Jean-Philippe Herbeuval is a senior researcher at the CNRS. He leads the team "Chemistry and Biology, Modeling and Immunology for Therapy" (CBMIT) at the Laboratoire de chimie et biochimie pharmacologiques et toxicologiques (CNRS/Université Paris-Descartes). Nikaïa Smith is an immunologist, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Paris-Descartes.