Deadlines are approaching for @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, this February in Geneva! See scholarship, abstract and discount reg dates: keysym.us/KSVectorPathog27 #KSVectorPathog27

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Join us at the Keystone Symposia on Vector-Pathogen Interactions: From Vector Biology to Innovative Control Strategies, February 2027, in Geneva, with field leaders!

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Great science and new collaborations at our “Grand challenges on vector-borne diseases” symposium at Institut Pasteur last week: from vector biology and immunity to innovative strategies to curb transmission of viruses, bacteria and parasites. Many thanks to our great speakers !

Philippe Bastin's Lab@bastinlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Great science at our symposium “Grand challenges on vector-borne diseases” @pasteur.fr last week, showing the richness, diversity and creativity of the field, with original strategies to control vector populations and transmission. Many thanks to all speakers for exceptional presentations!

Great science at our symposium “Grand challenges on vector-borne diseases” @pasteur.fr last week, showing the richness, diversity and creativity of the field, with original strategies to control vector populations and transmission. Many thanks to all speakers for exceptional presentations!

🦟 Unlocking the black box of virus transmission @merklinglab.bsky.social leads the new Insect Infection and Immunity G5. Her team uses advanced imaging & AI to reveal how viruses spread inside mosquitoes — key to stopping disease transmission. 🔗 www.pasteur.fr/en/research-... #VectorBiology

Mosquitoes: unlocking the black box of virus transmission

In 2025, several early-career scientists were selected to lead new research groups at the Institut Pasteur, and Sarah Merkling was one of them. She has led the Insect Infection and Immunity five-year ...

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🪰 A question for the Drosophila community here - where do you get your "Learning to Fly" poster ? Even tough I work with mosquitoes now, I'd like to have that poster for my office and can't find where to source it ! thank you !

Super proud of our consortium @ibeidlabex.bsky.social achievements, and so grateful for all the support they provided to me as a postdoc and young PI @pasteur.fr @inserm.fr @santepubliquefrance.fr @anses-fr.bsky.social @cnrs.fr

Labex IBEID@ibeidlabex.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🔬 Discover the latest advances from Labex IBEID We have released a new white paper highlighting recent scientific and technological advances from the partners. ➡️ Key results ➡️ Latest innovations ➡️ Future challenges for Emerging Infectious Diseases research www.labexibeid.fr/en/ibeid-whi...

Kicking off the new year with mosquitoes, metabolomics, & arboviruses! 🥳 🦟Our new preprint is out! We mapped the metabolism of the Aedes aegypti mosquito across its life cycle to find new ways to fight dengue virus. Check it out on: doi.org/10.64898/202... #VectorBiology #Metabolomics #Mosquito

Stage-resolved metabolomics reveals the methionine cycle as a key regulator of Aedes aegypti development and dengue virus susceptibility

Developmental transitions in the mosquito Aedes aegypti are central to vector competence and disease transmission, yet the underlying metabolic programs remain poorly defined. Here, we use untargeted ...

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Still looking for our perfect doctoral candidate as part of @evomg-dn.bsky.social - come and join us to work on the evolutionary pressures that shape gene expression and disease in the uterus! Please RT (or is it RB? not sure how our lingo has changed!)

EVOMG-Doctoral Network@evomg-dn.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨 15 days left to apply! Be part of EvoMG-DN and advance your PhD career in evolutionary genomics. 👉 www.evomg-dn.eu #PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCareers #LifeSciences #BiomedicalResearch #Genomics #EvolutionaryBiology #MSCA #HorizonEurope #EUResearch #ResearchOpportunities #PhDPositions

🦟 Can we "pasteurize" mosquitoes to stop dengue & Zika? Sarah Merkling @merklinglab.bsky.social uses AI + CRISPR to analyze stomach cells and understand why some mosquitoes spread viruses while others don't. Goal: Make disease-carrying mosquitoes harmless. #Zika #Dengue

Sarah Merkling wants to "pasteurize" mosquitoes!

At the Institut Pasteur, Sarah Merkling's research focuses on a topic that is still largely unknown: interactions between mosquitoes and viruses. She boldly devises novel strategies based on state-of-...

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👩‍🔬J'ai commencé un kit de démarrage "chercheuses en France" go.bsky.app/TBEzKC #FemmesEnScience J'ai besoin de votre aide pour le remplir et donner de la visibilité aux chercheuses que vous connaissez et qui sont sur Bluesky ! ▶️Taguez celles que vous connaissez, je les ajoute !

Virology lost one of his monuments, David Baltimore. To learn more about him and his contributions, I recommend (re)-listening to this great TWIV episode : www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-10...

Matthew Cobb@matthewcobb.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Co-discoverer of reverse transcriptase at 32, Nobel Prize at 37, played a key role at the 1975 Asilomar comference.

@elodiecouderc.bsky.social is on 🔥 this month ! Our review (which the literature really missed, imho) giving an historical perspective on the methods used to study of mosquito-virus interactions in now online at @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social. Check it ou here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...

Elodie Couderc@elodiecouderc.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New #review out 🚨 for mosquito enthusiasts 🦟 ! Have you ever questioned the approach you routinely use to investigate #mosquito-virus #interactions? ⬇️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

RIP Margaret Rossiter, who coined the phrase the Matilda Effect (amongst many others), a phenomenon too many women will have seen first hand

Will Thomas@williamthomas.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Good to see the New York Times has a lengthy obituary for Margaret Rossiter

👏So proud to share @elodiecouderc.bsky.social work on the role of Vago-like genes in mosquito immunity. Please read her thread to get a sneak-peek of our work and find the full study here: rdcu.be/eCPmG

Elodie Couderc@elodiecouderc.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🚀 Excited to share (with a little delay) my first first-author publication on #Vago genes in #mosquitoes! 🦟 🦠 Have a look to see how we questioned a mosquito immunity dogma and challenged the existing understanding of Vago-like genes as antiviral factors ⬇️ bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Our study is now published in @natcomms.nature.com and describes the 1st definitive identification of genetic variants linked to DENV susceptibility in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. (1/3)

The Lambrechts Lab@lambrechtslab.bsky.social · last yr.

🦟🦠 Check out our latest article in @natcomms.nature.com on the genetic basis of #dengue virus susceptibility in #mosquitoes! Collaborative work brillantly led by @merklinglab.bsky.social and @elodiecouderc.bsky.social @pasteur.fr and primarily supported by @agencerecherche.bsky.social rdcu.be/eBbg7

David Hall & @vectorimmunity.bsky.social highlight @merklinglab.bsky.social & colleagues’ Cell Genomics article on #mosquito cellular responses in #midgut & #fatbody after #bloodfeeding. #Aedes #aegypti #scRNAseq #Metabolomics @iastateresearch.bsky.social‬ ‬ authors.elsevier.com/a/1lbEr5Eb1x...

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🌈 United for diversity in science 🌈 Researchers from Institut Pasteur joined the 2025 Pride March alongside @institutcurie.bsky.social, Les Cordeliers Research Center, @institutcochin.bsky.social @institutimagine.bsky.social 👩‍🔬 Because diverse labs make better science. #DiversityInScience

🎉 Our study is now published in Cell Genomics ! Thank to our reviewers for helping us further improve our work, and congratulations to @tompvial.bsky.social who lead this project and the entire team that made it possible ! www.cell.com/cell-genomic...

Single-cell transcriptional landscapes of Aedes aegypti midgut and fat body after a bloodmeal

Vial et al. present comprehensive cell atlases of Aedes aegypti mosquito midgut and fat-body tissues, highlighting diverse cellular roles in digestion, metabolism, and immunity after a bloodmeal. They...

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Sarah Merkling@merklinglab.bsky.social · 2y ago

🦟❓How do mosquitoes respond to a bloodmeal at the #SingleCell level ? Please have a look at pre-print biorxiv.org/content/10.1... and website aedes-cell-atlas.pasteur.cloud to find out and look at your favorite cells and genes ! #Aedesaegypti

Awesome post-doc position available within the @maringerlab.bsky.social ! I can highly recommend applying to @pirbrightinst.bsky.social - Kevin and Trevor are wonderful PI's to be working with !

Planning to apply for #research #funding from the ERC? From the next application rounds, expect changes to the: • proposal structure • evaluation process • extra funding you can request • eligibility for Starting & Consolidator #Grants (from 2027) More 👇 europa.eu/!RPHWvv

Changes to the 2026 and 2027 Work Programmes

With the launch of the competitions for grants under ERC Work Programme 2026 in July of this year, several changes to the submission of applications and the evaluation of proposals will apply. The mai...

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Had the pleasure of listening to @ardemp.bskyverified.social’s lecture yesterday at @pasteur.fr - and seeing a live demonstration of the Piezo tattoo !

Ardem Patapoutian@ardemp.bskyverified.social · 2y ago

Hey folks! I got a tattoo of my beloved PIEZO ion channel on my arm! Now I can show how they activate (flatten) under pressure by flexing—Will add a bit of performance art to my science talks 🧪🧠.

Wrapped up a 4 seminar Tour de 🇫🇷 with stops in Lyon, Strasbourg, and Paris (IBPS, Pasteur). Had a blast with fellow scientists across the pond, lots of convo about the current US landscape. You might recognize Jean-Marie Lehn, Jean-Pierre Changeux, and Christine Petit. Also: white asparagus season!

Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

Had a wonderful time at the #EMBLChromatin meeting in Heidelberg last week with @sumeyye-ozhan.bsky.social who was sponsored by a @pasteur.fr - @events.embl.org travel award ! @sebbaumgarten.bsky.social ;)

EMBL Events@events.embl.org · last yr.

And that's a wrap on #EMBLChromatin! 🧬 Thank you to all the participants, speakers, and organisers who made this such a vibrant and inspiring event. From exciting talks to great conversations and new connections! Until next time 👋 Stay up to date ➡️ https://www.embl.org/events/

@sebbontempsgallo.bsky.social , Chercheur @cnrs-hautsdefrance.bsky.social @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social Maladie de #Lyme : comment s’en protéger ?

Maladie de Lyme : comment s’en protéger ? - Sébastien Bontemps Gallo - 10' de prév'

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Our paper is now published in its final form: rdcu.be/elV6u @biomedcentral.bsky.social @salehlabparis.bsky.social @merklinglab.bsky.social @pasteur.fr

The Lambrechts Lab@lambrechtslab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Check out our new preprint on the role of the siRNA pathway in regulating transposable elements in the #mosquito Aedes aegypti. Findings show siRNAs target #TEs but are not critical for TE regulation in both somatic and gonadal tissues: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our department (Dev & Stem Cells) @igbmc.bsky.social has an open call for group leaders (all areas of cell biology considered!). Check out website for synergies! Please help spread the word (incl to postdocs in the US!! Strasbourg isn't a bad place to live 😜) @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social @inserm.fr

Hey fellow Drosophila researchers - if you haven't heard, the UMGC is offering ultra low-cost genome sequencing! See here to learn more: z.umn.edu/UMGC-MOSS #Dros25

Interested in doing a sabbatical at EMBL, at one of its 6 sites in Barcelona, Cambridge, Grenoble, Hamburg, Heidelberg or Rome? Funding call with deadline 15 June, decisions in July. www.embl.org/about/info/s...