LabEx ParaFrap
@parafrap.bsky.social
ParaFrap is a LabEx (Laboratory of Excellence) created by the French Ministry of #Research in 2012, bringing together 25 leading #Parasitology groups in France.
👏 Congratulations to Mélanie BONHIVERS for today’s great webinar: “Advances in Understanding the Flagellar Pocket Collar in Trypanosoma brucei"
🗓️ Next webinar: Feb 12 by Olivier SILVIE (CIMI, Paris)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
#parasitology #webinar
🗓️ Next webinar: Feb 12 by Olivier SILVIE (CIMI, Paris)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
#parasitology #webinar
January 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
👏 Congratulations to Mélanie BONHIVERS for today’s great webinar: “Advances in Understanding the Flagellar Pocket Collar in Trypanosoma brucei"
🗓️ Next webinar: Feb 12 by Olivier SILVIE (CIMI, Paris)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
#parasitology #webinar
🗓️ Next webinar: Feb 12 by Olivier SILVIE (CIMI, Paris)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
#parasitology #webinar
Applications are open for the 2026 Biology of Parasitism course!
📍 Woods Hole, MA | 🗓 June 12 - July 23, 2026
An immersive 6-week program in modern parasitology for PhD students & postdocs, co-organized by Stéphanie Blandin.
📅 Application deadline: February 5, 2026
🔗 : shorturl.at/i8GSr
📍 Woods Hole, MA | 🗓 June 12 - July 23, 2026
An immersive 6-week program in modern parasitology for PhD students & postdocs, co-organized by Stéphanie Blandin.
📅 Application deadline: February 5, 2026
🔗 : shorturl.at/i8GSr
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Applications are open for the 2026 Biology of Parasitism course!
📍 Woods Hole, MA | 🗓 June 12 - July 23, 2026
An immersive 6-week program in modern parasitology for PhD students & postdocs, co-organized by Stéphanie Blandin.
📅 Application deadline: February 5, 2026
🔗 : shorturl.at/i8GSr
📍 Woods Hole, MA | 🗓 June 12 - July 23, 2026
An immersive 6-week program in modern parasitology for PhD students & postdocs, co-organized by Stéphanie Blandin.
📅 Application deadline: February 5, 2026
🔗 : shorturl.at/i8GSr
📢 Next Webinar - January 8
Join us for a talk by Mélanie BONHIVERS (@mbonhivers.bsky.social) on:
🧫 “Advances in Understanding the Flagellar Pocket Collar in Trypanosoma brucei”
📅 Date: January 8
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
Join us for a talk by Mélanie BONHIVERS (@mbonhivers.bsky.social) on:
🧫 “Advances in Understanding the Flagellar Pocket Collar in Trypanosoma brucei”
📅 Date: January 8
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
January 5, 2026 at 8:56 AM
📢 Next Webinar - January 8
Join us for a talk by Mélanie BONHIVERS (@mbonhivers.bsky.social) on:
🧫 “Advances in Understanding the Flagellar Pocket Collar in Trypanosoma brucei”
📅 Date: January 8
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
Join us for a talk by Mélanie BONHIVERS (@mbonhivers.bsky.social) on:
🧫 “Advances in Understanding the Flagellar Pocket Collar in Trypanosoma brucei”
📅 Date: January 8
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
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...
Huge congratulations to @hakimi.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 INSERM Research Award! 🎉
We’re extremely proud to have him as part of LabEx ParaFrap.
👉 : presse.inserm.fr/prix-inserm-...
We’re extremely proud to have him as part of LabEx ParaFrap.
👉 : presse.inserm.fr/prix-inserm-...
Prix Inserm 2025 : l’innovation au cœur de la santé - Salle de presse de l'Inserm
Jeudi 27 novembre, l’Inserm célèbrera par la remise de ses prix annuels celles et ceux qui font avancer la recherche en santé. Les travaux des cinq scientifiques récompensés lors de cette édition 2025...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Huge congratulations to @hakimi.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 INSERM Research Award! 🎉
We’re extremely proud to have him as part of LabEx ParaFrap.
👉 : presse.inserm.fr/prix-inserm-...
We’re extremely proud to have him as part of LabEx ParaFrap.
👉 : presse.inserm.fr/prix-inserm-...
🚨 Fully funded #PhD opportunity @york.ac.uk !
Study how Trypanosoma brucei adapts & survives, tackling #SleepingSickness and #Nagana.
Join the MRC #DiMeN DTP & explore gene regulation in infectious diseases.
Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 www.dimen.org.uk
Study how Trypanosoma brucei adapts & survives, tackling #SleepingSickness and #Nagana.
Join the MRC #DiMeN DTP & explore gene regulation in infectious diseases.
Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 www.dimen.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚨 Fully funded #PhD opportunity @york.ac.uk !
Study how Trypanosoma brucei adapts & survives, tackling #SleepingSickness and #Nagana.
Join the MRC #DiMeN DTP & explore gene regulation in infectious diseases.
Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 www.dimen.org.uk
Study how Trypanosoma brucei adapts & survives, tackling #SleepingSickness and #Nagana.
Join the MRC #DiMeN DTP & explore gene regulation in infectious diseases.
Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 www.dimen.org.uk
📢 Next Webinar — November 13
Join us for a talk by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier) on:
🧬 “MADBIO: Malaria Integrative Analysis to Discover Biomarkers of Infection Outcome”
📅 Date: November 13
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
Join us for a talk by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier) on:
🧬 “MADBIO: Malaria Integrative Analysis to Discover Biomarkers of Infection Outcome”
📅 Date: November 13
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📢 Next Webinar — November 13
Join us for a talk by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier) on:
🧬 “MADBIO: Malaria Integrative Analysis to Discover Biomarkers of Infection Outcome”
📅 Date: November 13
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
Join us for a talk by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier) on:
🧬 “MADBIO: Malaria Integrative Analysis to Discover Biomarkers of Infection Outcome”
📅 Date: November 13
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
👏 Congratulations to Karinna RUBIO-PEÑA from the Institut Pasteur (Lucy Glover’s team) for today’s great webinar: “The VEXing question of VSG regulation in the tsetse fly.” 🪰
🗓️ Next webinar: Nov 13 by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
🗓️ Next webinar: Nov 13 by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
👏 Congratulations to Karinna RUBIO-PEÑA from the Institut Pasteur (Lucy Glover’s team) for today’s great webinar: “The VEXing question of VSG regulation in the tsetse fly.” 🪰
🗓️ Next webinar: Nov 13 by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
🗓️ Next webinar: Nov 13 by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
The #EMBOWorkshop : Host–parasite relationship has come to a close! Thank you to all speakers, participants, and organizers for four inspiring days of science, discussion, and human connection. Until next time! 🧫✨
October 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The #EMBOWorkshop : Host–parasite relationship has come to a close! Thank you to all speakers, participants, and organizers for four inspiring days of science, discussion, and human connection. Until next time! 🧫✨
The second poster session is underway at the #EMBOWorkshop : Host–parasite relationship — and the enthusiasm is still as strong as ever! 🔬🧫
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The second poster session is underway at the #EMBOWorkshop : Host–parasite relationship — and the enthusiasm is still as strong as ever! 🔬🧫
Closing lecture by Manoj Duraisingh for the #EMBOWORKSHOP x @parafrap.bsky.social 🎬
October 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Closing lecture by Manoj Duraisingh for the #EMBOWORKSHOP x @parafrap.bsky.social 🎬
🧬 Great energy at the first poster session of the #EMBOWorkshop Host–Parasite Relationships!
Fantastic discussions, new ideas, and inspiring exchanges around cutting-edge parasitology research.
Science thrives through sharing!
Fantastic discussions, new ideas, and inspiring exchanges around cutting-edge parasitology research.
Science thrives through sharing!
October 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
🧬 Great energy at the first poster session of the #EMBOWorkshop Host–Parasite Relationships!
Fantastic discussions, new ideas, and inspiring exchanges around cutting-edge parasitology research.
Science thrives through sharing!
Fantastic discussions, new ideas, and inspiring exchanges around cutting-edge parasitology research.
Science thrives through sharing!
The deadline of @embo.org EMBO workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" Oct. 5-8 (Les Embiez, France), organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social, is extended to July 22.
Don't miss out — only a few places remaining! meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
Don't miss out — only a few places remaining! meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
July 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The deadline of @embo.org EMBO workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" Oct. 5-8 (Les Embiez, France), organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social, is extended to July 22.
Don't miss out — only a few places remaining! meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
Don't miss out — only a few places remaining! meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
💼 PostDoc position (2 years) on Trypanosoma brucei | Bordeaux, France | Lab MFP with Dr. Frédéric Bringaud @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social
🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei
🗓️ Deadline: September 15.
Start: by November 2025
labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...
🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei
🗓️ Deadline: September 15.
Start: by November 2025
labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...
June 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
💼 PostDoc position (2 years) on Trypanosoma brucei | Bordeaux, France | Lab MFP with Dr. Frédéric Bringaud @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social
🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei
🗓️ Deadline: September 15.
Start: by November 2025
labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...
🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei
🗓️ Deadline: September 15.
Start: by November 2025
labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet @unistra.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social : "Design of improved plasmodione analogs, chemical tools, and prodrugs to generate oral antimalarial drug candidates for total cure"
🗓️ June 12, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
🗓️ June 12, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
June 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet @unistra.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social : "Design of improved plasmodione analogs, chemical tools, and prodrugs to generate oral antimalarial drug candidates for total cure"
🗓️ June 12, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
🗓️ June 12, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Paul JENKINS (Team Gerald Spaeth) @pasteur.fr: "Determinants for visceral leishmaniasis progression: lessons from hamster and mouse models" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
May 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
📢 Big Announcement: Registration & abstract submission open for EMBO Workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social @embo.org
🗓️ 5-8 Oct 2025 - Les Embiez Island-France
🔚Deadline: 15 Jul 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
🗓️ 5-8 Oct 2025 - Les Embiez Island-France
🔚Deadline: 15 Jul 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
May 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
📢 Big Announcement: Registration & abstract submission open for EMBO Workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social @embo.org
🗓️ 5-8 Oct 2025 - Les Embiez Island-France
🔚Deadline: 15 Jul 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
🗓️ 5-8 Oct 2025 - Les Embiez Island-France
🔚Deadline: 15 Jul 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Paul JENKINS (Team Gerald Spaeth) @pasteur.fr: "Determinants for visceral leishmaniasis progression: lessons from hamster and mouse models" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
May 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Paul JENKINS (Team Gerald Spaeth) @pasteur.fr: "Determinants for visceral leishmaniasis progression: lessons from hamster and mouse models" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
An ISWI-related chromatin remodeller regulates stage-specific gene expression in #Toxoplasma gondii. By Belen Pachano (ParaFrap PhD student) et al., team @hakimi.bsky.social. In @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An ISWI-related chromatin remodeller regulates stage-specific gene expression in Toxoplasma gondii - Nature Microbiology
Toxoplasma gondii evolved two ISWI remodellers, TgSNF2h and TgSNF2L. TgSNF2h forms a complex that insulates active genes, regulates MORC-driven sexual commitment and ensures precise gene expression, s...
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April 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
An ISWI-related chromatin remodeller regulates stage-specific gene expression in #Toxoplasma gondii. By Belen Pachano (ParaFrap PhD student) et al., team @hakimi.bsky.social. In @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by LabEx ParaFrap
A humorous reflection on the first article from my stellar PhD student, Belen Pachano.
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Open Sesame: The Protein Behind Parasite Stage Switching
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April 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A humorous reflection on the first article from my stellar PhD student, Belen Pachano.
communities.springernature.com/posts/open-s...
communities.springernature.com/posts/open-s...
Reposted by LabEx ParaFrap
Live from Tübingen: the one and only Artur Scherf illuminating #Plasmodium var gene expression using his flower model of the infected red cell.
April 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Live from Tübingen: the one and only Artur Scherf illuminating #Plasmodium var gene expression using his flower model of the infected red cell.
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Catherine Lavazec @lavazeclab.bsky.social: "Deciphering the interactions between malaria parasites and erythroblasts" @parafrap.bsky.social @inserm.fr @institutcochin.bsky.social
Chairperson: Artur Scherf
🗓️ April 10, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Artur Scherf
🗓️ April 10, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
April 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Catherine Lavazec @lavazeclab.bsky.social: "Deciphering the interactions between malaria parasites and erythroblasts" @parafrap.bsky.social @inserm.fr @institutcochin.bsky.social
Chairperson: Artur Scherf
🗓️ April 10, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Artur Scherf
🗓️ April 10, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
💼 Associate Professor / Toxoplasma / Bordeaux-France
🎓 Teaching: animal biology, metazoan diversity & phylogeny (Bachelor 1,2,3)
🔬 Research: Apicomplexa parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii. @ MFP Lab (UMR5234) @univbordeaux.bsky.social .
🗓️ Deadline: April 4
labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offer...
🎓 Teaching: animal biology, metazoan diversity & phylogeny (Bachelor 1,2,3)
🔬 Research: Apicomplexa parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii. @ MFP Lab (UMR5234) @univbordeaux.bsky.social .
🗓️ Deadline: April 4
labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offer...
Associate professor l Toxoplama l Bordeaux, France
Associate Professor : Animal Biology and Parasitology – Host-Pathogen Interactions, Bordeaux, France
Teaching Profile
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March 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
💼 Associate Professor / Toxoplasma / Bordeaux-France
🎓 Teaching: animal biology, metazoan diversity & phylogeny (Bachelor 1,2,3)
🔬 Research: Apicomplexa parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii. @ MFP Lab (UMR5234) @univbordeaux.bsky.social .
🗓️ Deadline: April 4
labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offer...
🎓 Teaching: animal biology, metazoan diversity & phylogeny (Bachelor 1,2,3)
🔬 Research: Apicomplexa parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii. @ MFP Lab (UMR5234) @univbordeaux.bsky.social .
🗓️ Deadline: April 4
labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offer...
📣Next ParaFrap Webinar: Mauld LAMARQUE (Team Maryse Lebrun) @umontpellier.bsky.social : "Pleiotropic role of the malaria parasite PP1 phosphatase during P. falciparum life cycle" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ March 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ March 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
March 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
📣Next ParaFrap Webinar: Mauld LAMARQUE (Team Maryse Lebrun) @umontpellier.bsky.social : "Pleiotropic role of the malaria parasite PP1 phosphatase during P. falciparum life cycle" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ March 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ March 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
New study in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : "A novel #Leishmania infantum reference strain for gene editing and the study of visceral leishmaniasis". By Rokhaya Thiam, ParaFrap PhD student (Team Yvon Sterkers) #parasite #science
A novel Leishmania infantum reference strain for gene editing and the study of visceral leishmaniasis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.18.638795v1
February 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New study in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : "A novel #Leishmania infantum reference strain for gene editing and the study of visceral leishmaniasis". By Rokhaya Thiam, ParaFrap PhD student (Team Yvon Sterkers) #parasite #science