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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 21h

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Le Pasteurdon, c’est maintenant !
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Freddy Frischknecht @freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social · 6d

Beautiful beasts: excited to see our first volume electron microscopy study on malaria parasites published: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... revealing new insights into Plasmodium ookinete development. Thanks for great EMBL-Umea-Heidelberg collaboration.

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Michael White @mtwhite.bsky.social · 22d

A great opportunity to work with the excellent Amy Thomas in Bristol.

amycthomas.bsky.social @amycthomas.bsky.social · 22d

🐦 GW4 MRC funded PhD position on
Modelling and communicating Avian Influenza spillover at the human-wild bird interface 🐦

Interdisciplinary One Health project!
Infection histories, contacts and behavioural science.

@neeltjeboogert.bsky.social @3113n.bsky.social @mtwhite.bsky.social, Louise Smith

Modelling and communicating avian influenza spillover at the human-wild bird interface: a One Health approach

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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · Sep 3

The minutes noted that “everyone was searched, including their vehicles, on the grounds that researchers might be carrying mosquitoes in their pockets.”
#IDsky #malaria 🧪

www.science.org/content/arti...

After ‘humiliating’ raid, Burkina Faso halts ‘gene drive’ project to fight malaria

Disinformation campaign may have triggered “brutal” shutdown of mosquito lab

www.science.org

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Cassandra Koh 🦟🔬🧪 @cassandrakoh.bsky.social · Jul 28

📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc researcher to join my team for a project on mosquito-specific viruses and host interactions. Peep the job description & how to apply below. Perfect for soon-to-be or recent PhD graduates in mosquito vector biology 🦟 or arbovirology 🦠
🗓️ Application deadline 31 August 2025

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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · Jul 24

Paperback publication day! Have a good read. Things changing far too slowly for #womeninSTEM

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WEHI (The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) @wehi-research.bsky.social · Jul 14

🧬50 years of impact 🌍

From #malaria breakthroughs to global collaborations, our researchers have transformed the field of #parasitology – and they’re not done yet.

Find out more: www.wehi.edu.au/news/from-a-...

Researchers in the Infection and Global Health division, with co-heads Professor Ivo Mueller (front left) and Associate Professor Chris Tonkin (front right).

Immunoparasitology lab researchers in 1977, left to right: Colin Chapman, Karen Day, Russell Howard, Emanuela Handman and lab head Graham Mitchell.

WEHI’s Graham Brown with locals in Papua New Guinea, in the 1980s.

Glory Mzembe (left) from the Training and Research Unit of Excellence in Malawi, came to WEHI to advance her skills in data analysis as part of her work with Dr Rebecca Harding (right) on a world-first anaemia trial.

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James Hay @jameshay.bsky.social · Jul 11

We're hiring a modelling postdoc at PSI Oxford for two exciting projects: 1) modelling the early immune responses to Nipah vaccination, and 2) joining the PRESTO team working on immunobridging in vaccine evaluation studies.

tinyurl.com/5abbxrjh

Get in touch for more info! Deadline 4th August.

Job Details

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Jun 11

The UK's paternity leave is the worst in Europe. It frustrates dads, burdens mums, and impoverishes us all. The fight for better parental leave is not just a demand for common decency, but for common sense.

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Dads deserve a better paternity deal – so does the economy

New fathers who want to bond with their babies are treated in a derisory way in the UK – and that harms us all

observer.co.uk

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 12

Today and tomorrow: International Meeting on Mirror Biology at the Pasteur Institute

www.pasteur.fr/en/home/rese...

Bluetorial to follow

Institut Pasteur To Host International Meeting on Mirror Biology

The Institut Pasteur will host an international conference on June 12-13, 2025 addressing the potentially unprecedented risks of mirror life, organized in partnership with the Mirror Biology Dialogues...

www.pasteur.fr

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Chiara Poletto @chpoletto.bsky.social · May 19

Between 2018 and 2020, the www.malakit-project.org distributed kits for malaria self-diagnosis and self-treatment to gold miners in French Guiana

In this work out on ‪@lancetrh-americ.bsky.social‬ we have used modelling to assess the impact of the intervention

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Evaluating the impact of the Malakit intervention on malaria transmission in the Guiana Shield: a mathematical modelling study

Malakit had a significant impact on malaria transmission by improving the access to treatment for the population working in illegal gold mining in French Guiana. Building on the regional efforts of th...

www.thelancet.com

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Jason Rosado @jjrosados.bsky.social · Jun 11

This work began in 2019 during my PhD, with the help of @drshaziaruybal.bsky.social. After navigating a pandemic, finishing my PhD, and changing labs, I am pleased to share our work on a modest #ampseq panel for #P.vivax. This panel is designed to facilitate molecular corrections in clinical trials

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Fi @loveiresong.bsky.social · Jun 4

Respect to Krishnan Guru-Murthy here.

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Jun 5

New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June.
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...

Postdoctoral positions in epidemic mathematical/statistical modelling - Research

Job description We are recruiting postdocs to contribute to research projects in the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, at Institut Pasteur in Paris. The candidates will be expected t...

research.pasteur.fr

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Yellow4FLAVI @yellow4flavi.bsky.social · Jun 2

🔬Spotlight on women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI!
Dr. Barba-Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social, a molecular & structural virologist, coordinates research on how YF17D vaccine structure drives immunity, unlocking new paths for next-gen vaccines.💉🧠
More on our site: www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/women-s...

Women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI

We’d like to shine a spotlight on Dr. Giovanna Barba-Spaeth, Coordinator of the Yellow4FLAVI Horizon Europe funded project and Head of the Flavimmunity Group at Institut Pasteur. 1️⃣ What is your back...

www.yellow4flavi.eu

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Michael White @mtwhite.bsky.social · May 26

This is for a new EDCTP project called PvSeroRDT where we are developing a multiplex serological diagnostic test for P. vivax malaria

Michael White @mtwhite.bsky.social · May 26

Calling diagnostics developers.

If you know any companies in your network that can develop portable readers for RDTs, please check out the following request for proposals coordinated by FIND.

Can include standalone readers or mobile-phone based systems.

urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Calls for partners - FIND

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · May 24

Powerful new tool against Malaria (𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦)

Instead of killing mosquitoes, bed nets coated with ELQs (endochin-like quinolones) KILL THE MALARIA PARASITES INSIDE THE INSECTS. Infected mosquitoes land, absorb the drug through their legs, and are rendered parasite-free

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · May 22

Ms. Rachel is braver than the troops.

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The Lambrechts Lab @lambrechtslab.bsky.social · May 20

Great new study from the Dickson lab @utmb.bsky.social reveals how the microbial environment of Aedes aegypti larvae affects #ZIKV transmission. #Mosquitoes raised in urban containers (plastic buckets) are more susceptible than those from forest habitats (coconut husks) dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Reduced microbe abundance in an urban larval development container increases Aedes aegypti susceptibility to Zika virus

Author summary Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread viruses like dengue and Zika, inhabit different environments within Africa. Ancestral forms of Ae. aegypti occupy forested habitats, while domesti...

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Athene Donald @athenedonald.bsky.social · May 19

Delighted to announce the paperback edition of my book Not Just for the Boys: Why we need more women in science, will be published in July

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · May 7

Could a new malaria jab really finish off the disease?

In @telegraphnews.bsky.social, Chris Drakeley comments on efficacy of first-generation #malaria vaccines as GSK say they want to develop a jab that's 3 times as effective by 2035. @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social

www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Could a new malaria jab really finish off the disease? Researchers at GSK have high hopes

Exclusive: Next-generation jab could be three times as effective as the best currently available

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Vittoria Colizza @vcolizza.bsky.social · Apr 29

So excited today as we launch the Sorbonne Université Modeling Outbreaks Center (SUMOC) - a hub dedicated to strengthening our ability to understand, anticipate, and respond to infectious disease threats.
@sorbonne-universite.fr @fac-sante-sorbonne.bsky.social @inserm.fr @anrs-mie.bsky.social

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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · Apr 25

More evidence, now from Ireland, that infant immunisation with nirsevimab substantially reduced risks for hospitalisation due to RSV. Feedback very welcome, as well as suggestions for an eventual home.

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Surveillance-based estimation of the impact of introducing a pathfinder programme for nirsevimab immunisation in Ireland on infant hospitalisations due to respiratory syncytial virus in 2024/2025

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) presents a significant health risk to young infants and substantially burdens already stretched health systems every winter. Ireland launched a RSV immunisation pathf...

www.medrxiv.org

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Thomas House @tah-sci.com · Apr 10

Analytics / Stats / Modelling jobs in Ireland - working for rough equivalent of CDC / UKHSA but each country is different. Well-paid, permanent, interesting jobs somewhere nice to live.

about.hse.ie/jobs/job-sea...

Statistician Senior NRS14677

about.hse.ie

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