Claire Lavergne, MSc
@clavergne-anth.bsky.social
PhD UPCité @camilleberthelot.bsky.social 🫄🧬 | GW CASHP alumn 🐒🧬 | editor-in-chief @piplettesmagazine.bsky.social | comparative genomics + science communication | they/il+elle | eng/fr | views my own
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Humans took two routes to reach the ancient landmass Sahul about 60,000 years ago.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3XOFMwn
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3XOFMwn
Genomic evidence supports the “long chronology” for the peopling of Sahul
Genome data provide support for the first settlement of Australia and New Guinea via at least two routes by 60,000 years ago.
scim.ag
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Humans took two routes to reach the ancient landmass Sahul about 60,000 years ago.
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3XOFMwn
Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/3XOFMwn
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I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
GitHub - alanrogers/popgen: A course on population genetics
A course on population genetics. Contribute to alanrogers/popgen development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I taught (and co-taught) a course on human population genetics from 2000-2024. Having retired, I'm now making all the course materials public: github.com/alanrogers/p... #popgen #evbio
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We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
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"Echoes of eugenics: confronting its effects in indigenous genomics" is a particularly important essay given the recent spate of human genetic engineering startups...
🧪 #Science #BlueSkyScience #AcademicBluesky #BioSky
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
🧪 #Science #BlueSkyScience #AcademicBluesky #BioSky
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
Echoes of eugenics: confronting its effects in indigenous genomics
This article explores the legacy of eugenics and its harmful impact on Indigenous peoples of North America. It examines how genetics research historically
academic.oup.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Echoes of eugenics: confronting its effects in indigenous genomics" is a particularly important essay given the recent spate of human genetic engineering startups...
🧪 #Science #BlueSkyScience #AcademicBluesky #BioSky
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
🧪 #Science #BlueSkyScience #AcademicBluesky #BioSky
academic.oup.com/genetics/art...
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Did you know? Octopuses can dream, solve puzzles, and recognize faces! 🐙 🧠
But how did such intelligence evolve?
✨Maite, PhD student at Pasteur Institute, wrote an article about this!
👉Find it on our website
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/brains-...
But how did such intelligence evolve?
✨Maite, PhD student at Pasteur Institute, wrote an article about this!
👉Find it on our website
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/brains-...
Brains evolve differently underwater
Cephalopods—squid, octopuses, cuttlefish, and nautiluses—are the most intelligent and agile of all mollusks, boasting extraordinary adaptations for predation, locomotion, and communication. Despite th...
www.piplettes-pasteur.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Did you know? Octopuses can dream, solve puzzles, and recognize faces! 🐙 🧠
But how did such intelligence evolve?
✨Maite, PhD student at Pasteur Institute, wrote an article about this!
👉Find it on our website
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/brains-...
But how did such intelligence evolve?
✨Maite, PhD student at Pasteur Institute, wrote an article about this!
👉Find it on our website
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/brains-...
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Incredibly proud of @eulalieliorzou.bsky.social who is receiving the L'Oreal-Unesco Prize for Women in Science for her trailblazing PhD work on menstruation and its associated diseases!
www.pasteur.fr/fr/espace-pr...
www.pasteur.fr/fr/espace-pr...
Six chercheuses pasteuriennes reçoivent le Prix Jeunes Talents France 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO Pour les Femmes et la Science
Six chercheuses de l’Institut Pasteur viennent de recevoir, le 8 octobre 2025, le Prix Jeunes Talents France 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO Pour les Femmes et la Science.
www.pasteur.fr
October 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Incredibly proud of @eulalieliorzou.bsky.social who is receiving the L'Oreal-Unesco Prize for Women in Science for her trailblazing PhD work on menstruation and its associated diseases!
www.pasteur.fr/fr/espace-pr...
www.pasteur.fr/fr/espace-pr...
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🇫🇷 Le savais-tu ? Ton système immunitaire a une école: le thymus! Là, les cellules T apprennent qui combattreet surtout qui épargner✨
🇬🇧 Did you know? Your immune system has a school: the thymus! There, T cells learn who to fightand, importantly, who not to✨
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/sweetbr...
🇬🇧 Did you know? Your immune system has a school: the thymus! There, T cells learn who to fightand, importantly, who not to✨
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/sweetbr...
Sweetbread, à la Immune System
Here’s a recipe straight from our body’s cookbook: how to train immune cells to efficiently eliminate invading viruses and bacteria, while leaving our own cells unharmed. The star ingredient? The thym...
www.piplettes-pasteur.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🇫🇷 Le savais-tu ? Ton système immunitaire a une école: le thymus! Là, les cellules T apprennent qui combattreet surtout qui épargner✨
🇬🇧 Did you know? Your immune system has a school: the thymus! There, T cells learn who to fightand, importantly, who not to✨
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/sweetbr...
🇬🇧 Did you know? Your immune system has a school: the thymus! There, T cells learn who to fightand, importantly, who not to✨
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/sweetbr...
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Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes?
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Please reach out if you have any questions!
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Please reach out if you have any questions!
August 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes?
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Please reach out if you have any questions!
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Please reach out if you have any questions!
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🌈 United for diversity in science 🌈
Researchers from Institut Pasteur joined the 2025 Pride March alongside @institutcurie.bsky.social, Les Cordeliers Research Center, @institutcochin.bsky.social @institutimagine.bsky.social
👩🔬 Because diverse labs make better science.
#DiversityInScience
Researchers from Institut Pasteur joined the 2025 Pride March alongside @institutcurie.bsky.social, Les Cordeliers Research Center, @institutcochin.bsky.social @institutimagine.bsky.social
👩🔬 Because diverse labs make better science.
#DiversityInScience
June 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🌈 United for diversity in science 🌈
Researchers from Institut Pasteur joined the 2025 Pride March alongside @institutcurie.bsky.social, Les Cordeliers Research Center, @institutcochin.bsky.social @institutimagine.bsky.social
👩🔬 Because diverse labs make better science.
#DiversityInScience
Researchers from Institut Pasteur joined the 2025 Pride March alongside @institutcurie.bsky.social, Les Cordeliers Research Center, @institutcochin.bsky.social @institutimagine.bsky.social
👩🔬 Because diverse labs make better science.
#DiversityInScience
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THREAD: It’s with deep regret we share the news that SAPIENS will halt publication of new content by the end of this year. We are so proud of everything SAPIENS has achieved and for our role in furthering public anthropology. Wenner-Gren’s letter to our community. wennergren.org/important-ne...
THREAD: It’s with deep regret we share the news that SAPIENS will halt publication of new content by the end of this year. We are so proud of everything SAPIENS has achieved and for our role in furthering public anthropology. Wenner-Gren’s letter to our community. wennergren.org/important-ne...
Important News about SAPIENS
wennergren.org
July 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
1/
THREAD: It’s with deep regret we share the news that SAPIENS will halt publication of new content by the end of this year. We are so proud of everything SAPIENS has achieved and for our role in furthering public anthropology. Wenner-Gren’s letter to our community. wennergren.org/important-ne...
THREAD: It’s with deep regret we share the news that SAPIENS will halt publication of new content by the end of this year. We are so proud of everything SAPIENS has achieved and for our role in furthering public anthropology. Wenner-Gren’s letter to our community. wennergren.org/important-ne...
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do any other Black or brown people with endometriosis follow me? There's a study you might want to sign up for paying $100
July 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
do any other Black or brown people with endometriosis follow me? There's a study you might want to sign up for paying $100
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Une des plus grandes institutions culturelles scientifiques de ce pays est en danger.
👉Une pétition pour le Palais de la découverte
chng.it/XsXjczbN55
👉Une pétition pour le Palais de la découverte
chng.it/XsXjczbN55
Cette campagne a besoin de vous
Sauvons le Palais de la découverte
chng.it
June 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Une des plus grandes institutions culturelles scientifiques de ce pays est en danger.
👉Une pétition pour le Palais de la découverte
chng.it/XsXjczbN55
👉Une pétition pour le Palais de la découverte
chng.it/XsXjczbN55
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« La fermeture du Palais de la découverte ou sa réduction serait une perte pour l’ensemble de la communauté internationale »
« La fermeture du Palais de la découverte ou sa réduction serait une perte pour l’ensemble de la communauté internationale »
Dans une tribune au « Monde », une cinquantaine de représentants d’institutions scientifiques internationales appellent la France à garantir l’avenir du Palais de la découverte.
www.lemonde.fr
June 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
« La fermeture du Palais de la découverte ou sa réduction serait une perte pour l’ensemble de la communauté internationale »
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🚨With some delay, we're excited to announce that our proposal for a MSCA Doctoral Network on Evolutionary Medical Genomics (EvoMG-DN) got funded! 🎉
🧬 14 labs and 2 companies across 7 European countries will be coordinated by the EvoMG Joint Program at @crg.eu & @upf.edu.
europa.eu/!NNq63m
🧬 14 labs and 2 companies across 7 European countries will be coordinated by the EvoMG Joint Program at @crg.eu & @upf.edu.
europa.eu/!NNq63m
May 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🚨With some delay, we're excited to announce that our proposal for a MSCA Doctoral Network on Evolutionary Medical Genomics (EvoMG-DN) got funded! 🎉
🧬 14 labs and 2 companies across 7 European countries will be coordinated by the EvoMG Joint Program at @crg.eu & @upf.edu.
europa.eu/!NNq63m
🧬 14 labs and 2 companies across 7 European countries will be coordinated by the EvoMG Joint Program at @crg.eu & @upf.edu.
europa.eu/!NNq63m
If you are an EU citizen, please sign this petition to ban “conversion therapy” in member countries!
Please share - the petition ends in 4 days and the goal is still some ways away
#LGBTinSTEM
Please share - the petition ends in 4 days and the goal is still some ways away
#LGBTinSTEM
Please help ban LGBTQ conversion therapy!
Great news! Éire joins Finland & France as only EU countries to reach the threshold, now 4 more are needed. Closest are Belgium (57%), DK (34%), Germany (34%), NL (48%) & Slovenia (48%).
So please share widely: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
Great news! Éire joins Finland & France as only EU countries to reach the threshold, now 4 more are needed. Closest are Belgium (57%), DK (34%), Germany (34%), NL (48%) & Slovenia (48%).
So please share widely: eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you are an EU citizen, please sign this petition to ban “conversion therapy” in member countries!
Please share - the petition ends in 4 days and the goal is still some ways away
#LGBTinSTEM
Please share - the petition ends in 4 days and the goal is still some ways away
#LGBTinSTEM
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New article alert!
Ever met someone who looks exactly like you? Science says it’s more than a coincidence!
Read more on the science of look alikes in our latest piece, written by Silvia, PhD student in epigenetics🧬
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/you-may...
Ever met someone who looks exactly like you? Science says it’s more than a coincidence!
Read more on the science of look alikes in our latest piece, written by Silvia, PhD student in epigenetics🧬
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/you-may...
You may have a twin and you don’t know it: the science of look-alikes
Perhaps someone has already told you that you look like someone else, but is it actually true? It is! Science suggests that there is someone in the world that looks like you and that even shares your ...
www.piplettes-pasteur.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New article alert!
Ever met someone who looks exactly like you? Science says it’s more than a coincidence!
Read more on the science of look alikes in our latest piece, written by Silvia, PhD student in epigenetics🧬
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/you-may...
Ever met someone who looks exactly like you? Science says it’s more than a coincidence!
Read more on the science of look alikes in our latest piece, written by Silvia, PhD student in epigenetics🧬
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/you-may...
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My new book, “Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary” publishes today from @princetonupress.bsky.social My goal in writing this book is to facilitate a better conversation. A short thread…
May 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My new book, “Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary” publishes today from @princetonupress.bsky.social My goal in writing this book is to facilitate a better conversation. A short thread…
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🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!!
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
Research.gov :: GRFP
www.research.gov
April 8, 2025 at 4:22 AM
🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!!
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
But...good news and bad news.
👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.
👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%
(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)
See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...
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Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted.
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust
Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway.
go.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted.
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway
https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG
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Cellular microbiology is all about how microbes and cells interact💥
Hit the link to learn more about it in our latest article!📚
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/extreme...
Hit the link to learn more about it in our latest article!📚
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/extreme...
What is a cellular microbiologist?
Do you want to know more about what a cellular microbiologist studies? Join me on an incredible journey where we'll explore the fascinating microscopic world of cell invasion by pathogens, and compare...
www.piplettes-pasteur.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Cellular microbiology is all about how microbes and cells interact💥
Hit the link to learn more about it in our latest article!📚
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/extreme...
Hit the link to learn more about it in our latest article!📚
www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/extreme...
if you’d like to chat about NK cells, menstruation, or gene/trait co-evolution, come check out my poster (P28-10)! i’ll there from 12-1 #AABA2025
March 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
if you’d like to chat about NK cells, menstruation, or gene/trait co-evolution, come check out my poster (P28-10)! i’ll there from 12-1 #AABA2025
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Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez writes in Nature that higher-education establishments in the US must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion. “Higher education must not back down. But to win this fight, universities need a plan.” #Academicsky 🧪
‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown
Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.
go.nature.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez writes in Nature that higher-education establishments in the US must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion. “Higher education must not back down. But to win this fight, universities need a plan.” #Academicsky 🧪
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📢Aujourd'hui l'Institut Pasteur se mobilise pour la science, l'inclusion & l'avenir du savoir avec l'organisation du symposium «Excellence Scientifique : et si l'inclusion était la clé ?» en écho avec la Journée Internationale des Droits des Femme & la participation au mouvement #StandUpForScience !
March 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
📢Aujourd'hui l'Institut Pasteur se mobilise pour la science, l'inclusion & l'avenir du savoir avec l'organisation du symposium «Excellence Scientifique : et si l'inclusion était la clé ?» en écho avec la Journée Internationale des Droits des Femme & la participation au mouvement #StandUpForScience !
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Science, research & public health face unprecedented attacks in the U.S.
We stand with our American colleagues & support the Stand Up for Science call.
Join the global march tomorrow, incl. in Paris! 🧪✊
📍 March 7, 13:30 – Place Jussieu
🔗 More info: standupforscience.fr
#StandUpForScience
We stand with our American colleagues & support the Stand Up for Science call.
Join the global march tomorrow, incl. in Paris! 🧪✊
📍 March 7, 13:30 – Place Jussieu
🔗 More info: standupforscience.fr
#StandUpForScience
March 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Science, research & public health face unprecedented attacks in the U.S.
We stand with our American colleagues & support the Stand Up for Science call.
Join the global march tomorrow, incl. in Paris! 🧪✊
📍 March 7, 13:30 – Place Jussieu
🔗 More info: standupforscience.fr
#StandUpForScience
We stand with our American colleagues & support the Stand Up for Science call.
Join the global march tomorrow, incl. in Paris! 🧪✊
📍 March 7, 13:30 – Place Jussieu
🔗 More info: standupforscience.fr
#StandUpForScience
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The future of robotics is here 🤖🌱
From bacteria-powewered sensors, to robots that interact with the environment, these innovations are breaking boundaries💥🚀
📖Go and check out our latest article here: www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/crossin...
#Piplettes #pasteur #Robotics #biology #scicomm #Science
From bacteria-powewered sensors, to robots that interact with the environment, these innovations are breaking boundaries💥🚀
📖Go and check out our latest article here: www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/crossin...
#Piplettes #pasteur #Robotics #biology #scicomm #Science
Crossing Lines, Shifting Paradigms: Charting the Rise of Biomechanical Robots
This article chronicles the rise of a new generation of robots whose boundary-breaking form and domain-transforming function are shaped by the synthesis of organic components and mechanical parts. S...
www.piplettes-pasteur.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The future of robotics is here 🤖🌱
From bacteria-powewered sensors, to robots that interact with the environment, these innovations are breaking boundaries💥🚀
📖Go and check out our latest article here: www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/crossin...
#Piplettes #pasteur #Robotics #biology #scicomm #Science
From bacteria-powewered sensors, to robots that interact with the environment, these innovations are breaking boundaries💥🚀
📖Go and check out our latest article here: www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/crossin...
#Piplettes #pasteur #Robotics #biology #scicomm #Science