INSERM U604 1 article published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Imaging InlC Secretion to Investigate Cellular Infection by the Bacterial Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes Andreas Kühbacher1,2,3, Edith Gouin1,2,3, Jason Mercer4, Mario Emmenlauer5, Christoph Dehio5, Pascale Cossart1,2,3, Javier Pizarro-Cerdá1,2,3 1Unité des Interactions Bactéries Cellules, Pasteur Institute, 2INSERM U604, 3Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), USC2020, 4Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, 5Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram positive bacterial pathogen frequently used as a major model for the study of intracellular parasitism. Imaging late L. monocytogenes infection stages within the context of small-interfering RNA screens allows for the global study of cellular pathways required for bacterial infection of target host cells.