Damien F. Meyer
@dammeyer.bsky.social
Microbial Genomics & UX Researcher | Freelance rock guitarist | Father of 2 boys | Love Music, Guitar, Bonsaï, Skiing, Coffee, Cheese & Bacteria. Science + Art. Posts are my own
🚀 New AI breakthrough in structural biology!
GraphPep learns from binding interfaces, not isolated molecules 🤯
Each protein–peptide contact becomes a graph node — revealing how nature builds molecular interactions.
Game changer for effector docking & target discovery 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
GraphPep learns from binding interfaces, not isolated molecules 🤯
Each protein–peptide contact becomes a graph node — revealing how nature builds molecular interactions.
Game changer for effector docking & target discovery 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
An interaction-derived graph learning framework for scoring protein–peptide complexes - Nature Machine Intelligence
GraphPep presents an interaction-derived and protein language model-powered graph learning framework for robust scoring of protein–peptide complexes, substantially enhancing the binding mode predictio...
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
🚀 New AI breakthrough in structural biology!
GraphPep learns from binding interfaces, not isolated molecules 🤯
Each protein–peptide contact becomes a graph node — revealing how nature builds molecular interactions.
Game changer for effector docking & target discovery 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
GraphPep learns from binding interfaces, not isolated molecules 🤯
Each protein–peptide contact becomes a graph node — revealing how nature builds molecular interactions.
Game changer for effector docking & target discovery 🧬
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!!! 👍
formatmypaper.com
formatmypaper.com
FormatMyPaper - The End of Manuscript Formatting
Paste your paper, choose your journal, and let our AI handle the tedious rest. Get back to the science.
formatmypaper.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Finally, someone has solved a real problem with AI! No more having to take a paper in the format for a journal that rejected you, and reformat it for a new journal. Well done!!! 👍
formatmypaper.com
formatmypaper.com
🎓👏 Congrats to Naomie Pature on her successful PhD defense on Amblyomma variegatum biology!
From anatomy to life cycle and microbiome, her work advances tick biology & vector–pathogen interactions. 🌍🔬 @cirad @inrae
#OneHealth #Research #Ticks #VectorBiology #PhDDefense #Teamwork
From anatomy to life cycle and microbiome, her work advances tick biology & vector–pathogen interactions. 🌍🔬 @cirad @inrae
#OneHealth #Research #Ticks #VectorBiology #PhDDefense #Teamwork
October 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
🎓👏 Congrats to Naomie Pature on her successful PhD defense on Amblyomma variegatum biology!
From anatomy to life cycle and microbiome, her work advances tick biology & vector–pathogen interactions. 🌍🔬 @cirad @inrae
#OneHealth #Research #Ticks #VectorBiology #PhDDefense #Teamwork
From anatomy to life cycle and microbiome, her work advances tick biology & vector–pathogen interactions. 🌍🔬 @cirad @inrae
#OneHealth #Research #Ticks #VectorBiology #PhDDefense #Teamwork
🦟 Irony at its finest: a fully engorged mosquito landed on a anti-mosquito slide during a SIT meeting. 😂
Target mocking the scientist, live. 🎤🔬
Target mocking the scientist, live. 🎤🔬
October 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🦟 Irony at its finest: a fully engorged mosquito landed on a anti-mosquito slide during a SIT meeting. 😂
Target mocking the scientist, live. 🎤🔬
Target mocking the scientist, live. 🎤🔬
🎓 Naomie Pature defends her PhD on Sept 29!
Celebrating brilliant science, #OneHealth #research and the best team photo ever ✨
#PhDDefense #TeamScience @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
Celebrating brilliant science, #OneHealth #research and the best team photo ever ✨
#PhDDefense #TeamScience @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🎓 Naomie Pature defends her PhD on Sept 29!
Celebrating brilliant science, #OneHealth #research and the best team photo ever ✨
#PhDDefense #TeamScience @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
Celebrating brilliant science, #OneHealth #research and the best team photo ever ✨
#PhDDefense #TeamScience @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
🔥 Pathogenic bacteria don’t guess — they play to win.
Their business is killing… and business is good.
👉 hal.science/hal-05230483
#Microbiology #HostPathogen #GameTheory
When Theory Meets Genomics: Reconciling Game Dynamics and Within-Host Evolution
Their business is killing… and business is good.
👉 hal.science/hal-05230483
#Microbiology #HostPathogen #GameTheory
When Theory Meets Genomics: Reconciling Game Dynamics and Within-Host Evolution
When Theory Meets Genomics: Reconciling Game Dynamics and Within-Host Evolution
Virulence is a context-dependent strategy, not a fixed trait. Building on Tonkin-Hill et al., a game-theoretical framework predicts when pathogens invest in immune evasion or shift to rapid replicatio...
hal.science
September 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🔥 Pathogenic bacteria don’t guess — they play to win.
Their business is killing… and business is good.
👉 hal.science/hal-05230483
#Microbiology #HostPathogen #GameTheory
When Theory Meets Genomics: Reconciling Game Dynamics and Within-Host Evolution
Their business is killing… and business is good.
👉 hal.science/hal-05230483
#Microbiology #HostPathogen #GameTheory
When Theory Meets Genomics: Reconciling Game Dynamics and Within-Host Evolution
🎉 Entering in my 50th year, fueled by love, gratitude, and purpose 🙏💙
5 keys to guide the next chapter:
🔑 #Ikigai – purpose 💛
🔑 #Kaizen – progress ⛰️
🔑 #Shoshin – curiosity ❓
🔑 #Wabi-sabi – authenticity 👍
🔑 #Pomodoro – focus ⏳
Life is short 🌍. Let’s make it meaningful. ✨
#mindset #growth
5 keys to guide the next chapter:
🔑 #Ikigai – purpose 💛
🔑 #Kaizen – progress ⛰️
🔑 #Shoshin – curiosity ❓
🔑 #Wabi-sabi – authenticity 👍
🔑 #Pomodoro – focus ⏳
Life is short 🌍. Let’s make it meaningful. ✨
#mindset #growth
September 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Just a short question to the community? Is there a way to comment on a published article ? (Not speaking about preprint/Peer Community In) For example, I would like to comment on a recent article published in July in @natmicrobiol.nature.com and I want to put in perspective with some of our work…
August 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just a short question to the community? Is there a way to comment on a published article ? (Not speaking about preprint/Peer Community In) For example, I would like to comment on a recent article published in July in @natmicrobiol.nature.com and I want to put in perspective with some of our work…
🧬 New #preprint!
🎯 We completed the life cycle of Amblyomma variegatum using an artificial membrane feeding system — no live hosts! 🕷️🩸
👉 doi.org/10.21203/rs....
#ticks #OneHealth #vectorbiology #artificialfeeding #tropicaldiseases #Amblyomma #Ehrlichia #TeamScience
🎯 We completed the life cycle of Amblyomma variegatum using an artificial membrane feeding system — no live hosts! 🕷️🩸
👉 doi.org/10.21203/rs....
#ticks #OneHealth #vectorbiology #artificialfeeding #tropicaldiseases #Amblyomma #Ehrlichia #TeamScience
Successful completion of the life cycle of Amblyomma variegatum using tick artificial membrane feeding system
The three-host tick Amblyomma variegatum, commonly known as the tropical bont tick, poses a major threat to livestock health and productivity in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. This tick i...
doi.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🧬 New #preprint!
🎯 We completed the life cycle of Amblyomma variegatum using an artificial membrane feeding system — no live hosts! 🕷️🩸
👉 doi.org/10.21203/rs....
#ticks #OneHealth #vectorbiology #artificialfeeding #tropicaldiseases #Amblyomma #Ehrlichia #TeamScience
🎯 We completed the life cycle of Amblyomma variegatum using an artificial membrane feeding system — no live hosts! 🕷️🩸
👉 doi.org/10.21203/rs....
#ticks #OneHealth #vectorbiology #artificialfeeding #tropicaldiseases #Amblyomma #Ehrlichia #TeamScience
Yep so tired of that ! x.com/johnholbein1...
John B. Holbein on X: "this conversation will be on repeat for many academics as they visit family this summer https://t.co/hVMUmrbsnr" / X
this conversation will be on repeat for many academics as they visit family this summer https://t.co/hVMUmrbsnr
x.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Yep so tired of that ! x.com/johnholbein1...
Reposted by Damien F. Meyer
What is happening in Gaza will be a permanent stain on the world's collective conscience.
History will never forget how our government was complicit in enabling and sustaining this ongoing humanitarian disaster.
We must end funding for the Netanyahu war machine.
History will never forget how our government was complicit in enabling and sustaining this ongoing humanitarian disaster.
We must end funding for the Netanyahu war machine.
May 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What is happening in Gaza will be a permanent stain on the world's collective conscience.
History will never forget how our government was complicit in enabling and sustaining this ongoing humanitarian disaster.
We must end funding for the Netanyahu war machine.
History will never forget how our government was complicit in enabling and sustaining this ongoing humanitarian disaster.
We must end funding for the Netanyahu war machine.
Reposted by Damien F. Meyer
America is complicit in the slaughter of the Palestinian people.
2.2 million people are trapped. Disease is spreading. Children are starving to death.
And we continue to provide U.S. military aid to Netanyahu.
2.2 million people are trapped. Disease is spreading. Children are starving to death.
And we continue to provide U.S. military aid to Netanyahu.
May 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
America is complicit in the slaughter of the Palestinian people.
2.2 million people are trapped. Disease is spreading. Children are starving to death.
And we continue to provide U.S. military aid to Netanyahu.
2.2 million people are trapped. Disease is spreading. Children are starving to death.
And we continue to provide U.S. military aid to Netanyahu.
The difference between Gaza and Auschwitz is that the world still has an opportunity to stop the ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
May 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The difference between Gaza and Auschwitz is that the world still has an opportunity to stop the ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Reposted by Damien F. Meyer
🔬 Now published in Bioinformatics Advances: "PPIFold: a tool for analysis of Protein-Protein Interaction from AlphaPullDown."
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf090
Authors include @dammeyer.bsky.social
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf090
Authors include @dammeyer.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🔬 Now published in Bioinformatics Advances: "PPIFold: a tool for analysis of Protein-Protein Interaction from AlphaPullDown."
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf090
Authors include @dammeyer.bsky.social
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf090
Authors include @dammeyer.bsky.social
🚀 New paper alert! I am thrilled to present PPIFold: a tool that simplifies protein-protein interaction predictions with AlphaPulldown 🧬 Featuring the intuitive iQ-score + auto figures
@cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
📖 Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bioa...
🔧 Code: github.com/Qrouger/PPIF...
@cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
📖 Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bioa...
🔧 Code: github.com/Qrouger/PPIF...
PPIFold: a tool for analysis of Protein-Protein Interaction from AlphaPullDown
AbstractMotivation. Protein structure and protein-protein interaction (PPI) predictions based on coevolution have transformed structural biology, but manag
doi.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🚀 New paper alert! I am thrilled to present PPIFold: a tool that simplifies protein-protein interaction predictions with AlphaPulldown 🧬 Featuring the intuitive iQ-score + auto figures
@cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
📖 Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bioa...
🔧 Code: github.com/Qrouger/PPIF...
@cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
📖 Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bioa...
🔧 Code: github.com/Qrouger/PPIF...
Joining people around the world in mourning Pope Francis today. He lived a life of extraordinary grace and deep compassion. May he rest in peace. #Easter
April 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Joining people around the world in mourning Pope Francis today. He lived a life of extraordinary grace and deep compassion. May he rest in peace. #Easter
Science & Art is my life 😎
April 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Science & Art is my life 😎
Reposted by Damien F. Meyer
Third: We developed an amplicon-based pipeline that lets you take an unknown insect and determine its species, what it has been eating, if it's infected with parasites, and info on potential insecticide resistance, to better monitor vectors like mosquitoes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
February 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Third: We developed an amplicon-based pipeline that lets you take an unknown insect and determine its species, what it has been eating, if it's infected with parasites, and info on potential insecticide resistance, to better monitor vectors like mosquitoes onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Damien F. Meyer
Three 2025 papers (so far). First: we used transposons to disrupt most genes of the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium knowlesi, revealing the essential genes for survival, either in general or under antimalarial drugs, providing clues to how parasites can be killed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Three 2025 papers (so far). First: we used transposons to disrupt most genes of the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium knowlesi, revealing the essential genes for survival, either in general or under antimalarial drugs, providing clues to how parasites can be killed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Part of Andeliza Smit’s PhD is now published! 🥳🥳🥳
Our study reveals the infection rate of Amblyomma ticks with heartwater across southern Africa and highlights the genetic diversity among these strains.
📰 Read more here: Link to article
Our study reveals the infection rate of Amblyomma ticks with heartwater across southern Africa and highlights the genetic diversity among these strains.
📰 Read more here: Link to article
March 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Part of Andeliza Smit’s PhD is now published! 🥳🥳🥳
Our study reveals the infection rate of Amblyomma ticks with heartwater across southern Africa and highlights the genetic diversity among these strains.
📰 Read more here: Link to article
Our study reveals the infection rate of Amblyomma ticks with heartwater across southern Africa and highlights the genetic diversity among these strains.
📰 Read more here: Link to article
Reposted by Damien F. Meyer
Glad to share the work of @yli18smc.bsky.social and co on Lamassu, a bacterial defense system related to Rad50/Mre11 (RM). While RM carefully trims DNA ends for repair, Lamassu chops up the host chromosome. Our study reveals how it is regulated to minimize damage, activating only during infection.
March 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Glad to share the work of @yli18smc.bsky.social and co on Lamassu, a bacterial defense system related to Rad50/Mre11 (RM). While RM carefully trims DNA ends for repair, Lamassu chops up the host chromosome. Our study reveals how it is regulated to minimize damage, activating only during infection.
🎯Compétence vs Confiance : quand les plus bruyants ne sont pas toujours les plus experts
🧠 L’effet Dunning-Kruger illustre un paradoxe fascinant : les personnes les moins compétentes dans un domaine ont souvent tendance à se croire expertes… et à le faire savoir avec beaucoup d’assurance.
🧠 L’effet Dunning-Kruger illustre un paradoxe fascinant : les personnes les moins compétentes dans un domaine ont souvent tendance à se croire expertes… et à le faire savoir avec beaucoup d’assurance.
March 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🎯Compétence vs Confiance : quand les plus bruyants ne sont pas toujours les plus experts
🧠 L’effet Dunning-Kruger illustre un paradoxe fascinant : les personnes les moins compétentes dans un domaine ont souvent tendance à se croire expertes… et à le faire savoir avec beaucoup d’assurance.
🧠 L’effet Dunning-Kruger illustre un paradoxe fascinant : les personnes les moins compétentes dans un domaine ont souvent tendance à se croire expertes… et à le faire savoir avec beaucoup d’assurance.
Some freaking cool experiment in the lab today #raceproject #amblyommavariegatum #microinjection @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Some freaking cool experiment in the lab today #raceproject #amblyommavariegatum #microinjection @cirad.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social