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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Sep 6

Pleased to announce launching Institut Cochin Foundation, on Sept. 18 at 6 p.m., upon registration, either in the Rosalind Franklin room, 22 rue Méchain, Paris or via video conference: presentation of @institutcochin.bsky.social, meet researchers and call for donations-thanks for your support!

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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Aug 27

Happy to share our preprint showing that #HIV-1 and #Chlamydia trachomatis promote their survival in co-infected human #macrophages @MarianoAlonsoBivou, FlorianeHerit, ThibaultLeray, Maria-Teresa Damiani
doi: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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HIV-1 and Chlamydia trachomatis restrict their respective growth but promote their survival in co-infected human macrophages

HIV-1 and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) are two significant sexually transmitted pathogens that frequently co-infect individuals. However, the mechanisms by which these two obligate intracellular pathoge...

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Sandra Iden @sandraiden.bsky.social · Aug 26

#PhDstudent position in our lab – come join us to study epithelial:non-epithelial cell-cell interactions in mammalian tissues. We provide thorough training & an awesome team!
Apply by Sept. 16: shorturl.at/o9vzd
#epithelia #cellbiology #nextgenerationPhD #cellcellcommunication @hetcci.bsky.social

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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Jul 16

So sad to see how "Mer de Glace" #glaciers has shrunk - I was here 25 years ago #ClimateChange but it is still time to act for the planet ! Every little action matters, together, our small steps add up for a healthier planet #ClimateAction

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Jul 7

In their Cell Science at a Glance article and poster, @manondepierre.bsky.social, @chiarapompili.bsky.social and @florenceniedergang.bsky.social @institutcochin.bsky.social take us through the key features of #phagocytosis.

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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Jul 3

thanks for their support @cnrs.fr @inserm.fr @upcite.bsky.social @frm-officiel.bsky.social @agencerecherche.bsky.social and our apologies to those whose work could not be cited due to space limitations of this review format

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Institut Cochin @institutcochin.bsky.social · Jun 23

SAVE THE DATE: Symposium Institut Cochin "Long COVID and other Post-Acute Infections: from symptoms to mechanisms" on December 5, 2025 at @institutcochin.bsky.social in Paris.
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Symposium Institut Cochin 2025 "Long COVID and other Post-Acute Infections: from symptoms to mechanisms"

The symposium Institut Cochin 2025 will be held on December 5, 2025 and will be untitled: Long COVID and other Post-Acute Infections: from symptoms to mechanisms. The meeting will bring together world...

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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thrilled to share that our "Poster at a Glance" on #Phagocytosis is out! Thank you @jcellsci.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social for the invitation ! Prepared with @manondepierre.bsky.social @chiarapompili.bsky.social from @institutcochin.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Phagocytosis at a glance

Summary: Phagocytosis involves receptor-driven actin and membrane remodelling to engulf microbes and debris. The phagosome then matures for degradation, supporting both nutrition and immune responses.

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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congratulations Roy!👏👏

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · Jun 22

Spotlight on the gut-brain axis
A rapid expansion of new discoveries and knowledge lays the foundation for a new era in medicine
erictopol.substack.com/p/the-gut-br...

The Gut-Brain Axis Takes Center Stage

A rapid expansion of new discoveries and knowledge lays the foundation for a new era in medicine

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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Jun 23

Nice musical parenthesis with @membraneband to end this symposium celebrating the 30th anniversary of the #cellbiology and #cancer unit UMT144 @institutcurie.bsky.social @cnrs.fr where many colleagues were trained and/or recruited!

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MOREL Lab / MEMBRAMICS research @membramics-lab.bsky.social · Jun 16

dear all! The Membrane Band (www.membraneband.com) will give a concert for the 30th Anniversary of the "Cell biology & Cancer Research Unit" (aka UMR144 for close friends) ‪of Curie Institute on Monday 23th fo June! @institutcurie.bsky.social

see you there?

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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Jun 14

It was really great to participate to this event ! thank you @cnrs.fr @upcite.bsky.social for the opportunity and congrats to all @institutcochin.bsky.social members for their enthusiasm to engage with the public! More than ever, we need to talk about #science!

Institut Cochin @institutcochin.bsky.social · Jun 14

Avec @upcite.bsky.social et @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social, @institutcochin.bsky.social participe au festival de vulgarisation scientifique Double.science. 3 ateliers : échelles du vivant, comment voir l'infiniment petit ", "lire l'ADN " et "la fabrique de l'imaginaire" sur la régulation génétique

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Institut Cochin @institutcochin.bsky.social · Jun 14

Atelier participatif qui mêle art et science.

CNRS Paris-Centre @cnrs-paris.bsky.social · Jun 14

[Festival Double Science🎆] Venez essayer la technique du cyanotype et créez votre propre mini-monde 🗺️💧🎭

🚩RDV demain de 12h à 18h au stand du @cnrs.fr (G4) au Ground Control à Paris : c'est gratuit !

@institutcochin.bsky.social @ipcm-sorbonne.bsky.social @ibps.bsky.social

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Institut Cochin @institutcochin.bsky.social · Jun 14

Avec @upcite.bsky.social et @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social, @institutcochin.bsky.social participe au festival de vulgarisation scientifique Double.science. 3 ateliers : échelles du vivant, comment voir l'infiniment petit ", "lire l'ADN " et "la fabrique de l'imaginaire" sur la régulation génétique

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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Jun 12

Great opportunity this Saturday to participate to this outreaching activity "Double Science" @institutcochin.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social @inserm.fr @cnrs.fr in #Paris and discuss scales of living objects 🎶🔬🦠https://www.linkedin.com/events/doublescience-notrestand7329135197558341632/about/

Double science - venez voir l'échelle du vivant et lire l'ADN | LinkedIn

Médiation scientifique : “la Science avec et pour la société” Avec l’université Paris Cité et le CNRS, l’Institut Cochin participe au festival de vulgarisation scientifique Double•Science 2025, au Gr...

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Jun 9

My new piece in Nature Human Behavior: "We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers"

All trainees need 3 things to thrive. In the US, those things have been ripped away. Let's brainstorm and fight to get them back.

(share link):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers

Nature Human Behaviour - Federal funding of science has been cut, and trainee scientists in the USA face an unstable and uncertain future. Nicole Rust explains how and why we should act to support...

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Emily Myers @emilymyers.bsky.social · Jun 9

This has been on my mind a lot: we have to double-down on supporting our junior colleagues if we want science in the US to weather this disaster.

Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Jun 9

My new piece in Nature Human Behavior: "We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers"

All trainees need 3 things to thrive. In the US, those things have been ripped away. Let's brainstorm and fight to get them back.

(share link):
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers

Nature Human Behaviour - Federal funding of science has been cut, and trainee scientists in the USA face an unstable and uncertain future. Nicole Rust explains how and why we should act to support...

www.nature.com

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · Jun 8

Almost all Nobel Prizes are awarded for work that is exploratory, or absolutely basic science with no obvious commercial or medical benefit.

You cannot predict where advancements come from, so you have to invest in science and scientists.

Targeted (corporate) science investment will never do this.

Ted Pavlic (he/him/his) @tedpavlic.bsky.social · Jun 8

Reminder: Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically all genetic tech today, was only possible because of extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. #science 🧪
www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discov...

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific

A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.

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Institut Cochin @institutcochin.bsky.social · May 21

Discovery of a new key mechanism to preserve the integrity of the #genome!
Fabienne Bejjani et al. reveal that the SPT6 protein plays a central role in properly stopping transcription and avoiding the accumulation of abnormal transcripts.

CNRS/ Inserm/ UPC

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Mastering transcription termination: a new key mechanism to preserve the integrity of the genome

Transcription termination by RNA polymerase II is essential to preserve genome integrity in eukaryotes. In their paper published in Nucleic Acids Research, the authors reveal that the SPT6 protein, in...

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Institut Cochin @institutcochin.bsky.social · May 30

#Seminar on June 12 at noon by Justin Fallon (Brown University, Providence, US): Targeting neural and muscle #stem cells to promote adult hippocampal #neurogenesis and #muscle growth
institutcochin.fr/en/agenda/ta...
@inserm.fr @upcite.bsky.social @cnrs-idf-villejuif.bsky.social

Targeting neural and muscle stem cells to promote adult hippocampal neurogenesis and muscle growth

Adult stem cells offer an attractive target for treating a range of diseases and for extending healthspan. Neural and muscle stem (satellite) cells are generally quiescent, but can be activated to gen...

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Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Jun 6

Désolée de ne pas avoir pu assister à la journée et bravo à tous!

SBCF @sbcf.bsky.social · Jun 6

Merci à Marine Laporte pour sa superbe présentation (Prix Jeunes Chercheurs SBCF) 👏

Bravo aux boursiers 2024 pour leurs talks 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

Merci à tous nos membres pour leur participation à l’AG d’hier 🙌 et à @institutcochin.bsky.social pour l'accueil !

— Le Conseil SBCF
#SBCF #biologiecellulaire #science

Florence Niedergang @florenceniedergang.bsky.social · Jun 4

So glad to attend the #phagocytes2025 #GRC so many good talks and posters already and more to come!

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · Apr 17

🌊 L'Océan est le cœur battant du climat, le pilier de la biodiversité, le levier d’une économie durable, mais l’océan souffre. Deux mois avant l’ #UNOC3, #SOSOcean a posé les bases : science, diplomatie, gouvernance.

SOS Océan : l’alerte bleue avant l’UNOC

À deux mois de la Conférence des Nations Unies sur l’Océan qui se tiendra à Nice, l’événement SOS Océan a rappelé l’essent

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · Apr 9

Did you know…
It’s free to publish in Journal of Cell Science – there are no submission charges, page charges or colour fees. We also plant a tree for every peer-reviewed article we publish🌳
For details, visit our website:
journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...

Image of three covers of Journal of Cell Science

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