Philippe Bastin's Lab
@bastinlab.bsky.social
Research unit @Institut Pasteur & @Inserm dealing with trypanosomes, cilia and flagella, tsetse flies, intraflagellar transport, imaging by light and electron microscopy,...
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/trypanosome-cell-biology/
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/trypanosome-cell-biology/
Fantastic talk of @sheinerlab.bsky.social today @pasteur.fr about these crazy ribosomal mitochondrial RNAs in #Toxoplasma!
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Fantastic talk of @sheinerlab.bsky.social today @pasteur.fr about these crazy ribosomal mitochondrial RNAs in #Toxoplasma!
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🚀 Nous avons accueilli les étudiant·es de l'Université Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université & Université Paris-Saclay pour une session de présentation des Cours Pasteur qu’ils pourront choisir pour leur Master 2
Découvrez les Cours Pasteur accessibles en formation initiale et continue 👉 bit.ly/49WLi7c
Découvrez les Cours Pasteur accessibles en formation initiale et continue 👉 bit.ly/49WLi7c
February 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM
🚀 Nous avons accueilli les étudiant·es de l'Université Paris Cité, Sorbonne Université & Université Paris-Saclay pour une session de présentation des Cours Pasteur qu’ils pourront choisir pour leur Master 2
Découvrez les Cours Pasteur accessibles en formation initiale et continue 👉 bit.ly/49WLi7c
Découvrez les Cours Pasteur accessibles en formation initiale et continue 👉 bit.ly/49WLi7c
Nice multiple-team effort shedding some light on the intriguing expression site body (ESB), the key to antigenic variation in trypanosomes
@fariatrypslab.bsky.social @zephyris-science.bsky.social @tiengwe-tryplab.bsky.social with Jack Sunter and Keith Gull among others
@fariatrypslab.bsky.social @zephyris-science.bsky.social @tiengwe-tryplab.bsky.social with Jack Sunter and Keith Gull among others
4/5 Science is better together. We hope these insights into ESBX open new doors for understanding immune evasion and fundamental principles of gene regulation.
Full paper here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Full paper here: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
A factor integrating transcription and repression of surface antigen genes in African trypanosomes | PNAS
Antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei) requires monoallelic expression
of one variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) from one of the sub...
doi.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Nice multiple-team effort shedding some light on the intriguing expression site body (ESB), the key to antigenic variation in trypanosomes
@fariatrypslab.bsky.social @zephyris-science.bsky.social @tiengwe-tryplab.bsky.social with Jack Sunter and Keith Gull among others
@fariatrypslab.bsky.social @zephyris-science.bsky.social @tiengwe-tryplab.bsky.social with Jack Sunter and Keith Gull among others
Very proud of the achievements of the consortium!
@pasteur.fr @inserm.fr @santepubliquefrance.fr @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVA AP-HP
@pasteur.fr @inserm.fr @santepubliquefrance.fr @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVA AP-HP
🔬 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...
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...
February 2, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Very proud of the achievements of the consortium!
@pasteur.fr @inserm.fr @santepubliquefrance.fr @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVA AP-HP
@pasteur.fr @inserm.fr @santepubliquefrance.fr @anses-fr.bsky.social ENVA AP-HP
One night in Hong-Kong... 15 years ago. RIP Spencer
January 29, 2026 at 10:51 AM
One night in Hong-Kong... 15 years ago. RIP Spencer
IFT imaging in trypanosomes was made possible thanks to Spencer and his team who trained Johanna Buisson and many others, for example for FRAP development
See @jcellsci.bsky.social for more videos
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
See @jcellsci.bsky.social for more videos
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
January 29, 2026 at 7:52 AM
IFT imaging in trypanosomes was made possible thanks to Spencer and his team who trained Johanna Buisson and many others, for example for FRAP development
See @jcellsci.bsky.social for more videos
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
See @jcellsci.bsky.social for more videos
doi.org/10.1242/jcs....
Very emotional symposium in memory of our dear Spencer Shorte @pasteur.fr His legacy will be with us for ever, many thanks to Nathalie Aulner and all speakers @krogersiooi.bsky.social @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social @jytinevez.bsky.social @yarareis-gbi.bsky.social @stratocore.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Very emotional symposium in memory of our dear Spencer Shorte @pasteur.fr His legacy will be with us for ever, many thanks to Nathalie Aulner and all speakers @krogersiooi.bsky.social @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social @jytinevez.bsky.social @yarareis-gbi.bsky.social @stratocore.bsky.social
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Issue 1 is complete
Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
On the cover: an expansion microscopy image of a Chromera velia flagellate labelled with anti-tubulin antibodies (cyan). See article by Tengganu & Hu.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
On the cover: an expansion microscopy image of a Chromera velia flagellate labelled with anti-tubulin antibodies (cyan). See article by Tengganu & Hu.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
January 26, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Issue 1 is complete
Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
On the cover: an expansion microscopy image of a Chromera velia flagellate labelled with anti-tubulin antibodies (cyan). See article by Tengganu & Hu.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...
On the cover: an expansion microscopy image of a Chromera velia flagellate labelled with anti-tubulin antibodies (cyan). See article by Tengganu & Hu.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
A full house for our roundtable on #expansion microscopy @pasteur.fr. Many thanks to coorganisers Gael Moneron & Serge Bonnefoy and to all participants for great talks &discussions @echardlab-pasteur.bsky.social @gloverlab.bsky.social @jessmbryant.bsky.social PBI facility @thibautbrunet.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 8:17 AM
A full house for our roundtable on #expansion microscopy @pasteur.fr. Many thanks to coorganisers Gael Moneron & Serge Bonnefoy and to all participants for great talks &discussions @echardlab-pasteur.bsky.social @gloverlab.bsky.social @jessmbryant.bsky.social PBI facility @thibautbrunet.bsky.social
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🙅 No, autism is not caused by measles vaccine or paracetamol.
Autism has primarily genetic causes. 200+ genes identified since 2003.
Recent study (Nature, Oct 2025) shows genetic profiles differ by age at diagnosis.
Facts matter ↘️
www.pasteur.fr/en/research-...
#Autism #Science
Autism has primarily genetic causes. 200+ genes identified since 2003.
Recent study (Nature, Oct 2025) shows genetic profiles differ by age at diagnosis.
Facts matter ↘️
www.pasteur.fr/en/research-...
#Autism #Science
Three questions about autism: what are the symptoms? What are the causes? And why are so many people affected?
The Trump administration has falsely suggested, with no scientific basis, that autism is linked to measles vaccination and paracetamol. Leaving aside these highly criticized claims, what are the actua...
www.pasteur.fr
January 21, 2026 at 2:48 PM
🙅 No, autism is not caused by measles vaccine or paracetamol.
Autism has primarily genetic causes. 200+ genes identified since 2003.
Recent study (Nature, Oct 2025) shows genetic profiles differ by age at diagnosis.
Facts matter ↘️
www.pasteur.fr/en/research-...
#Autism #Science
Autism has primarily genetic causes. 200+ genes identified since 2003.
Recent study (Nature, Oct 2025) shows genetic profiles differ by age at diagnosis.
Facts matter ↘️
www.pasteur.fr/en/research-...
#Autism #Science
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YASMINE BELKAID @pasteur.fr is awarded the 2026 Collen-Jeantet Prize for Translational Medicine for illuminating the complex interplay between the microbiota, nutrition, infection, and the immune system, transforming our understanding of host defence and tissue homeostasis.
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
YASMINE BELKAID @pasteur.fr is awarded the 2026 Collen-Jeantet Prize for Translational Medicine for illuminating the complex interplay between the microbiota, nutrition, infection, and the immune system, transforming our understanding of host defence and tissue homeostasis.
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We are back April 21 2026- volunteer or nominate yourself or someone with hot cilia and centrosome science to speak by dropping me an email or use the google doc forms.gle/9QoSvkmQ3gZL...! /FIN
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia Network e-symposium series talk
Sign-up to be on the rota of future speakers for the 2025 series!
forms.gle
January 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
We are back April 21 2026- volunteer or nominate yourself or someone with hot cilia and centrosome science to speak by dropping me an email or use the google doc forms.gle/9QoSvkmQ3gZL...! /FIN
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We must have been #ExtraNice this year- our #cilia & #centrosome 🧪 community- 🎅 Santa just dropped the 1st session of 2026 line-up @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposia- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... See you on the other side! Happy Holidays!
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
BSCB GenSoc UK Cilia and Centrosome Network e-Symposia Series
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We must have been #ExtraNice this year- our #cilia & #centrosome 🧪 community- 🎅 Santa just dropped the 1st session of 2026 line-up @bscb-official.bsky.social @gensocuk.bsky.social @ukcilianetwork.bsky.social e-symposia- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bscb-genso... See you on the other side! Happy Holidays!
Happy New Year from the Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit! @pasteur.fr @inserm.fr
January 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Happy New Year from the Trypanosome Cell Biology Unit! @pasteur.fr @inserm.fr
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✨ Wishing you a wonderful 2026! ✨
In 2026, we’ll keep pursuing our mission: to understand, prevent, and cure - protecting health worldwide 🌍🧬
Thanks to everyone who supports our researchers and believes in the power of science.
Let’s keep science moving forward for life 💛
#HappyNewYear2026
In 2026, we’ll keep pursuing our mission: to understand, prevent, and cure - protecting health worldwide 🌍🧬
Thanks to everyone who supports our researchers and believes in the power of science.
Let’s keep science moving forward for life 💛
#HappyNewYear2026
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM
✨ Wishing you a wonderful 2026! ✨
In 2026, we’ll keep pursuing our mission: to understand, prevent, and cure - protecting health worldwide 🌍🧬
Thanks to everyone who supports our researchers and believes in the power of science.
Let’s keep science moving forward for life 💛
#HappyNewYear2026
In 2026, we’ll keep pursuing our mission: to understand, prevent, and cure - protecting health worldwide 🌍🧬
Thanks to everyone who supports our researchers and believes in the power of science.
Let’s keep science moving forward for life 💛
#HappyNewYear2026
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🧬 Fancy a fully funded PhD at the cutting edge of parasitology? 🦠✨
We’re recruiting outstanding students to join an exciting 4-year, fully funded PhD programme in Molecular & Cellular Parasitology – home & international students welcome 🌍
We’re recruiting outstanding students to join an exciting 4-year, fully funded PhD programme in Molecular & Cellular Parasitology – home & international students welcome 🌍
January 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
🧬 Fancy a fully funded PhD at the cutting edge of parasitology? 🦠✨
We’re recruiting outstanding students to join an exciting 4-year, fully funded PhD programme in Molecular & Cellular Parasitology – home & international students welcome 🌍
We’re recruiting outstanding students to join an exciting 4-year, fully funded PhD programme in Molecular & Cellular Parasitology – home & international students welcome 🌍
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We miss him so much...
🔬 Honoring Spencer Shorte's legacy
Jan 28, 2026 Institut Pasteur symposium celebrating a pioneering figure in bioimaging & core facilities.
Scientists worldwide will share how his visionary work continues to shape research.
Free registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
Jan 28, 2026 Institut Pasteur symposium celebrating a pioneering figure in bioimaging & core facilities.
Scientists worldwide will share how his visionary work continues to shape research.
Free registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We miss him so much...
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The MOOC “Viral Outbreaks and Pandemics” starts in one month ! 👉Register ! bit.ly/3tbey7I and share !
Why viral outbreaks are becoming more frequent ? How the world is learning to manage emerging infections in a one health approach?
👥 Discover with A Fontanet, JP Vartanian, PE Ceccaldi, S Zientara
Why viral outbreaks are becoming more frequent ? How the world is learning to manage emerging infections in a one health approach?
👥 Discover with A Fontanet, JP Vartanian, PE Ceccaldi, S Zientara
December 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The MOOC “Viral Outbreaks and Pandemics” starts in one month ! 👉Register ! bit.ly/3tbey7I and share !
Why viral outbreaks are becoming more frequent ? How the world is learning to manage emerging infections in a one health approach?
👥 Discover with A Fontanet, JP Vartanian, PE Ceccaldi, S Zientara
Why viral outbreaks are becoming more frequent ? How the world is learning to manage emerging infections in a one health approach?
👥 Discover with A Fontanet, JP Vartanian, PE Ceccaldi, S Zientara
Lovely study! Congratulations to all involved! 👏👏👏
How does C2CD3 contribute to distal appendage formation in centrioles? @centriolelab.bsky.social show that C2CD3 acts as a central architectural organizer of the distal #centriole, bridging the luminal distal ring complex & peripheral appendage sites @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/496XZuH
December 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Lovely study! Congratulations to all involved! 👏👏👏
Congratulations to Christine for being awarded the silver "médaille d'honneur du travail"! 👏👏👏 @pasteur.fr
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Congratulations to Christine for being awarded the silver "médaille d'honneur du travail"! 👏👏👏 @pasteur.fr
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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
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...
research.pasteur.fr
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🔬 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
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
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After a year of inspiring scientific exchanges, the ParaFrap Webinars return in 2026!
Explore the full calendar of cutting-edge parasitology talks and join the community of curious minds
👉 labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
Explore the full calendar of cutting-edge parasitology talks and join the community of curious minds
👉 labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
After a year of inspiring scientific exchanges, the ParaFrap Webinars return in 2026!
Explore the full calendar of cutting-edge parasitology talks and join the community of curious minds
👉 labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
Explore the full calendar of cutting-edge parasitology talks and join the community of curious minds
👉 labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
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If you have any questions about publishing in JCS, the JCS- @focalplane.bsky.social Training Grants or other @biologists.bsky.social initiatives, stop by booth 1232 at #CellBio2025.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/ab...
@drmichaelway.bsky.social @seemagrewal.bsky.social
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@drmichaelway.bsky.social @seemagrewal.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
If you have any questions about publishing in JCS, the JCS- @focalplane.bsky.social Training Grants or other @biologists.bsky.social initiatives, stop by booth 1232 at #CellBio2025.
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/ab...
@drmichaelway.bsky.social @seemagrewal.bsky.social
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/ab...
@drmichaelway.bsky.social @seemagrewal.bsky.social
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#LivingArchitectures
We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay.
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev...
Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night.
-> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay.
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev...
Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night.
-> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#LivingArchitectures
We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay.
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev...
Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night.
-> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay.
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev...
Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night.
-> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.