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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 26d

A new model sheds light on the seasonal dynamics of plague in Madagascar — a step toward better prevention through a One Health approach.

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Plague in Madagascar: a new model sheds light on the seasonality of outbreaks

A new model has been developed to elucidate the seasonal dynamics of plague in Madagascar. In this country, where the disease remains endemic, and most often occurs between October and March. The asso...

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David Simard @simarddavid.bsky.social · Jul 9

Santé Publique France est menacée. www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...

« Surveillance de l’état de santé de la population française : ne cassons pas le thermomètre ! »

TRIBUNE. Un collectif de chercheurs, d’universitaires et de médecins de santé publique appelle, dans une tribune au « Monde », à préserver et à consolider les missions et les moyens de l’agence sanita...

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Jul 1

Infectious Disease Modelling starter pack update! Many more modellers have joined Bluesky recently so this update is overdue. Pls keep on sending suggestions! (bio should contain experience relevant for this pack)
IDModelling pack 1: go.bsky.app/86Ao1a5
IDModelling pack 2 : go.bsky.app/2oBB7KX

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Jun 23

Just few days left to apply to one of these postdoc positions in my infectious disease modelling Unit at @pasteur.fr in Paris!

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...

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Jun 13

Great collaboration with Institut Pasteur Madagascar showing how rat and flea dynamics drive plague seasonality, with important implications for control strategies against plague in @pnas.org!

Antoine Brault @abrault.bsky.social · Jun 13

Plague remains a health issue in several parts of the world—especially in Madagascar, where epidemics follow a seasonal pattern. In our new @pnas.org paper, we link that seasonality to rat and flea dynamics and quantify the impact of various control strategies. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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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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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · May 8

Thrilled for the latest work from @comunelab.bsky.social !

We introduce a multilayer + multiscale model in two distinct frameworks (particle- & force-based), identifying how to balance contact and mobility cuts to mitigate epidemics. #ComplexSystems

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪🦠

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Mircea T. Sofonea @mtsofonea.bsky.social · Mar 24

📊💉 Following the success of its first interface day dedicated to surveillance in 2023, the Modelling network of the @anrs-mie.bsky.social is pleased to be organising today a new interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral event dedicated to the contribution of modelling to vaccinology

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · Mar 13

Latest post on measles vaccines and the fallacy of ‘one more study to settle things’: kucharski.substack.com/p/a-wild-vac...

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Kelly Charniga @kcharniga.bsky.social · Mar 7

Big turnout today in Paris to show solidarity with US-based scientists ❤️ 🗽 #StandUpforScienceFrance @pasteur.fr

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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · Mar 6

Science, research & public health face unprecedented attacks in the U.S.

We stand with our American colleagues & support the Stand Up for Science call.

Join the global march tomorrow, incl. in Paris! 🧪✊

📍 March 7, 13:30 – Place Jussieu
🔗 More info: standupforscience.fr

#StandUpForScience

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myriamrebeyrotte.bsky.social @myriamrebeyrotte.bsky.social · Mar 6

www.pasteur.fr/fr/espace-pr... Un sujet quelque peu dans l'air du temps.

Comment l’IA va permettre de mieux anticiper les prochaines pandémies

Dans un article de perspective de la revue Nature, des chercheurs d’Afrique, d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Australie et d’Europe décrivent pour la première fois comment l’intelligence artificielle (IA) peut r...

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Cécile Tran Kiem @ceciletk.bsky.social · Mar 5

Pathogen genomes can provide insights into underlying disease transmission patterns but new methods are needed to analyze large genome datasets. Our work using identical pathogen sequences to characterize fine scale SARS-CoV-2 transmission was just published in @nature.com tinyurl.com/bdzk9xjj 🥳

Fine-scale patterns of SARS-CoV-2 spread from identical pathogen sequences - Nature

The analysis of pairs of identical SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences enables characterization of transmission patterns between geographies and age groups.

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Feb 25

During COVID years in France, the SocialCov survey showed major evolution and strong heterogeneities in contact patterns according to age, employment, weekend/vacation. Led by @paolobosetti.bsky.social and @lullaopatowski.bsky.social.
bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Evolution of social contacts patterns in France over the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: results from the SocialCov survey - BMC Infectious Diseases

Background Non-pharmaceutical measures such as lockdowns, curfews and place closures were implemented in France during 2020–2022 to reduce contacts in the population, to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2...

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Moritz Kraemer @mugkraemer.bsky.social · Feb 20

AI is poised to accelerate understanding in infectious diseases, but its value needs to be demonstrated through close collaboration between research, industry, society, and policy.

Paper free to read: rdcu.be/eaxEw

Summary here: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02...

Artificial intelligence for modelling infectious disease epidemics

Nature - This Perspective considers the application to infectious disease modelling of AI systems that combine machine learning, computational statistics, information retrieval and data science.

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Alessandro Vespignani @alexvespi.bsky.social · Feb 12

Wastewater from airplane toilets?
We introduce a global Aircraft-Based Wastewater Surveillance Network (WWSN) for pandemic monitoring in Nature Medicine 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Aircraft-based wastewater surveillance allows for real-time, non-invasive monitoring of global pathogen spread
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Pandemic monitoring with global aircraft-based wastewater surveillance networks - Nature Medicine

By simulating the implementation of airport-based wastewater surveillance sites at the global level, a modeling study shows how this early warning system would perform in identifying sources of pandem...

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Feb 11

Simplicity is a key strength of the package: it only takes a few lines of code to run and compare different types of models! Dev by Nathanael Hoze, with contributions from Marga Pons, @jessmetcalf.bsky.social, @mtwhite.bsky.social, @hsalje.bsky.social.

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Feb 11

Rsero is useful to determine optimal designs for serosurveys depending on context. For example, should you target the general population, children <10y.o. or <20y.o.? This will depend on the expected annual probability of infection (FOI)...

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Feb 11

You can also use Rsero to evaluate the impact of interventions, here mass drug administration on Trachoma prevalence in Nepal.

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Feb 11

Rsero can assess how infection risk may vary with individual characteristics, e.g. gender and location.

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Feb 11

Rsero can help you determine if your data are more consistent with a scenario of endemic ‘constant’ circulation, or with the occurrence of 1, 2 or 3 outbreaks in the last 50 years. It can estimate the year when these outbreaks occurred.

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Feb 11

Serological data provide key insights on pathogen circulation. We introduce a new R package, Rsero, which is a pipeline to store and analyze age-stratified sero data, estimate the history of pathogen circulation and compare different transmission models.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

RSero: A user-friendly R package to reconstruct pathogen circulation history from seroprevalence studies

Author summary Antibodies are immune markers of past infections. Seroprevalence studies that characterize the seropositivity status in the population have been used for decades in epidemiological stud...

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Feb 4

Consider applying to 2nd ESPIDAM summer program on infectious disease modelling, 23-27 June, in beautiful Stockholm! Covering many exciting topics (AI & ID, now/forecasting, networks, within-host models, data analysis...). So much to learn and great scientific discussions!
www.math.su.se/espidam

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2nd ESPIDAM is a summer program for PhD students, Post Docs, Public Health scientists and others interested, supported by Stockholm University and the Nordic Research Council NordForsk.

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Simon Cauchemez @scauchemez.bsky.social · Jan 30

Odin is a such a fantastic tool for infectious disease modelers! Great opportunity to learn more about it!

Marc Baguelin @marcbaguelin.bsky.social · Jan 30

Join us at the Odin-Monty Workshop, 24–25 March 2025, hosted at Imperial College London (White City campus) and online!
Travel grants are available, and registration closes on 19 February. Don’t miss your chance to shape the future of odin! #OdinMonty #Workshop #ModelingCommunity

MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis @mrc-outbreak.bsky.social · Jan 30

OPPORTUNITY! Always wanted to learn more about the Odin-Monty toolkit? Find out more & sign up for this workshop to explore new features, see real-world use cases
forms.gle/GaL7Apti8dHx...
@marcbaguelin.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social

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Michael White @mtwhite.bsky.social · Jan 27

Exciting opportunity to work with the excellent @conniciavarella.bsky.social in sunny Montpellier in the south of France.

IDDjobs @iddjobs.org · Jan 24

Postdoc (Montpellier, France)
Mathematical modelling of Plasmodium vivax malaria
with @conniciavarella.bsky.social
at @umontpellier.bsky.social
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2236

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