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Nature @nature.com · 2d

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

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Migle Gabrielaite @mgabrielaite.bsky.social · 20d

Taxonomy matters and if we call the same strain different names in different countries, we quickly run into problems not knowing what’s happening around us. @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social is defining the main requirements and offers a solution using cgMLST and LIN codes.

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GIPhy @giphy-ip.bsky.social · 20d

A nice illustration of the usefulness of our tool #MSTclust for handling bacterial population structures by @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social during #IMMEMXIV in Porto 🇵🇹

gitlab.pasteur.fr/GIPhy/MSTclust

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Marit Hetland @genomarit.bsky.social · 22d

Thrilled to share this preprint on Klebsiella pneumoniae plasmids in a One Health setting 🦠 Fantastic work by @twinkler.bsky.social! 🎉 @irenlohr.bsky.social @margaretlam.bsky.social

bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 24d

A One Health study of Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex plasmids shows a highly diverse and ecologically adaptable plasmidome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.14.676155v1

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Santé publique France @santepubliquefrance.fr · 22d

La #bronchiolite, c’est 480 000 bébés touchés chaque année en #France
Les #femmesenceintes (entre 32-36 semaines, de septembre à janvier) peuvent se faire #vacciner contre le VRS

✅ Un #vaccin pendant la #grossesse = protection pour votre #bébé !
📢RT pour sensibiliser

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 22d

Opinion: I’m a former CDC director. I’m deeply concerned about the future of vaccines in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/r...

I’m a former CDC director. I’m deeply concerned about the future of vaccines in the U.S.

“I am deeply saddened for the agency I was honored to lead, for colleagues put in harm’s way, and for the quiet heroism of public health workers who are derided for political gain,” Rochelle Walensky ...

www.statnews.com

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Stein van Oosteren @steinvanoosteren.bsky.social · Sep 8

C’est tout frais : tourner sur le boulevard des Invalides devient enfin possible à vélo grâce à ce carrefour néerlandais parisien.

La vidéo montre que les usagers sont surpris par la nouvelle situation ; tout le monde fait « n’importe quoi ».

#carrefourneerlandais

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ASM @asm.org · Sep 3

As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...

Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation

The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

asm.org

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Sep 6

Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Deadline 24 Sept.

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Julie Le Bris @julielebris.bsky.social · Sep 5

Delighted to share our recently published work!
Ever wondered how Klebsiella (and others) deals with capsule production’s costs ?
The paper: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Thread👇

Phenotypic heterogeneity of capsule production across opportunistic pathogens | mBio

The polysaccharidic capsule is present in ~50% of species across the bacterial phylogeny, including all ESKAPE microorganisms, the six most significant multidrug-resistant (MDR) nosocomial pathogens. It is also an important virulence factor and a major ...

journals.asm.org

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sylvain Brisse @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

« Le déclin de la couverture vaccinale aux Etats-Unis peut et va avoir des conséquences planétaires »

TRIBUNE. Le secrétaire d’Etat américain à la santé vient de bouleverser totalement le comité national d’experts sur la vaccination, en y nommant des personnalités sans compétences en la matière et, po...

www.lemonde.fr

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Bernard Jomier @bernardjomier.bsky.social · Sep 4

Restreindre les soins aux sans papiers est un choix politique : envoyer des signaux au RN et à LR.

Et ce choix est largement contraire à la santé publique, c’est amplement démontré.

Honte au « centriste » François Bayrou qui a perdu ses valeurs.

Public Sénat @publicsenat.fr · Sep 4

En signant deux décrets rendant plus stricts les conditions d’accès à l’aide médicale d’Etat pour les étrangers, François Bayrou tente d’obtenir les bonnes grâces des LR et surtout du RN.

➡️ https://go.publicsenat.fr/BqQ

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Florence Thune @florencethune.bsky.social · Sep 3

L’AME représente 0,5% des dépenses de santé. Honte à ceux qui veulent faire croire que les français seront mieux soignés si on complique la vie de quelques milliers de personnes sans papiers. Une politique basée sur le mensonge.. 1/2

www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

Le gouvernement veut restreindre les soins pris en charge par l’AME pour les étrangers sans papiers

L’un des projets de décrets soumis à l’Assurance-maladie exclut notamment de l’aide médicale d’Etat « des actes qui ne sont pas destinés directement au traitement ou à la prévention d’une maladie, pour les bénéficiaires majeurs », selon l’Agence France-Presse.

www.lemonde.fr

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · Sep 3

We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.

Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham

Apply now for the Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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sylvain Brisse @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Pasteur Institute of Madagascar (IPM) (www.pasteur.mg) is recruiting its future director.
The IPM is a member of the international network of Pasteur Institutes, the “Pasteur Network.”
Deadline September 15th.
emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/e...
Contact: [email protected]

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sylvain Brisse @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social · Sep 1

Some more precisions on our 'Out of China' hypothesis can now be found here in the CMI journal: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lezv,RGPg... ; this is a free link available until October 12th, 2025

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sylvain Brisse @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social · Aug 22

RFK Jr and MAHA: dangerous, emboldened, and escalating - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

RFK Jr and MAHA: dangerous, emboldened, and escalating

The week beginning Aug 4, 2025 was the most dangerous and tragic week of Robert F Kennedy Jr's tenure yet: a fatal CDC shooting by a gunman distrustful of COVID-19 vaccines, the cancellation of US$500...

www.thelancet.com

sylvain Brisse @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social · Aug 8

#IMMEMXIV starts in one month in Porto 🇵🇹 @escmid.bsky.social

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sylvain Brisse @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social · Aug 8

Looking forward to seeing many colleagues and friends at this novel edition of IMMEM, meetings that shape the field of molecular epidemiology and pathogen genomic evolution- don’t hesitate to register!

ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · Aug 7

Register today for the 14th International Meeting on Microbial Epidemiological Markers (IMMEM XIV)! Topics range from how genomics inform resistance profiling to pathogen surveillance in a #OneHealth framework. 🧬

✍️ Register: ow.ly/gjOZ50WpOXX
👀 Programme: ow.ly/Whj850WpOXY

#IDSky

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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · Aug 7

I hope all my fellow #shigellaphiles have 20 - 24 April 2026 blocked out in their diaries for @shigellameeting.bsky.social next year in Paris! In the meantime, check out (and join) our starter pack to start community building now 🧫

The Shigella Meeting @shigellameeting.bsky.social · Aug 7

Why not follow our @shigellameeting.bsky.social starterpack of people who are speaking at and attending the conference - please message to be added to the starter pack if you're planning on coming or we haven't found you yet! go.bsky.app/6Vbwhjc

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Nicolas Berrod @nicolasberrod.bsky.social · Aug 7

🔴 Coup de tonnerre : le Conseil constitutionnel censure la réintroduction de l'#acétamipride : "Le législateur a privé de garanties légales le droit de vivre dans un environnement équilibré et respectueux de la santé garanti par l’article 1er de la Charte de l’environnement."

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Nicolas Galtier @nicolasgaltier.bsky.social · Jul 17

Non-profit publishers (PLoS, Oxford, Cambridge) and publishers partnering a lot with academia (Wiley) are much more committed to open science than the others - MDPI being the worst by large. (4/5)

figure showing nine data points (each for a distinct publisher) in a graph where Y-axis is our open science index and X-axis is academia friendliness (=proportion of published journals co-owned by an academic entity); strong positive relationship

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ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · Aug 1

Apply today for the ESCMID Young Investigator Award. ✨This award recognises excellence in research and fosters further work at a top scientific level in CM/ID. The prestigious prize will support your career development. 🎓

Learn more: www.escmid.org/scien...

#IDSky #clinmicro #MedSky

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Hugh Cottingham @hughcottingham.bsky.social · Jul 30

Pleased to say that our preprint benchmarking Nanopore data for MLST, cgMLST, cgSNP & AMR typing from bacterial isolates is out! TL;DR you can get almost perfect results from 50x depth using live SUP basecalling with a GPU in under 20 hours #microsky#IDsky 🦠🧬🖥️ /1
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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apreston243.bsky.social @apreston243.bsky.social · Jul 31

New paper alert! A real time PCR assay to detect and distinguish Klebsiella pneumonia, quasipneumoniae and variicola. @microbiologysociety.org @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

KpSC-ID: a multiplex real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of the Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex and specific identification of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella quasipneumoniae an...

The Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex (KpSC) comprises five closely related bacterial species, namely Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella quasipneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola, Klebsiella quasivarii...

www.microbiologyresearch.org

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