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Bacteriophage Lab of Institut Pasteur
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Our team is studying bacteriophages that are viruses infecting bacteria. Since 2006, Laurent Debarbieux has reignited a research lab about phage therapy following the pionnering work of Félix d'Herelle started in early 20th century.
THIS WAS GREAT FUN!! The team was watching last night and we really enjoyed getting to be a part of it

Thanks to the production team for highlighting the BBH lab work, among other @pasteur.fr groups

If you missed it last night, no worries, you can check it out here

www.france.tv/documentaire...
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We mentioned this a while back, so we thought we'd show you another photo from that day, taken from a different angle 😎

This documentary, featuring the boss, will premiere TONIGHT!!! at 21h in France 5

www.francetvpro.fr/contenu-de-p...

www.francetelevisions.fr/et-vous/notr...
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We were at the "Phages in Nancy" meeting last week and had a very fun time!

You can read all about it on this tread 🧵

#phagesky
We were glad to take part in the "Phages in Nancy" meeting last week, organized by site.phages.fr and hosted by Xavier Bellanger

We'll share some of the highlights in this thread 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We were glad to take part in the "Phages in Nancy" meeting last week, organized by site.phages.fr and hosted by Xavier Bellanger

We'll share some of the highlights in this thread 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
TL,DR We had a good time visiting some of our Portuguese colleagues this week, where we talked #phage and ran into some old and new faces

Our visit had it all: good science, good food and even an unexpected seismic drill

You can read all about it on this thread 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Last week, part of our team was busy at Bioisi (U. of Lisbon @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social ), talking all things #phage and #prophage with our collaborator Filipa Vale
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🔵⚪🔴 - Dans le cadre du groupe de travail ApprentiPhages (réseau Phages.fr), nous avons le plaisir de partager quelques vidéos pédagogiques sur nos virus favoris : www.canal-u.tv/chaines/phag...

D'autres thématiques phago-centrées à venir !
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
As part of the ApprentiPhages working group (Phages.fr network), we are pleased to share some educational videos about our favorite viruses: www.canal-u.tv/chaines/phag...

More phage-related topics coming soon!

Note: the videos are in French!”
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
TL;DR We had Microbiology department meeting this week @pasteur.fr !

Two full days of scientific discussion. If you wanna know what we talked about during those days, you can find it on this thread 🧵
We had a blast at the Microbiology department days @pasteur.fr where we got to learn what other people in our department are working on 🤓

The group also got to show some of our work to the whole department ✌️
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We had a blast at the Microbiology department days @pasteur.fr where we got to learn what other people in our department are working on 🤓

The group also got to show some of our work to the whole department ✌️
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This week we're saying "bon voyage" to one of our PhD students (Quentin), who'll be leaving us for a few months, and an M2 student (Laura), who's finishing her internship

Good excuse to spend some quality time with the whole team outside the lab 😎

Thanks for the hard work!! You'll be missed
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
We saw this doing the rounds and we thought we'd share with you some of our thoughts and questions on it, since it's likely to be a highly impactful (and cool) work.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

📝-Premise
✅-Pros
🚫-Cons
❓-Questions
Generative design of novel bacteriophages with genome language models
Many important biological functions arise not from single genes, but from complex interactions encoded by entire genomes. Genome language models have emerged as a promising strategy for designing biol...
www.biorxiv.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🔵⚪🔴 Nous avons eu quelques visites intéressantes aujourd'hui au labo BBH 🎥

Le chef a fait du bon travail ; il paraît qu'il sera sélectionné pour le prochain projet Spielberg 😎

J'ai hâte de partager plus d'informations avec vous prochainement
September 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ENG - We had a couple on interesting visits today at the BBH lab 🎥

The boss did a pretty good job, word on the street is he'll be in line for the next Spielberg project 😎

Looking forward to share more with you in the near future
September 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🔵⚪🔴 - C'est la "Postdoc appreciation week"(PAW !!!) à @pasteur.fr 🥳

Nous avons actuellement deux postdoctorants au BBH lab : Nandita et Alejandro.

Ils travaillent en tandem avec des candidats au PhD et des étudiants en master tout en se préparant à la prochaine étape de leur carrière
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
ENG - It's Postdoc appreciation week (PAW!!!) at @pasteur.fr 🥳

Currently, we have 2 postdocs at the BBH lab, Nandita and Alejandro

As early career researchers, they work in tandem with PhD candidates and master students while preparing for the next stage in their careers
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
ENG - It's shaping up to be a busy week at the BBH lab!

We're not sure if the boss ordered enough plates, though 🤔

Good Monday, everyone!!
September 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🔵⚪🔴 #meettheteam Pour finir en beauté, voici celui que vous attendiez tous... LE CHEF !!!

Laurent Debarbieux a relancé une activité de recherche sur la phagothérapie à @pasteur.fr depuis 2006. Une aventure qui se poursuit aujourd'hui avec toute l'équipe !
September 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
ENG- Last, but definitely not least, in our #meettheteam series, it's the one you've all been waiting for ........... THE BOSS!!

Laurent Debarbieux has reignited a phage therapy research lab at @pasteur.fr since 2006 and it's been quite the ride (if we may say so ourselves)
September 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🔵⚪🔴Si vous nous suivez depuis un certain temps, vous reconnaîtrez peut-être ce membre de notre équipe, qui figurait dans notre tout premier post

Nicolas Dufour est un chercheur associé qui partage son temps entre le laboratoire BBH et son travail clinique dans une unité de soins intensifs
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#meettheteam If you've been following us for a bit, you might recognize this member of our team, who was featured on our very first post

Nicolas Dufour is an associated researcher who splits his time between the BBH lab and his clinical work at an intensive care unit
September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🔵⚪🔴Félicitations à notre chère Camille Sivelle, qui a soutenu son mémoire de M2 aujourd'hui! 🥳

Son travail portait sur l'étude de l'émergence de la résistance aux phages dans différentes souches de bactéries. Nous ne savons toujours pas comment elle a réussi à présenter toutes ses données en 15 min
September 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ENG- Congratulations are in order for our very own Camille Sivelle, who had her M2 defense today!!🥳

Her work was a thorough study of the emergence of phage resistance in different strains of bacteria, using wet lab methods. We're still not quite sure how she managed to fit all her data in 15 slides
September 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
FRA 🔴⚪🔵 #notreéquipe Saviez-vous que >480 Postdocs travaillent chez @pasteur.fr? Aujourd'hui, vous allez rencontrer l'un d'entre eux!
Voici José Alejandro Bohorquez @bohorquezalejo.bsky.social qui travaille chez nous depuis 6 mois et étudie l'effet de l'immunité sur la phagothérapie dans les poumons
September 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
ENG- #meettheteam Did you know that there are >480 Postdocs working at @pasteur.fr ??? Today you get to meet one of them!

This is Jose Alejandro Bohorquez (@bohorquezalejo.bsky.social), he's been at our lab for 6 months, studying the effect of immunity on phage therapy for lung bacterial infections
September 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM