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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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.
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An authoritative review on phagosome immunobiology by David Underhill and Kai Li. Highly recommend for anyone interested in innate immunity, antigen presentation, infection and host defense.
@cedarssinai.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eNIFY
@cedarssinai.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eNIFY
Phagocytosis: a process that shapes immune responses to engulfed meals
Nature Reviews Immunology - In this Review, Li and Underhill discuss recent advances in understanding the process of phagocytosis. The authors highlight how phagocytosis is integral for innate...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
An authoritative review on phagosome immunobiology by David Underhill and Kai Li. Highly recommend for anyone interested in innate immunity, antigen presentation, infection and host defense.
@cedarssinai.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eNIFY
@cedarssinai.bsky.social
rdcu.be/eNIFY
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🦠🔬🤖🧑💻 #mAIcrobe interface preview, a platform for #DeepLearning enabled bacterial image-based phenotyping. Check it out
💻: github.com/HenriquesLab...
📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
💻: github.com/HenriquesLab...
📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🦠🔬🤖🧑💻 #mAIcrobe interface preview, a platform for #DeepLearning enabled bacterial image-based phenotyping. Check it out
💻: github.com/HenriquesLab...
📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
💻: github.com/HenriquesLab...
📄: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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#EveryCellIsAnImmuneCell! Luchetti @rauchlab.bksy.social Dixit &co show @nature.com that enteropathogenic bacteria evolved a virulence factor that degrades non-canonical #inflammasome & targets ROCKs necessary for luminal extrusion of infected intestinal #epithelial cells, favoring bacterial growth!
Enteropathogenic bacteria evade ROCK-driven epithelial cell extrusion - Nature
The bacterial ubiquitin ligase NleL evades host defence mechanisms both by inhibiting pyroptosis and by preventing infected intestinal epithelial cells from being extruded into the lumen and expelled ...
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#EveryCellIsAnImmuneCell! Luchetti @rauchlab.bksy.social Dixit &co show @nature.com that enteropathogenic bacteria evolved a virulence factor that degrades non-canonical #inflammasome & targets ROCKs necessary for luminal extrusion of infected intestinal #epithelial cells, favoring bacterial growth!
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Don't let the bug's virulence fill you with dread,
When gourmet French dining awaits you instead.
So pack up your notes and your best, clever wits,
To discuss all the bug's crafty cellular tricks!
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social
When gourmet French dining awaits you instead.
So pack up your notes and your best, clever wits,
To discuss all the bug's crafty cellular tricks!
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social
Home - EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Don't let the bug's virulence fill you with dread,
When gourmet French dining awaits you instead.
So pack up your notes and your best, clever wits,
To discuss all the bug's crafty cellular tricks!
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social
When gourmet French dining awaits you instead.
So pack up your notes and your best, clever wits,
To discuss all the bug's crafty cellular tricks!
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social
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This 👇 👇 👇
Why attend the @shigellameeting.bsky.social in 6 months you ask? (🧵) 🦠 🧫 🔬 #Microsky #IDsky
What a question and a grand request,
To muse on why scientists should travel for a pest!
Forget lonely lab benches and the pipette's cold song,
There are better pursuits for which researchers long.
What a question and a grand request,
To muse on why scientists should travel for a pest!
Forget lonely lab benches and the pipette's cold song,
There are better pursuits for which researchers long.
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This 👇 👇 👇
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#WeekendRead! #ToSenseOrNotToSense! #MysterySolved! Berouti, Wagner, Carell, @v-hornung.bsky.social &co show @cp-cell.bsky.social that RNase T2 & PLDs generate #TLR7 & #TLR8 agonistic ligands only if RNA does not contains pseudouridines explaining avoidance of self RNA sensing!
Pseudouridine RNA avoids immune detection through impaired endolysosomal processing and TLR engagement
Recognition of exogenous RNA by Toll-like receptors (TLRs) is central to pathogen defense. Using two distinct binding pockets, TLR7 and TLR8 recognize…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#WeekendRead! #ToSenseOrNotToSense! #MysterySolved! Berouti, Wagner, Carell, @v-hornung.bsky.social &co show @cp-cell.bsky.social that RNase T2 & PLDs generate #TLR7 & #TLR8 agonistic ligands only if RNA does not contains pseudouridines explaining avoidance of self RNA sensing!
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Join us for this exciting meeting! @embo.org Workshop "Pathogen Immunity and Signalling", 8-12 June, 2026, Leiden, The Netherlands meetings.embo.org/event/26-pat...
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Join us for this exciting meeting! @embo.org Workshop "Pathogen Immunity and Signalling", 8-12 June, 2026, Leiden, The Netherlands meetings.embo.org/event/26-pat...
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We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are recuiting two new Associate Professors here in Oxford Biochemistry. Come join us! Reach out to me if you have any questions. Please repost! tinyurl.com/mr3m7bd3
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New paper - MAPL strikes again! Interested in mitochondrial signalling, inflammation, lysosome biology, pyroptosis, and Parkinson's disease? Have a look, there's something for everyone! Feeling grateful! @mitocollier.bsky.social Funded by #CIHR, @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org.
rdcu.be/eKKz1 🇨🇦
rdcu.be/eKKz1 🇨🇦
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New paper - MAPL strikes again! Interested in mitochondrial signalling, inflammation, lysosome biology, pyroptosis, and Parkinson's disease? Have a look, there's something for everyone! Feeling grateful! @mitocollier.bsky.social Funded by #CIHR, @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org.
rdcu.be/eKKz1 🇨🇦
rdcu.be/eKKz1 🇨🇦
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Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
October 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Two group leader positions available in the broader areas of RNA science, RNA technologies, and RNA medicine. Attractive packages and a great environment. Come and join us at Helmholtz RNA Würzburg, Bavaria.
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Hope to see you in Belfast next June!
SAVE THE DATE!
The 2026 UK CellularMicrobiologyNetwork meeting will be held 22nd - 23rd of June at @wwiem-qub.bsky.social in Belfast.
Researchers from the UK and beyond are invited to share exciting work on the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions.
Follow us to stay tuned! www.ukcellmicro.org
The 2026 UK CellularMicrobiologyNetwork meeting will be held 22nd - 23rd of June at @wwiem-qub.bsky.social in Belfast.
Researchers from the UK and beyond are invited to share exciting work on the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions.
Follow us to stay tuned! www.ukcellmicro.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Hope to see you in Belfast next June!
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Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404
October 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Job alert ‼️ UChicago Micro is hiring! Open to tenured/tenure track faculty at all levels in any area of microbiology. Come join our amazing and growing department. apply.interfolio.com/174404
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A new paradigm for outer membrane protein biogenesis in the Bacteroidota www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
A new paradigm for outer membrane protein biogenesis in the Bacteroidota - Nature
Structural and biochemical studies of the β-barrel-assembly machinery from Flavobacterium johnsoniae reveal a subunit composition and assembly that are distinct from those of the canonical Escherichia coli complex.
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A new paradigm for outer membrane protein biogenesis in the Bacteroidota www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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A new study led by Sandrine Henri is out now in OncoImmunology. Authors characterized the prostate's immune landscape in healthy inidviduals and during cancer progression. Congratulations to 1st author Despoina Pervizou and all collaborators.
Characterization of the immune landscape in healthy mouse prostate and during prostate cancer progression
The immune landscape of healthy prostate and its alterations during prostate cancer (PCa) progression remain poorly characterized. Using scRNA-sequencing and multiparametric flow-cytometry analysis...
www.tandfonline.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A new study led by Sandrine Henri is out now in OncoImmunology. Authors characterized the prostate's immune landscape in healthy inidviduals and during cancer progression. Congratulations to 1st author Despoina Pervizou and all collaborators.
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EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬
The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩🔬🤓
The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩🔬🤓
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
EXCITING NEWS!! We're searching for a new professor colleague at the Biozentrum🇨🇭. Ideal candidates are exploring novel biological questions with structure, biophysics, or high-resolution imaging. 🧪 🧶🧬 🔬
The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩🔬🤓
The call closes Nov 3. Please get in touch if you would like more information. Come join us! 👩🔬🤓
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Open position !!
Either at the Engineer or post-doctoral level, to work on filamentous phages. Collaboration between Laetitia Houot's group and Thierry Doan @thicoz.bsky.social.
To apply at the E level:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
To apply at the post-doc level:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Either at the Engineer or post-doctoral level, to work on filamentous phages. Collaboration between Laetitia Houot's group and Thierry Doan @thicoz.bsky.social.
To apply at the E level:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
To apply at the post-doc level:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
September 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Open position !!
Either at the Engineer or post-doctoral level, to work on filamentous phages. Collaboration between Laetitia Houot's group and Thierry Doan @thicoz.bsky.social.
To apply at the E level:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
To apply at the post-doc level:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Either at the Engineer or post-doctoral level, to work on filamentous phages. Collaboration between Laetitia Houot's group and Thierry Doan @thicoz.bsky.social.
To apply at the E level:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
To apply at the post-doc level:
emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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What an amazing accomplishment of my colleague/lab neighbor Andrea Ablasser & her team => Citation Laureate on their incredible work on the cGAS-STING pathway together w/ Zhijian ‘James’ Chen & Glen Barber. Big congrats 🥳!!
clarivate.com/citation-lau...
clarivate.com/citation-lau...
2025 Citation Laureates in Physiology or Medicine | Nobel-Class Researchers | Clarivate
Explore the 2025 Citation Laureates in Physiology or Medicine — Nobel-class researchers recognized for groundbreaking discoveries that have advanced human health and biomedical science.
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September 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What an amazing accomplishment of my colleague/lab neighbor Andrea Ablasser & her team => Citation Laureate on their incredible work on the cGAS-STING pathway together w/ Zhijian ‘James’ Chen & Glen Barber. Big congrats 🥳!!
clarivate.com/citation-lau...
clarivate.com/citation-lau...
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We are hiring a postdoc in bacterial genomics and evolution.
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September 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
We are hiring a postdoc in bacterial genomics and evolution.
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Come and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Come and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!