Benoit Marteyn
@marteynlab.bsky.social
Team located on the University of Strasbourg campus (IBMC) with a remaining link with the Institut Pasteur.
Shigella, neutrophils, oxygen, RNA among other favorite research topics
Shigella, neutrophils, oxygen, RNA among other favorite research topics
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Don't miss the opportunity to discover Raphael Valdivia's great research and to connect with the community!
Happy New Year!
Exciting announcement:
Prof. Raphael H. Valdivia will be a key note speaker at the 2026 UK CellularMicrobiologyNetwork meeting!
Join us 22nd - 23rd of June in Belfast to hear about his and share your exciting work on host-pathogen interactions.
Stay tuned ! www.ukcellmicro.org
Exciting announcement:
Prof. Raphael H. Valdivia will be a key note speaker at the 2026 UK CellularMicrobiologyNetwork meeting!
Join us 22nd - 23rd of June in Belfast to hear about his and share your exciting work on host-pathogen interactions.
Stay tuned ! www.ukcellmicro.org
UK cell micro
UK Cellular microbiology network meeting
www.ukcellmicro.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Don't miss the opportunity to discover Raphael Valdivia's great research and to connect with the community!
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Really happy to see this paper come out! It's so long ago we started this that no one can remember the date...Congrats to all Contributors. A vessel on a chip model to study bacterial infections in the circulation, sepsis, meningitis. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
An in vitro human vessel model to study Neisseria meningitidis colonization and vascular damages
A vessel on a chip microfluidic device recapitulates the main features of meningococcal vascular colonization, providing high time and space microscopy resolution of the infection process in 3D.
doi.org
December 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Really happy to see this paper come out! It's so long ago we started this that no one can remember the date...Congrats to all Contributors. A vessel on a chip model to study bacterial infections in the circulation, sepsis, meningitis. doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Our first paper is out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com!
We introduce a prostate organoid model and show that UPEC invades prostate cells via FimH binding to the prostate-specific protein PAPP. A step toward targeted therapies against bacterial prostatitis. 🎉
#UTI #UPEC #Organoids #AMR
We introduce a prostate organoid model and show that UPEC invades prostate cells via FimH binding to the prostate-specific protein PAPP. A step toward targeted therapies against bacterial prostatitis. 🎉
#UTI #UPEC #Organoids #AMR
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli invade luminal prostate cells via FimH–PPAP receptor binding - Nature Microbiology
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli infection of a murine prostate organoid model reveals a bacterial FimH–host prostatic acid phosphatase adhesin-receptor interaction enabling invasion and replication wit...
www.nature.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Our first paper is out today in @natmicrobiol.nature.com!
We introduce a prostate organoid model and show that UPEC invades prostate cells via FimH binding to the prostate-specific protein PAPP. A step toward targeted therapies against bacterial prostatitis. 🎉
#UTI #UPEC #Organoids #AMR
We introduce a prostate organoid model and show that UPEC invades prostate cells via FimH binding to the prostate-specific protein PAPP. A step toward targeted therapies against bacterial prostatitis. 🎉
#UTI #UPEC #Organoids #AMR
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Our lab is hiring a PhD student to investigate how glycans affect antitumor immune responses in metastases and how this can be modulated to improve immunotherapy! More info here 👇
#glycotime
werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures...
#glycotime
werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures...
Vacatures - PhD tumor immunology of peritoneal metastasis - Amsterdam UMC
Colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastases has a particularly poor prognosis. In this KWF-funded project, you will investigate how glycan structures affect immune responses in peritoneal metastasis and whether glycan inhibition can restore anti-tumor immunity.
werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Our lab is hiring a PhD student to investigate how glycans affect antitumor immune responses in metastases and how this can be modulated to improve immunotherapy! More info here 👇
#glycotime
werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures...
#glycotime
werkenbij.amsterdamumc.org/en/vacatures...
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Happy New Year Shigellophiles! There's only 105 days to go ... don't forget to get your abstract in!
Come and visit me in Paris! #Shigella2026 - travel bursaries deadline tomorrow. Submit your abstracts at www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Come and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Happy New Year Shigellophiles! There's only 105 days to go ... don't forget to get your abstract in!
Reposted by Benoit Marteyn
A molecule designed to activate iron locked up in lysosomes and induce cell death might offer a way to tackle treatment-resistant cancer
go.nature.com/4oXWEvY
go.nature.com/4oXWEvY
Lipid-degrading small molecule kills cancer cells by ferroptosis
A molecule designed to activate iron locked up in organelles called lysosomes and thereby induce cell death might offer a way to tackle treatment-resistant cancer.
go.nature.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A molecule designed to activate iron locked up in lysosomes and induce cell death might offer a way to tackle treatment-resistant cancer
go.nature.com/4oXWEvY
go.nature.com/4oXWEvY
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Looking for a POSTDOC to work on jumbo phages (those with large genomes and fascinating cell biology), using our latest ASO technology (Gerovac M et al. 2025 Nature) to define RNA export mechanisms as well as to help to advance phage therapy. Here's the job ad.
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Looking for a POSTDOC to work on jumbo phages (those with large genomes and fascinating cell biology), using our latest ASO technology (Gerovac M et al. 2025 Nature) to define RNA export mechanisms as well as to help to advance phage therapy. Here's the job ad.
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🦠 EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🦠 EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
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Come and visit me in Paris! #Shigella2026 - travel bursaries deadline tomorrow. Submit your abstracts at www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Come and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Come and visit me in Paris! #Shigella2026 - travel bursaries deadline tomorrow. Submit your abstracts at www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
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🔬 Honoring Spencer Shorte's legacy
Jan 28, 2026 Institut Pasteur symposium celebrating a pioneering figure in bioimaging & core facilities.
Scientists worldwide will share how his visionary work continues to shape research.
Free registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
Jan 28, 2026 Institut Pasteur symposium celebrating a pioneering figure in bioimaging & core facilities.
Scientists worldwide will share how his visionary work continues to shape research.
Free registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🔬 Honoring Spencer Shorte's legacy
Jan 28, 2026 Institut Pasteur symposium celebrating a pioneering figure in bioimaging & core facilities.
Scientists worldwide will share how his visionary work continues to shape research.
Free registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
Jan 28, 2026 Institut Pasteur symposium celebrating a pioneering figure in bioimaging & core facilities.
Scientists worldwide will share how his visionary work continues to shape research.
Free registration: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher in our team at the @unistra @ibmc.bsky.social - 3 year ANR project in collaboration with the @dumenillab.bsky.social at @pasteur.fr focused on the survival of pathogenic bacteria upon plasma exposure
Apply here :
emploi.cnrs.fr/Gestion/Offr...
Apply here :
emploi.cnrs.fr/Gestion/Offr...
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher in our team at the @unistra @ibmc.bsky.social - 3 year ANR project in collaboration with the @dumenillab.bsky.social at @pasteur.fr focused on the survival of pathogenic bacteria upon plasma exposure
Apply here :
emploi.cnrs.fr/Gestion/Offr...
Apply here :
emploi.cnrs.fr/Gestion/Offr...
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After D2449 by rdsA, now new methylations in E.coli rRNA under stress 💫
Hypoxia-induced D(5S)m2449 and Cm(5S)m2498 modifications in the 23S rRNA promotes protein synthesis #MicroSky #RNASky 🧪 www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
Hypoxia-induced ribosomal RNA modifications in the peptidyl-transferase center contribute to anaerobic growth of bacteria
Ishiguro et al. identify stereoselective ribose-backbone methylations in the peptidyl-transferase
center of E. coli ribosomes, installed by the cobalamin-dependent enzyme RlmX. These
methylations, tog...
www.cell.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
After D2449 by rdsA, now new methylations in E.coli rRNA under stress 💫
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🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research
The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...
research.pasteur.fr
December 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines
Special interest: AI methodologies
📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026
👥 2-12 years post-PhD
Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea...
#JobOpportunity #Research
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Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing soon 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing soon 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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We have an open call for a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging in Würzburg, Germany.
Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please spread the word.
Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please spread the word.
Group Leader (f/m/d) at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging - Würzburg (Stadt), Bayern (DE) job with University of Würzburg - Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative a...
The Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging (RVZ) ist now inviting applications for the position of Group Leader (f/m/d).
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We have an open call for a group leader at the Rudolf Virchow Center for Integrative and Translational Bioimaging in Würzburg, Germany.
Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please spread the word.
Generous starting package, vibrant and highly interdisciplinary biomedical research environment.
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Please spread the word.
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Are you interested in cytoskeleton and looking for a postdoc position? I will be advertising positions in the new year but happy to chat in person if you are attending ASCB @ascbiology.bsky.social in Philadelphia. Just drop me a line.
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Are you interested in cytoskeleton and looking for a postdoc position? I will be advertising positions in the new year but happy to chat in person if you are attending ASCB @ascbiology.bsky.social in Philadelphia. Just drop me a line.
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"Cell la vie!" meeting is back!📅
The French Society for Cell Biology is pleased to announce that the next edition will take place on October 21-23, 2026 in Paris.
This year will focus on the needs & challenges to explore the life sciences with an highlight on the role of microscopy. 🔬
Stay tuned!
The French Society for Cell Biology is pleased to announce that the next edition will take place on October 21-23, 2026 in Paris.
This year will focus on the needs & challenges to explore the life sciences with an highlight on the role of microscopy. 🔬
Stay tuned!
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Cell la vie!" meeting is back!📅
The French Society for Cell Biology is pleased to announce that the next edition will take place on October 21-23, 2026 in Paris.
This year will focus on the needs & challenges to explore the life sciences with an highlight on the role of microscopy. 🔬
Stay tuned!
The French Society for Cell Biology is pleased to announce that the next edition will take place on October 21-23, 2026 in Paris.
This year will focus on the needs & challenges to explore the life sciences with an highlight on the role of microscopy. 🔬
Stay tuned!
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International Call: recruitment of an Early-Career Team Leader in Virology at CIRI!
For further information: ciri.ens-lyon.fr/nous-rejoind...
For further information: ciri.ens-lyon.fr/nous-rejoind...
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
International Call: recruitment of an Early-Career Team Leader in Virology at CIRI!
For further information: ciri.ens-lyon.fr/nous-rejoind...
For further information: ciri.ens-lyon.fr/nous-rejoind...
Thrilled to share that neutrophils produce extra long fibrillar components named proteoglycofili or PGF. PGF are released by living neutrophils and do not contain DNA. They might look like NETs but are not NETs…
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Proteoglycofili are glycosaminoglycan-containing fibrillar components released by neutrophils to neutralize bacteria
Alternative to the formation of NETs, André et al. describe here that viable neutrophils
may release a fibrillar component named proteoglycofili or PGF upon stimulation. PGF
formation is associated wi...
www.cell.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Thrilled to share that neutrophils produce extra long fibrillar components named proteoglycofili or PGF. PGF are released by living neutrophils and do not contain DNA. They might look like NETs but are not NETs…
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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We'll bring the food, you bring the #science!
Call for #abstracts - www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...
#Shigella #Microsky #IDsky
Call for #abstracts - www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...
#Shigella #Microsky #IDsky
Are you hungry for some Shigella news? Why not come to the 1st International Shigella meeting www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home 20-24 April 2026 Paris
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We'll bring the food, you bring the #science!
Call for #abstracts - www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...
#Shigella #Microsky #IDsky
Call for #abstracts - www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...
#Shigella #Microsky #IDsky
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Secreting bacteria undergo drastic changes.
We found that in Yersinia, T3SS activation triggers rapid, large-scale reorganisation of chromosomal and plasmid DNA. This links secretion to growth inhibition-revealing a new connection between virulence and bacterial cell biology.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
We found that in Yersinia, T3SS activation triggers rapid, large-scale reorganisation of chromosomal and plasmid DNA. This links secretion to growth inhibition-revealing a new connection between virulence and bacterial cell biology.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Secreting bacteria undergo drastic changes.
We found that in Yersinia, T3SS activation triggers rapid, large-scale reorganisation of chromosomal and plasmid DNA. This links secretion to growth inhibition-revealing a new connection between virulence and bacterial cell biology.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
We found that in Yersinia, T3SS activation triggers rapid, large-scale reorganisation of chromosomal and plasmid DNA. This links secretion to growth inhibition-revealing a new connection between virulence and bacterial cell biology.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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#Abstract submissions are open for The #Shigella Meeting! If you would like to be considered for a #travel #grant, abstracts are due December 16, 2025. Regular submissions due January 14, 2026. Show us your #science!
@shigellameeting.bsky.social
🦠 🧫🔬 #Microsky #IDsky
@shigellameeting.bsky.social
🦠 🧫🔬 #Microsky #IDsky
Call for abstracts - EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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My lab is recruiting a post-doc ! please share ! emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My lab is recruiting a post-doc ! please share ! emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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London interdisciplinary #PhD position now open with myself, @sergemostowylab.bsky.social, & @gmknght.bsky.social on #phage -bacteria-host immune dynamics for WHO priority bacterial pathogens #Klebsiella, #Shigella, and #Staph. Combines cellular microbiology, genomics, & mathematical modelling.
2026-27 Project (Dyson & Mostowy & Knight) - MRC London Intercollegiate Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
PHACTS: Unravelling PHAge-baCTeria-host immune dynamicS to inform phage therapy SUPERVISORY TEAM Supervisor Dr Zoe Dyson...
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
London interdisciplinary #PhD position now open with myself, @sergemostowylab.bsky.social, & @gmknght.bsky.social on #phage -bacteria-host immune dynamics for WHO priority bacterial pathogens #Klebsiella, #Shigella, and #Staph. Combines cellular microbiology, genomics, & mathematical modelling.
