Historian of bugs & drugs: interested in #microbes #antibiotics #vaccines #phages; author of: Pyrrhic Progress (2020), Bearing Witness (2021), Typhoid (2022), Fear & Fever (2024) - Associate Professor INSERM (CERMES3, Paris): https://www.bugsdrugs.org/https://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mt47gbckgk2nA bit late sharing this - but very happy to featured on the new BBC News CrowdScience episode on the history of #tuberculosis & the first trial of the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) #vaccine in Paris in 1921. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct8k78 ➡️ the BBC World Service version airs on Monday15 Aug 2026 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt47gbckgk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mrrftqbkss2jWonderful to wake up to the news that PunQ - Punctuated Equilibria: EU vaccine manufacturing & #pandemicpreparedness (1990-2025) - has been financed by @agencerecherche.bsky.social, the French National Research Agency! (1/3)29 Jul 2026 07:31 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrftqbkss2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mr7eeyowuc27A great pleasure to speak virtually about the history of pharmaceutical #R&D & the need to maintain diverse regionalised #innovation ecosystems at WHO Western Pacific Region in Manila this morning! @whowpro.bsky.social pro.bsky.social22 Jul 2026 03:17 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7eeyowuc27https://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mpq4vyotic2xJob Alert! Two-year postdoctoral position (100%, Jan 2027-Dec 2029) on the biological & social history of enteric pathogens in post-war France: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/448818 (1/4) https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/44881803 Jul 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpq4vyotic2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mpl34rmlpc2gA huge honour to be among 130 members nominated to serve as experts for the French High Council for Public Health (Haut Conseil de la Santé Publique)! I aim to bring historical research to bear on deliberations of the specialist commission on environmental risks. https://www.hcsp.fr/Explore.cgi/Hcsp#7801 Jul 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpl34rmlpc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mosn5drezk2kPhD Opportunity! Interested in the history of the #microbiome & #symbiosis concepts since 1900? Work with Maureen O'Malley, Nic Rasmussen & myself on our new Australian Research Council Discovery Award at Univ of Sydney. Applications: https://www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships/d/arc-postgraduate-research-scholarship.html #histsci #histmed #STS21 Jun 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mosn5drezk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mmt5jct6fs2ySpeaking tomorrow in Lausanne on how antibiotic innovation came to be framed as a market & incentives crisis, who drove this framing & why we need more versatile innovation metaphors beyond 'pipelines'! #histmed #histsci #STS - for more see: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/public-humanities/article/historicising-the-empty-pipeline-how-antibiotic-innovation-became-a-market-failure-19802024/11A26428B0C0EC905FD86578B6047D5B27 May 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmt5jct6fs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mmckmrub6k2tPhree minutes of phame talking about #phage history! Check out "Friendly Viruses" on the past, present, and future of #phagetherapy on BBC Radio 4 with marnie chesterton: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wjm4 #histmed #histsci #STS20 May 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmckmrub6k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mlpsjox3gs2dInterested in the societal & scientific dynamics shaping microbial #conservation, #assetization & #biodiversity research? Then these back-to-back articles with Fred Vagneron on microbial culture collections in JHB's new Microbes & Health collection are for you! https://link.springer.com/collections/cbbdgcaedf 1/313 May 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpsjox3gs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mlnwtkb7ns2p🇬🇧-bound and zooming across Northern 🇲🇫 in the Eurostar! Looking forward to presenting new research on the evolution of microbiological sentinel surveillance & the many lives of E.coli @roysocmed.bsky.social tomorrow & on "Antibiotics - challenges & opportunities" @target-amr.bsky.social on Thursday!12 May 2026 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnwtkb7ns2phttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mkmwlftwr22aVery much looking forward to reading this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkmwlftwr22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mhsltzdsec2oHappening next week! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsltzdsec2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mhdeyx2tjk2aUnlike #climatechange debates on transitions towards sustainable & equitable futures, similar debates are often absent from #antimicrobial governance. 📣 Join us for a roundtable event on: #AMR – Just Transitions for Shared Futures 📅 31 March 🕚 11:00 CEST 🔗 Register: https://cassyni.com/events/Kxn38HYy7tytT1gkrxdje518 Mar 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdeyx2tjk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mgulk6xvfs2fWhat a resource! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Mar 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgulk6xvfs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mgeno343yk2wGreat fun to chat about #antimicrobials, #innovation & #AMR - including our recent stocktake of the (un)intended consequences of the WHO's 2015 Global Action Plan with Lloyd Czaplewski & Elena Dalla Vecchia on @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social "In Conversation"! https://www.buzzsprout.com/1794195/episodes/1870541906 Mar 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgeno343yk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mg5fovsrrc2hThe human right to a healthy, clean & sustainable environment could be a game changer for tackling #AMR's environmental drivers. But how could this work? Wendy Boucrot, Sheila Varadan & I review how the new right could be applied to #antimicrobial pollution. https://doi.org/10.1017/pub.2026.10114 #STS #HistMed03 Mar 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5fovsrrc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3mflv4pmzu22uPublication 🚨! In "This little microbe went to market: The political economy of sentinel surveillance", I review F. Keck's Politique de Zoonoses (2024) & highlight the need for more attention to how microbial enclosure & assetisation impact global health. https://www.jle.com/10.1684/sss.2025.0298 #histmed #STS24 Feb 2026 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mflv4pmzu22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/kirchhelle.bsky.social/post/3merhwexnvk2gHard to believe that the gold standard underlying the remodelling of most post-1980s surveillance systems can simply be switched off. Also highlights the importance of decentralised capacity building for long-term resilience. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Feb 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:o7pns2a5ynlu5uchriuwaxaw/app.bsky.feed.post/3merhwexnvk2g