Biology on Infection Unit at Institut Pasteur and Insermhttps://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3m2b2scok5c2wPlease note this interesting symposium, organised by the Louis Jeantet Foundation in Geneva, which can also be followed remotely. #LouisJeantetSymposium [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Oct 2025 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2b2scok5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3lz76a7scxk2fWe are hiring a postdoc in bacterial genomics and evolution. https://research.pasteur.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/research_pasteur-funded-postdoctoral-position-in-the-lecuit-lab-at-institut-pasteur-postdoc.biu2025.pdf19 Sep 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz76a7scxk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3ljavwlskhk2vWe are hiring! Interested in infection biology, immunology, microbiology? Funded postdoctoral position in our lab at Institut Pasteur https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/biology-of-infection/@pasteur.fr @inserm.fr Contact us at postdoc.biu@pasteur.fr https://research.pasteur.fr/en/job/funded-postdoctoral-position-in-the-lecuit-lab-at-institut-pasteur/28 Feb 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljavwlskhk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3lbmry6ajz22l6/6 Thanks to everybody involved, including Enzo Gadin, Arthur Frouin, Olivier Disson, Lei Huang, Charlotte Gaultier, Afonso Vieira, @clairemaudet.bsky.social, @epcrocha.bsky.social, Hugues Aschard, @pasteur.fr, @inserm.bsky.social23 Nov 2024 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmry6ajz22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3lbmrjxl4xc2l1/6 Excited to share our new findings published today in @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social, explaining what drives virulence heterogeneity in Listeria monocytogenes! @lukashafner.bsky.social @biupasteur.bsky.social https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01859-823 Nov 2024 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmrjxl4xc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3lbmrfq4yl22l2/6 Previously, bacterial virulence was thought to reflect the content of core virulence genes as well as the presence of accessory virulence genes, which account for virulence heterogeneity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJmZ51_Oxg&ab_channel=LukasHafner23 Nov 2024 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmrfq4yl22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3lbkj6onr7222The Listeria National Reference Center and WHO Collaborating Center, and many more!22 Nov 2024 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkj6onr7222https://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3lbkj3mt4js225/6 It also sheds light on the mechanism by which certain Listeria monocytogenes clonal complexes are more virulent, host associated, and clinically associated than others, as we also reported https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04505-722 Nov 2024 17:32 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkj3mt4js22https://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3lbkj2ztsws224/6 This unique overarching mechanism, which is unexpected, explains the overall virulence heterogeneity of Listeria monocytogenes species - from isolates to lineages, as we had reported https://www.nature.com/articles/ng.350122 Nov 2024 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkj2ztsws22https://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3lbkj2bzx2k223/6 Here, we have identified a new mechanism that explains virulence heterogeneity, not by gene content but by the differential regulation of core virulence genes, driven by differential stress response.22 Nov 2024 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkj2bzx2k22https://bsky.app/profile/biupasteur.bsky.social/post/3lbkiyad42222👏👏👏Congratulations to Lukas & all co-authors22 Nov 2024 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:oddf75m22jltknucucmcj5q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkiyad42222