Bacteriophage Lab of Institut Pasteur
@phagepasteur.bsky.social
Our team is studying bacteriophages that are viruses infecting bacteria. Since 2006, Laurent Debarbieux has reignited a research lab about phage therapy following the pionnering work of Félix d'Herelle started in early 20th century.
TL,DR We had a good time visiting some of our Portuguese colleagues this week, where we talked #phage and ran into some old and new faces
Our visit had it all: good science, good food and even an unexpected seismic drill
You can read all about it on this thread 🧵
Our visit had it all: good science, good food and even an unexpected seismic drill
You can read all about it on this thread 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
TL,DR We had a good time visiting some of our Portuguese colleagues this week, where we talked #phage and ran into some old and new faces
Our visit had it all: good science, good food and even an unexpected seismic drill
You can read all about it on this thread 🧵
Our visit had it all: good science, good food and even an unexpected seismic drill
You can read all about it on this thread 🧵
Last week, part of our team was busy at Bioisi (U. of Lisbon @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social ), talking all things #phage and #prophage with our collaborator Filipa Vale
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Last week, part of our team was busy at Bioisi (U. of Lisbon @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social ), talking all things #phage and #prophage with our collaborator Filipa Vale
🔵⚪🔴 - Dans le cadre du groupe de travail ApprentiPhages (réseau Phages.fr), nous avons le plaisir de partager quelques vidéos pédagogiques sur nos virus favoris : www.canal-u.tv/chaines/phag...
D'autres thématiques phago-centrées à venir !
D'autres thématiques phago-centrées à venir !
November 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🔵⚪🔴 - Dans le cadre du groupe de travail ApprentiPhages (réseau Phages.fr), nous avons le plaisir de partager quelques vidéos pédagogiques sur nos virus favoris : www.canal-u.tv/chaines/phag...
D'autres thématiques phago-centrées à venir !
D'autres thématiques phago-centrées à venir !
As part of the ApprentiPhages working group (Phages.fr network), we are pleased to share some educational videos about our favorite viruses: www.canal-u.tv/chaines/phag...
More phage-related topics coming soon!
Note: the videos are in French!”
More phage-related topics coming soon!
Note: the videos are in French!”
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
As part of the ApprentiPhages working group (Phages.fr network), we are pleased to share some educational videos about our favorite viruses: www.canal-u.tv/chaines/phag...
More phage-related topics coming soon!
Note: the videos are in French!”
More phage-related topics coming soon!
Note: the videos are in French!”
TL;DR We had Microbiology department meeting this week @pasteur.fr !
Two full days of scientific discussion. If you wanna know what we talked about during those days, you can find it on this thread 🧵
Two full days of scientific discussion. If you wanna know what we talked about during those days, you can find it on this thread 🧵
We had a blast at the Microbiology department days @pasteur.fr where we got to learn what other people in our department are working on 🤓
The group also got to show some of our work to the whole department ✌️
The group also got to show some of our work to the whole department ✌️
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
TL;DR We had Microbiology department meeting this week @pasteur.fr !
Two full days of scientific discussion. If you wanna know what we talked about during those days, you can find it on this thread 🧵
Two full days of scientific discussion. If you wanna know what we talked about during those days, you can find it on this thread 🧵
We had a blast at the Microbiology department days @pasteur.fr where we got to learn what other people in our department are working on 🤓
The group also got to show some of our work to the whole department ✌️
The group also got to show some of our work to the whole department ✌️
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We had a blast at the Microbiology department days @pasteur.fr where we got to learn what other people in our department are working on 🤓
The group also got to show some of our work to the whole department ✌️
The group also got to show some of our work to the whole department ✌️
This week we're saying "bon voyage" to one of our PhD students (Quentin), who'll be leaving us for a few months, and an M2 student (Laura), who's finishing her internship
Good excuse to spend some quality time with the whole team outside the lab 😎
Thanks for the hard work!! You'll be missed
Good excuse to spend some quality time with the whole team outside the lab 😎
Thanks for the hard work!! You'll be missed
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This week we're saying "bon voyage" to one of our PhD students (Quentin), who'll be leaving us for a few months, and an M2 student (Laura), who's finishing her internship
Good excuse to spend some quality time with the whole team outside the lab 😎
Thanks for the hard work!! You'll be missed
Good excuse to spend some quality time with the whole team outside the lab 😎
Thanks for the hard work!! You'll be missed
We saw this doing the rounds and we thought we'd share with you some of our thoughts and questions on it, since it's likely to be a highly impactful (and cool) work.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📝-Premise
✅-Pros
🚫-Cons
❓-Questions
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📝-Premise
✅-Pros
🚫-Cons
❓-Questions
Generative design of novel bacteriophages with genome language models
Many important biological functions arise not from single genes, but from complex interactions encoded by entire genomes. Genome language models have emerged as a promising strategy for designing biol...
www.biorxiv.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We saw this doing the rounds and we thought we'd share with you some of our thoughts and questions on it, since it's likely to be a highly impactful (and cool) work.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📝-Premise
✅-Pros
🚫-Cons
❓-Questions
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📝-Premise
✅-Pros
🚫-Cons
❓-Questions
🔵⚪🔴 Nous avons eu quelques visites intéressantes aujourd'hui au labo BBH 🎥
Le chef a fait du bon travail ; il paraît qu'il sera sélectionné pour le prochain projet Spielberg 😎
J'ai hâte de partager plus d'informations avec vous prochainement
Le chef a fait du bon travail ; il paraît qu'il sera sélectionné pour le prochain projet Spielberg 😎
J'ai hâte de partager plus d'informations avec vous prochainement
September 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
🔵⚪🔴 Nous avons eu quelques visites intéressantes aujourd'hui au labo BBH 🎥
Le chef a fait du bon travail ; il paraît qu'il sera sélectionné pour le prochain projet Spielberg 😎
J'ai hâte de partager plus d'informations avec vous prochainement
Le chef a fait du bon travail ; il paraît qu'il sera sélectionné pour le prochain projet Spielberg 😎
J'ai hâte de partager plus d'informations avec vous prochainement
ENG - We had a couple on interesting visits today at the BBH lab 🎥
The boss did a pretty good job, word on the street is he'll be in line for the next Spielberg project 😎
Looking forward to share more with you in the near future
The boss did a pretty good job, word on the street is he'll be in line for the next Spielberg project 😎
Looking forward to share more with you in the near future
September 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
ENG - We had a couple on interesting visits today at the BBH lab 🎥
The boss did a pretty good job, word on the street is he'll be in line for the next Spielberg project 😎
Looking forward to share more with you in the near future
The boss did a pretty good job, word on the street is he'll be in line for the next Spielberg project 😎
Looking forward to share more with you in the near future
🔵⚪🔴 - C'est la "Postdoc appreciation week"(PAW !!!) à @pasteur.fr 🥳
Nous avons actuellement deux postdoctorants au BBH lab : Nandita et Alejandro.
Ils travaillent en tandem avec des candidats au PhD et des étudiants en master tout en se préparant à la prochaine étape de leur carrière
Nous avons actuellement deux postdoctorants au BBH lab : Nandita et Alejandro.
Ils travaillent en tandem avec des candidats au PhD et des étudiants en master tout en se préparant à la prochaine étape de leur carrière
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🔵⚪🔴 - C'est la "Postdoc appreciation week"(PAW !!!) à @pasteur.fr 🥳
Nous avons actuellement deux postdoctorants au BBH lab : Nandita et Alejandro.
Ils travaillent en tandem avec des candidats au PhD et des étudiants en master tout en se préparant à la prochaine étape de leur carrière
Nous avons actuellement deux postdoctorants au BBH lab : Nandita et Alejandro.
Ils travaillent en tandem avec des candidats au PhD et des étudiants en master tout en se préparant à la prochaine étape de leur carrière
ENG - It's Postdoc appreciation week (PAW!!!) at @pasteur.fr 🥳
Currently, we have 2 postdocs at the BBH lab, Nandita and Alejandro
As early career researchers, they work in tandem with PhD candidates and master students while preparing for the next stage in their careers
Currently, we have 2 postdocs at the BBH lab, Nandita and Alejandro
As early career researchers, they work in tandem with PhD candidates and master students while preparing for the next stage in their careers
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
ENG - It's Postdoc appreciation week (PAW!!!) at @pasteur.fr 🥳
Currently, we have 2 postdocs at the BBH lab, Nandita and Alejandro
As early career researchers, they work in tandem with PhD candidates and master students while preparing for the next stage in their careers
Currently, we have 2 postdocs at the BBH lab, Nandita and Alejandro
As early career researchers, they work in tandem with PhD candidates and master students while preparing for the next stage in their careers
ENG - It's shaping up to be a busy week at the BBH lab!
We're not sure if the boss ordered enough plates, though 🤔
Good Monday, everyone!!
We're not sure if the boss ordered enough plates, though 🤔
Good Monday, everyone!!
September 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
ENG - It's shaping up to be a busy week at the BBH lab!
We're not sure if the boss ordered enough plates, though 🤔
Good Monday, everyone!!
We're not sure if the boss ordered enough plates, though 🤔
Good Monday, everyone!!
🔵⚪🔴 #meettheteam Pour finir en beauté, voici celui que vous attendiez tous... LE CHEF !!!
Laurent Debarbieux a relancé une activité de recherche sur la phagothérapie à @pasteur.fr depuis 2006. Une aventure qui se poursuit aujourd'hui avec toute l'équipe !
Laurent Debarbieux a relancé une activité de recherche sur la phagothérapie à @pasteur.fr depuis 2006. Une aventure qui se poursuit aujourd'hui avec toute l'équipe !
September 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🔵⚪🔴 #meettheteam Pour finir en beauté, voici celui que vous attendiez tous... LE CHEF !!!
Laurent Debarbieux a relancé une activité de recherche sur la phagothérapie à @pasteur.fr depuis 2006. Une aventure qui se poursuit aujourd'hui avec toute l'équipe !
Laurent Debarbieux a relancé une activité de recherche sur la phagothérapie à @pasteur.fr depuis 2006. Une aventure qui se poursuit aujourd'hui avec toute l'équipe !
ENG- Last, but definitely not least, in our #meettheteam series, it's the one you've all been waiting for ........... THE BOSS!!
Laurent Debarbieux has reignited a phage therapy research lab at @pasteur.fr since 2006 and it's been quite the ride (if we may say so ourselves)
Laurent Debarbieux has reignited a phage therapy research lab at @pasteur.fr since 2006 and it's been quite the ride (if we may say so ourselves)
September 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
ENG- Last, but definitely not least, in our #meettheteam series, it's the one you've all been waiting for ........... THE BOSS!!
Laurent Debarbieux has reignited a phage therapy research lab at @pasteur.fr since 2006 and it's been quite the ride (if we may say so ourselves)
Laurent Debarbieux has reignited a phage therapy research lab at @pasteur.fr since 2006 and it's been quite the ride (if we may say so ourselves)
🔵⚪🔴Si vous nous suivez depuis un certain temps, vous reconnaîtrez peut-être ce membre de notre équipe, qui figurait dans notre tout premier post
Nicolas Dufour est un chercheur associé qui partage son temps entre le laboratoire BBH et son travail clinique dans une unité de soins intensifs
Nicolas Dufour est un chercheur associé qui partage son temps entre le laboratoire BBH et son travail clinique dans une unité de soins intensifs
September 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🔵⚪🔴Si vous nous suivez depuis un certain temps, vous reconnaîtrez peut-être ce membre de notre équipe, qui figurait dans notre tout premier post
Nicolas Dufour est un chercheur associé qui partage son temps entre le laboratoire BBH et son travail clinique dans une unité de soins intensifs
Nicolas Dufour est un chercheur associé qui partage son temps entre le laboratoire BBH et son travail clinique dans une unité de soins intensifs
#meettheteam If you've been following us for a bit, you might recognize this member of our team, who was featured on our very first post
Nicolas Dufour is an associated researcher who splits his time between the BBH lab and his clinical work at an intensive care unit
Nicolas Dufour is an associated researcher who splits his time between the BBH lab and his clinical work at an intensive care unit
September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#meettheteam If you've been following us for a bit, you might recognize this member of our team, who was featured on our very first post
Nicolas Dufour is an associated researcher who splits his time between the BBH lab and his clinical work at an intensive care unit
Nicolas Dufour is an associated researcher who splits his time between the BBH lab and his clinical work at an intensive care unit
🔵⚪🔴Félicitations à notre chère Camille Sivelle, qui a soutenu son mémoire de M2 aujourd'hui! 🥳
Son travail portait sur l'étude de l'émergence de la résistance aux phages dans différentes souches de bactéries. Nous ne savons toujours pas comment elle a réussi à présenter toutes ses données en 15 min
Son travail portait sur l'étude de l'émergence de la résistance aux phages dans différentes souches de bactéries. Nous ne savons toujours pas comment elle a réussi à présenter toutes ses données en 15 min
September 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🔵⚪🔴Félicitations à notre chère Camille Sivelle, qui a soutenu son mémoire de M2 aujourd'hui! 🥳
Son travail portait sur l'étude de l'émergence de la résistance aux phages dans différentes souches de bactéries. Nous ne savons toujours pas comment elle a réussi à présenter toutes ses données en 15 min
Son travail portait sur l'étude de l'émergence de la résistance aux phages dans différentes souches de bactéries. Nous ne savons toujours pas comment elle a réussi à présenter toutes ses données en 15 min
ENG- Congratulations are in order for our very own Camille Sivelle, who had her M2 defense today!!🥳
Her work was a thorough study of the emergence of phage resistance in different strains of bacteria, using wet lab methods. We're still not quite sure how she managed to fit all her data in 15 slides
Her work was a thorough study of the emergence of phage resistance in different strains of bacteria, using wet lab methods. We're still not quite sure how she managed to fit all her data in 15 slides
September 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
ENG- Congratulations are in order for our very own Camille Sivelle, who had her M2 defense today!!🥳
Her work was a thorough study of the emergence of phage resistance in different strains of bacteria, using wet lab methods. We're still not quite sure how she managed to fit all her data in 15 slides
Her work was a thorough study of the emergence of phage resistance in different strains of bacteria, using wet lab methods. We're still not quite sure how she managed to fit all her data in 15 slides
FRA 🔴⚪🔵 #notreéquipe Saviez-vous que >480 Postdocs travaillent chez @pasteur.fr? Aujourd'hui, vous allez rencontrer l'un d'entre eux!
Voici José Alejandro Bohorquez @bohorquezalejo.bsky.social qui travaille chez nous depuis 6 mois et étudie l'effet de l'immunité sur la phagothérapie dans les poumons
Voici José Alejandro Bohorquez @bohorquezalejo.bsky.social qui travaille chez nous depuis 6 mois et étudie l'effet de l'immunité sur la phagothérapie dans les poumons
September 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
FRA 🔴⚪🔵 #notreéquipe Saviez-vous que >480 Postdocs travaillent chez @pasteur.fr? Aujourd'hui, vous allez rencontrer l'un d'entre eux!
Voici José Alejandro Bohorquez @bohorquezalejo.bsky.social qui travaille chez nous depuis 6 mois et étudie l'effet de l'immunité sur la phagothérapie dans les poumons
Voici José Alejandro Bohorquez @bohorquezalejo.bsky.social qui travaille chez nous depuis 6 mois et étudie l'effet de l'immunité sur la phagothérapie dans les poumons
ENG- #meettheteam Did you know that there are >480 Postdocs working at @pasteur.fr ??? Today you get to meet one of them!
This is Jose Alejandro Bohorquez (@bohorquezalejo.bsky.social), he's been at our lab for 6 months, studying the effect of immunity on phage therapy for lung bacterial infections
This is Jose Alejandro Bohorquez (@bohorquezalejo.bsky.social), he's been at our lab for 6 months, studying the effect of immunity on phage therapy for lung bacterial infections
September 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
ENG- #meettheteam Did you know that there are >480 Postdocs working at @pasteur.fr ??? Today you get to meet one of them!
This is Jose Alejandro Bohorquez (@bohorquezalejo.bsky.social), he's been at our lab for 6 months, studying the effect of immunity on phage therapy for lung bacterial infections
This is Jose Alejandro Bohorquez (@bohorquezalejo.bsky.social), he's been at our lab for 6 months, studying the effect of immunity on phage therapy for lung bacterial infections
#meettheteam Meet Caroline Henrot, another member of our "Gut" team
She's a 3rd year PhD candidate, working between the BBH and MICALIS @inrae-france.bsky.social
Her research focuses on signaling involved in sustained prophage induction in the gut
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Have we mentioned prophages are COOL???😎
She's a 3rd year PhD candidate, working between the BBH and MICALIS @inrae-france.bsky.social
Her research focuses on signaling involved in sustained prophage induction in the gut
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Have we mentioned prophages are COOL???😎
August 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
#meettheteam Meet Caroline Henrot, another member of our "Gut" team
She's a 3rd year PhD candidate, working between the BBH and MICALIS @inrae-france.bsky.social
Her research focuses on signaling involved in sustained prophage induction in the gut
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.
.
.
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Have we mentioned prophages are COOL???😎
She's a 3rd year PhD candidate, working between the BBH and MICALIS @inrae-france.bsky.social
Her research focuses on signaling involved in sustained prophage induction in the gut
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.
.
.
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Have we mentioned prophages are COOL???😎
#meettheteam A lot of the work for a research lab is not ACTUALLY performed on the bench, that's why it helps to have a good administrative assistant!!
At the BBH we're lucky to have Eric Figueroa-Acosta helping us out with the (many) administrative tasks needed for the daily functioning of the lab
At the BBH we're lucky to have Eric Figueroa-Acosta helping us out with the (many) administrative tasks needed for the daily functioning of the lab
August 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
#meettheteam A lot of the work for a research lab is not ACTUALLY performed on the bench, that's why it helps to have a good administrative assistant!!
At the BBH we're lucky to have Eric Figueroa-Acosta helping us out with the (many) administrative tasks needed for the daily functioning of the lab
At the BBH we're lucky to have Eric Figueroa-Acosta helping us out with the (many) administrative tasks needed for the daily functioning of the lab
NEW LAB MEMBER THIS WEEK!!!!!🥳
We'll be hosting Melissa Umaña, a biotech student from The Costa Rica Institute of Technology, from now until December
Always nice to see a new face around the lab
#BBHPasteur
We'll be hosting Melissa Umaña, a biotech student from The Costa Rica Institute of Technology, from now until December
Always nice to see a new face around the lab
#BBHPasteur
August 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
NEW LAB MEMBER THIS WEEK!!!!!🥳
We'll be hosting Melissa Umaña, a biotech student from The Costa Rica Institute of Technology, from now until December
Always nice to see a new face around the lab
#BBHPasteur
We'll be hosting Melissa Umaña, a biotech student from The Costa Rica Institute of Technology, from now until December
Always nice to see a new face around the lab
#BBHPasteur
It's fair to say that the subject of today's #meettheteam spotlight, Marie Messika, performs some of the most eye-catching work in the lab
We don't have enough characters to ellaborate so we'll just summarize it with emojis for now
💩🦠➡️🐭
#BBHPasteur
We don't have enough characters to ellaborate so we'll just summarize it with emojis for now
💩🦠➡️🐭
#BBHPasteur
August 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's fair to say that the subject of today's #meettheteam spotlight, Marie Messika, performs some of the most eye-catching work in the lab
We don't have enough characters to ellaborate so we'll just summarize it with emojis for now
💩🦠➡️🐭
#BBHPasteur
We don't have enough characters to ellaborate so we'll just summarize it with emojis for now
💩🦠➡️🐭
#BBHPasteur