📢 Save the Date!

The 2nd Nanopore Users Day will take place 🗓️10 March 2026 at the Duclaux Amphitheater, Institut Pasteur (Paris). This edition will be open to external participants!

👉 More details and registration info coming soon!

@chloebaum.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @nanoporetech.com

Almost there! Starting tomorrow morning (Paris time), the webinar on Bacterial strain Taxonomy for Genomic Surveillance organized within the ECDC sponsored GenEpi-BioTrain programme; registration is free; see more here: research.pasteur.fr/en/event/bac...

#diphtheria strain taxonomy: Life identification number (LIN) codes for the genomic taxonomy of Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains, by @josefdelgadoblas.bsky.social, Martin Rethoret-Pasty and myself, @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social al @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social

qPCR diagnosis of #diphtheria: you may be interested by our procedure, which is now widely used across European reference laboratories: www.protocols.io/view/identif... @EURLdiphtheriaPertussis thanks @chcrestani.bsky.social for releasing on protocols.io

A new report describes the genetic epidemiology and antimicrobial-resistance patterns of a surge of cases of 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘦 infection that was identified in migrant populations in Europe. Read the full report: nej.md/3HEF3ZS

#MedSky #IDSky

Thrilled to share our new @natcomms.nature.com paper “Microevolution and genomic epidemiology of the diphtheria-causing zoonotic pathogen Corynebacterium ulcerans” with @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social!

Read more ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@pasteur.fr #GenomicEpidemiology #Zoonoses #OneHealth

Had a great time in Luxembourg at the first Network meeting of the EURLs for Public Health! Huge thanks to @ecdc.europa.eu for making it possible for our EURL-PH on #diphtheria and #pertussis to meet in person and to connect with fellow EURLs! Looking forward to the next meeting! @pasteur.fr

Significant respiratory virus activity in the EU/EEA, with #influenza & #RSV epidemics ongoing.

Vaccination campaigns against respiratory pathogens continue in many EU/EEA countries, and people who are eligible for vaccination are encouraged to get vaccinated.

More info: erviss.org
#IDsky #EpiSky

In this blog @katholt.bsky.social sheds light on Klebsiella pneumoniae, a major cause of hospital-acquired infections 🦠 and a key player in the global antimicrobial resistance crisis.

📖 Read more: bit.ly/41gOzKF

@lshtm.bsky.social @megancarey.bsky.social @cmcrodrigues.bsky.social

Back in Argentina after the #KlebsiellaSymposium at @pasteur.fr. Grateful to the organizers @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social and @chcrestani.bsky.social for the opportunity to present my work on #Klebsiella in #Wastewater and to connect with brilliant researchers. Inspired and honored!

BIGSdb v1.49.1 has been released. This version improves the layout of user registration and admin pages, and provides the option to export LIN code prefixes of specified length in the Export plugin. BIGSdb powers the databases on pubmlst.org and bigsdb.pasteur.fr.

github.com/kjolley/BIGS...

Coming up next week - another part of our #GenEpiBioTrain online trainings!

This time we will focus on #RSV with the help of #InstitutePasteur.

The aim is to provide participants with in-depth knowledge of RSV, its genomic diversity, evolution, available treatments, & emerging vaccine strategies.

Thanks @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social for involving me in KlebNET-GSP as project manager 3y ago, it was a very enriching experience! Thanks to all the attendees of #KLEBS2024 for making this a great success, it was our best reward! And thanks to the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social for making it possible!