Aude Bernheim is a microbiologist interested in how bacteria fight off their viruses. She obtained her PhD from the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France studying the evolution of CRISPR-Cas systems and led her post-doctoral research in the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israël focusing on the discovery of novel prokaryotic immune systems. She currently leads a lab at the Pasteur Institute in France exploring the conservation of immunity across domains of life. She's also an activist for a more inclusive and diverse science (both for people and the science itself).