EMBL scientists and their collaborators have gained new insights into how the influenza A virus hijacks host cells by tracking molecular ‘handshakes’ inside the cell. The new findings could help to identify novel drug and vaccine targets in the future. www.embl.org/news/science...

New paper alert!! We just discovered a new filament system that is widespread exclusively within CPR bacteria! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... Short thread below. 🦠🔬🚀

A Novel Pilus System in Candidate Phyla Radiation Bacteria

The Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR) represents a bacterial superphylum estimated to include between 15–50% of all bacterial species, yet CPR bacteria remain challenging to culture and have been primar...

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𝗠𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲. Invasive meningococcal disease can progress quickly & needs prompt care. 𝗜𝗻 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 ~2,000 cases/year 10% fatal 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼? ✔️ Vaccinate ✔️ Know the symptoms ✔️ Seek care early Info in YOUR language vaccination-info.europa.eu/en/meningoco... #Meningitis #IDsky #EpiSky

✨PPU Selection Week 2026 We welcomed 30 young scientists from 16 countries on our campus to dive into the heart of the PPU International Doctoral Program, offering a real immersion into what their next three years at the Institut Pasteur could look like 🎓 👉 www.pasteur.fr/en/education...

I am very pleased to announce that we have finalised the program for the @eupaproteomics.bsky.social Brixen Proteomics Summer School 2026 now also a @febsj.bsky.social advance lecture course. www.brixenproteomics.org

In 2026 the established Brixen Proteomics Summer School

FEBS Advanced Lecture Course

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Really happy to see this paper come out! It's so long ago we started this that no one can remember the date...Congrats to all Contributors. A vessel on a chip model to study bacterial infections in the circulation, sepsis, meningitis. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

An in vitro human vessel model to study Neisseria meningitidis colonization and vascular damages

A vessel on a chip microfluidic device recapitulates the main features of meningococcal vascular colonization, providing high time and space microscopy resolution of the infection process in 3D.

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Une vidéo pour raconter nos recherches!👇👀 Merci à la direction de la communication pour leur soutien. www.facebook.com/reel/3759304...

3.7K views · 60 reactions | Plongée à l’intérieur d’un vaisseau sanguin infecté 🦠 Dans cette vidéo inédite, on voyage en 3D au cœur d’un vaisseau sanguin attaqué par une bactérie dangereuse : le méni...

Plongée à l’intérieur d’un vaisseau sanguin infecté 🦠 Dans cette vidéo inédite, on voyage en 3D au cœur d’un vaisseau sanguin attaqué par une bactérie dangereuse : le méningocoque. Cette bactérie...

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Congrats to everyone from @pasteuredu.bsky.social involved in creating and moderating the #PasteurMOOCs 👏🎉 (and this anniversary video, wohoo!). May #PasteurMOOCs continue to spark curiosity and passion for infectious disease research! :) 🧠 @pasteur.fr , #OnlineEducation, #DigitalLearning

Institut Pasteur Education@pasteuredu.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🌍🔬 Celebrating a decade of #PasteurMOOCs! Over 250,000 learners from 190 countries have connected with top-notch science. From labs to remote villages, our MOOCs inspire passion for knowledge everywhere. Here’s to continued learning and inspiration! 🙌📚 👉 www.pasteur.fr/en/e-learnin... @pasteur.fr

Two new antibiotics, zoliflodacin and gepotidacin, approved by the FDA on 11–12 Dec 2025, represents major breakthrough against drug-resistant gonorrhoea. They are the first new treatments in decades. #AMR #InfectiousDisease www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

New antibiotics hailed as ‘turning point’ in treating drug-resistant gonorrhoea

First new treatments for sexually transmitted disease in decades approved by US Food and Drug Administration as number of cases worldwide surge to 82m

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🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines Special interest: AI methodologies 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 👥 2-12 years post-PhD Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea... #JobOpportunity #Research

Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research

The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...

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Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing soon 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems. For more details and to apply please see www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Now with more speaker and sponsor, thank you @resynbio.bsky.social

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government go.nature.com/47hn0n5

7 basic science discoveries that changed the world

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.

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Pour chaque vie, la science agit. Le Pasteurdon, c’est maintenant ! Soutenez la recherche et celles et ceux qui la font avancer ↘️ pasteurdon.fr #Pasteurdon

🔬PPU 2025 Call for Candidates - Discover the PhD projects Today's featured projects: 4 Cell Biology & Infection projects and 2 Parasites & Insect Vectors projects 🗓 Applications deadline: October 20, 2025 📍Program starts: October 2026 Discover all projects & apply now: bit.ly/4nlPz8x

We will have soon an Open position for a PhD thesis position to work on bacterial secretion systems ! Stay tuned !!

🚀 Applications for the PPU International PhD Program are open until October 20, 2025! We invite you to discover 2 projects on Structural Biology & 3 Research & Technology projects 👇 📍 Program starts: October 2026 Discover all the projects & apply now: www.pasteur.fr/en/education...

Check out the new call for the PPU (Pasteur-Paris University) International Doctoral Program! 👀🔬 I especially want to highlight the proposed projects for the satellite program Research & Technology --> combining cutting-edge instrumental development with exciting fundamental biological questions

Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research@pasteur.fr · 12mo ago

🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry. Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, PPU-@ox.ac.uk, PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬 Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...

Join us in unraveling the mode of action of small molecule-induced pilus disassembly! ⚗️🦠🤓

DumenilLab@dumenillab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We have an ERC funded postdoc position open in the field of structural biology and drug discovery ! We have identified promising inhibitors and their targets in bacteria. Come and help us reveal the structural blueprints for tomorrow’s antibiotics.

📢Aujourd'hui l'Institut Pasteur se mobilise pour la science, l'inclusion & l'avenir du savoir avec l'organisation du symposium «Excellence Scientifique : et si l'inclusion était la clé ?» en écho avec la Journée Internationale des Droits des Femme & la participation au mouvement #StandUpForScience !

@dumenillab.bsky.social @pasteur.fr stands up for science! ✊🔬🦠🇪🇺🇺🇸

#Communiqué 🗞️ Le CNRS exprime sa solidarité avec les scientifiques exerçant aux États-Unis, où la liberté académique est aujourd'hui mise à l’épreuve. 👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...

Science is for everyone. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Declaration To Defend Research Against U.S. Government Censorship

This Declaration is a call to action for the scholarly communication community and additional stakeholders to condemn and resist recent acts by the U.S. government to censor scholarly research. We ca...

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