concentration.
Dizics
Lab Solution Planner — in vivo & in vitro, printable sheets.
LavaSEQ
Transcriptomics Pipeline — QC, DE, GSEA, clustered heatmaps.
Mirage
Image Library — searchable bank of illustrations for slides & papers.
A glimpse inside

Designed for clarity

One clean interface, a consistent visual language across every tool.

Atlascope app preview

Ready to try it?

Jump straight into the toolkit.

Go to Atlascope