Very happy to have attended the inaugural lecture of the 20th congress of the @sfmicrobiologie.bsky.social by my former PhD supervisor, @alainblanchard.bsky.social. Brilliant and moving 🙏🙏🙏

Excited to share Wendy Le Mouëllic’s PhD work, now published in @pnas.org! It reveals that M. tuberculosis depends on inorganic sulfate import to survive inside host cells—fueling essential processes such as redox balance and stress resistance. Huge congrats to Wendy & colleagues! shorturl.at/WbFQC

Another memorable #TBVACHORIZON WP1 working group meeting in Basel, Switzerland! Grateful to #TBVI and many thanks to Daniel Pinschewer and colleagues for the warm welcome and inspiring discussions. @unibas.ch @horizoneu.bsky.social

We are looking to hire post-docs to work on T cell responses to M. tuberculosis infection using murine and NHP models. If you know T cells and wanna work on the top global infectious killer check us out. BSL3 experience not required. The NIH intramural program in Bethesda MD is an amazing place!

A 2-year postdoc position in my lab, under the supervision of P-Alex Kaminski, on Z-DNA phages and the benefit given by ZTGC DNA and the replication machinery, with attempt to create a Z based minireplicon research.pasteur.fr/en/job/a-two...

From tuberculosis to rheumatoid arthritis: A glycobiology breakthrough enters the valorization phase 👏 @yoannrombouts.bsky.social Thanks @frm-officiel.bsky.social More info: shorturl.at/i3sQd

Big news from IPBS! Our researchers are coordinators or partners in 8 cutting-edge projects funded by @agencerecherche.bsky.social From DNA vaccine electroporation to drug-resistant pathogens, bone health, allergy, and proteasomes, IPBS is driving innovation in biomedicine! urls.fr/gt6JZf

We have an open engineer position to work on type IX secretion (T9SS), under the supervision of @doan_thierry (collab with HP Fierobe & A. Tolonen). 1-year contract, renewable up to 3.5 years. Please apply here or forward to anyone potentially interested: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Congratulations to all the newly elected @embo.org members. A special shout-out to our SAB member, Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, on this well-deserved recognition! Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – www.embo.org/press-releas...

🎉🎉🎉 Big congrats to Kien Lam UNG, recipient of the 2025 #ATIP-Avenir award! From decoding antibiotic resistance in M. abscessus to revealing plant hormone transporters in Nature, he is now launching a bold project on how sugar tweaks shape host–pathogen battles. Sweet science! 👏👏👏 shorturl.at/TJiHg

Honored to award the title of Dr. honoris causa of the University of Toulouse to Dr. Manjula Reddy (CCMB, Hyderabad). A world-renowned microbiologist, Dr. Reddy has made major contributions to our understanding of bacterial cell division. 🇫🇷🇮🇳

Thrilled to have co-authored this review with amazing colleagues! We dive into the mysteries of T cell immunity in TB and explore how cutting-edge tech could unlock better vaccines. #Tuberculosis #Immunology #TCells #Vaccines @natrevimmunol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

After a PhD and two postdocs, I’m very proud to be joining the CNRS as a Chargé de recherche, this is a meaningful milestone. Huge thanks to Claude Bruand, @michaelglickman.bsky.social, and @oneyrolles.bsky.social for their guidance and support. Olivier, let’s turn this into exciting discoveries!

🏳️‍🌈 For the 3rd year in a row, IPBS proudly kicks off #PrideMonth by reaffirming our year-round commitment to inclusion, equity & respect. Diversity drives science, and we celebrate every identity that makes our institute stronger. 💪 #LGBTQIA #InclusionMatters #PrideAtIPBS shorturl.at/eyTei

Hi friends! @goletti-delia.bsky.social just landed on the blue planet! Follow her if you’re interested in TB and other infectious diseases.

Thrilled to host our Indian colleagues for the first MIRA workshop, the @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social International Research Network on #AMR that I co-coordinate with the amazing Amit Singh! 🇮🇳🇫🇷 Huge thanks to @isabellesaves.bsky.social and team for the stellar organization! #MicroSky

In @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social, IPBS researchers propose a treatment based on optimized antibodies that, in mice, increases the proportion of HEV blood vessels and facilitates killer cell entry into tumors. These molecules are currently in clinical trials ⤵️ buff.ly/Ip3US2l

Dans‪ @cp-cellrepmed.bsky.social, des chercheurs proposent un traitement à base d’anticorps optimisés qui, chez la souris, augmente la proportion des vaisseaux sanguins HEV et facilite l’entrée des cellules tueuses dans les tumeurs. Ces molécules sont en essai clinique ⤵️ buff.ly/w2dk30U

🤝 @ipbstoulouse.bsky.social‬ 👉 Lire l'article dans Cell Reports Medicine buff.ly/Ip3US2l

@ghafrance.bsky.social 80 chercheurs s'engagent pour faire de la recherche contre la tuberculose une priorité européenne ! www.actionsantemondiale.fr/app/uploads/...

Kicking off the #MIRA workshop in style with a fantastic keynote from Marie-Cécile Ploy on the global state of #AMR research, insightful and inspiring! @ipbstoulouse.bsky.social @cbitoulouse.bsky.social

🚨My new team at @ipbstoulouse.bsky.social in France currently have an open, fully-funded PhD position 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬to study membrane proteins & transporters of therapeutic interest using cryo-EM & biophysics.🧊🔬🦠 #StructuralBiology #MicroSky Please share 🤝 For more details 👇

New study reveals how M. tuberculosis PdtaS, a constitutively active kinase, senses both copper and nitric oxide by inhibiting dimerization, not binding. A fresh twist on two-component signaling! ✍️ @michaelglickman.bsky.social and coll. 👏👏👏 📖 shorturl.at/DiWXp #Tuberculosis #MicroSky

I will be recruiting new postdocs with start dates end 2025 - early 2026. If you'd like to work at the Pasteur Institute in the heart of Paris surrounded by amazing scientists, reach out to discuss possible projects on SynBio / Bacterial Immunity!

🚨 PhD opportunity in Toulouse! Join a dynamic team to study membrane proteins & transporters of therapeutic interest using cryo-EM, enzymology & biophysics. 📅 Deadline: June 19, 2025 🔗 Funded by @frm-officiel.bsky.social #StructuralBiology #MicroSky More details 👇 shorturl.at/OaVMI

This is what can be achieved today due to longstanding federal support of academic basic science alongside close partnership of universities, private industry and NIH intramural initiatives. An ecosystem worth not just saving but doubling down on! innovativegenomics.org/news/first-p...

🦠💨 Why do some TB strains make you cough more? Cough isn’t just an annoying sign and symptom of active tuberculosis - it’s one way that Mycobacterium tuberculosis spreads from person to person. 1/14 #Tuberculosis #CoughScience #Aerobiology #Neuroimmunology #Microbiology youtu.be/9qqHOKUXY5U?...

How does TB make you cough? New research from @michaelshiloh.bsky.social & coll. shows hypertransmissible M. tuberculosis strains use phenolic glycolipid to activate sensory neurons via ATP–P2X3 signaling, triggering cough & boosting spread! #Tuberculosis #Neuroscience #Microsky shorturl.at/yfeKM

Happy to share Saurabh's latest review on the bacterial exometabolome and its role in virulence and pathogenesis, just out in @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social — and it’s open access! 😉 👏 @saurabhchugh09.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/micro...

#Tuberculosis bacteria are evolving how they express, not just what they code. New study reveals Mtb evolves via regulatory mutations, altering virulence gene expression to enhance transmission and drug resistance, highlighting adaptive shifts beyond coding sequence variation. #MicroSky #Evolution

Join the Blokesch lab (@EPFL) as a postdoc in Molecular Microbiology 🤩 Study Vibrio cholerae defense systems (phage/plasmid) in a dynamic, collaborative environment in Lausanne close to Lake Geneva in 🇨🇭! Please visit my lab's webpage for details about the position and how to formally apply.

Our set of new prokaryote-optimized fluorescent proteins is now published ! #microbiology #microsky #microscopy 🧫🦠🔬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Join the 2025 #MIRA workshop, online or in Toulouse! From emerging pathogens to global health solutions, connect with top 🇮🇳🇫🇷 researchers, explore funding, and spark new collaborations. Keynotes by Nagasuma Chandra & Marie-Cécile Ploy! Details & registration: shorturl.at/VMfwn #GlobalHealth #MicroSky

New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis long-chain fatty acid resistome reveals the universal stress protein TB15.3 as essential for infection https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.14.648703v1

Two ERC-funded postdoc positions available in the team - one here and second to follow - please repost! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Hey Blue friends, @lifescienceeditors.bsky.social just joined! They offer scientific editing, grant support, and custom illustrations for researchers in the life sciences. Check them out and give them a follow 😉

We are hiring! A postdoc position is available in the lab studying gene expression dynamics in Drosophila embryos, as part of a larger research effort in collaboration with @mrattray.bsky.social 🧬🔬🪰 Full details are in the ad: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

We are looking for a PhD candidate starting on the 01-10-2025. The project aims to understand how the host cells use copper and oxidative species to fight Salmonella infection and how this pathogen evades this antimicrobial response. SHORT DEADLINE ! 20-04-2025 jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-25517

Happy to share the latest work from the lab @crick.ac.uk. Outstanding work from Di Chen and Tony Fearns showing the link between Mtb membrane damage, calcium leakage and ATG8/LC3 lipidation in macrophages. Congratulations Di and Tony! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Shout-out to @pierredupuy.bsky.social and colleagues! Excited to share our latest study, where we uncovered a previously unknown bacterial defense system in M. #tuberculosis: effluxosomes — dynamic membrane clusters that coordinate resistance to multiple toxic metals. shorturl.at/Ek0HD #MicroSky

New tech for #Tuberculosis research! A split ALFA tag–nanobody system enables precise protein localization, enforced relocalization & proximity proteomics in mycobacteria. #ProteinBiology #MicroSky 👏 @michaelglickman.bsky.social & colleagues! shorturl.at/dpovT

Please repost: Postdoc position in antibiotic discovery in a large multidisciplinary project combining high-throughput approaches, microscopy, AI, and hit-to-lead optimization at @umontreal.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social. Apply to [email protected]. See lnkd.in/dVVk4N3s. #microsky

Excited to share our last study. Huge congrats to Sarah Monard, Arnaud Métais, @gclugo.bsky.social, @chrisverollet.bsky.social and all colleagues! We have found a mysterious cell type inside TB lung lesions that seems neuron-like but isn't quite a nerve cell. Let's dive in👇 shorturl.at/x4Sb5

The World Health Organization warns of a #tuberculosis surge because of USAID cuts. Slashing tuberculosis aid endangers millions of lives abroad with consequences for the U.S., where TB cases have also been rising. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

« Trump: America in reverse science » 👏👏👏 @liberation.fr

Exciting news! Cliff Barry has just landed on our little blue planet! 🌍🚀 Don’t miss out, follow him for great insights and discussions! @cbarry3.bsky.social