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Ludovic Tailleux
@ltailleux.bsky.social
Immunologist, host-microbe interactions, working on TB
#immunity #microbe
@institutpasteur, Paris
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🔬PPU 2025 Call for Candidates - Discover the PhD projects

Today's featured projects: 5 Microbiology projects, 1 Global Health project, 1 Genomes & Genetics project.

🗓 Applications deadline: October 20, 2025
📍Program starts: October 2026

Discover all projects & apply now: bit.ly/4nlPz8x
September 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Excited to share Wendy Le Mouëllic’s PhD work, now published in @pnas.org!
It reveals that M. tuberculosis depends on inorganic sulfate import to survive inside host cells—fueling essential processes such as redox balance and stress resistance.
Huge congrats to Wendy & colleagues!
shorturl.at/WbFQC
Inorganic sulfate is critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis lung tissue colonization and redox balance | PNAS
Tuberculosis remains the deadliest infectious disease caused by a single pathogen, highlighting the urgent need for novel therapies. A deeper under...
www.pnas.org
September 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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🎓 Applications for Institut Pasteur's PhD programs open Sept 1-Oct 20, 2025 for October 2026 entry.

Apply to up to 4 projects across 6 programs: PPU, PPU-IMAGINE @institutimagine.bsky.social, PPU-@ox.ac.uk, PPU-EID @upcite.bsky.social & more 🧬

Register now ✍️ www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
September 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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2025 Tuberculosis Pasteur Course - insight from a participant🦠🌍

Alix Kevine G. T. Tchoupe, microbiology researcher from Cameroon, shares her experience: up-to-date TB research, latest diagnostics, vaccine updates, and collaboration with international peers and experts.

@pasteur.fr
Tuberculosis Pasteur Course - Student testimonial - 2025
YouTube video by Institut Pasteur EDUCATION
youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Excited to share our last study. Huge congrats to Sarah Monard, Arnaud Métais, @gclugo.bsky.social, @chrisverollet.bsky.social and all colleagues!
We have found a mysterious cell type inside TB lung lesions that seems neuron-like but isn't quite a nerve cell.
Let's dive in👇

shorturl.at/x4Sb5
March 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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The Institut Pasteur has decided to leave X (formerly Twitter) to join BlueSky! 🦋
The Institut Pasteur made this decision due to several serious issues observed on the X platform since its acquisition. Join us here to continue advocating for science. www.pasteur.fr/en/home/pres...
Institut Pasteur decides to leave X
The Institut Pasteur, a research organization which for more than 130 years has been committed to tackling infectious diseases, sharing knowledge and defending science, has decided to leave X because ...
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January 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Interested in Mtb pathogenesis and developing new strategies to treat these deadly infections? Please apply to join us for the GRC for Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development!! www.grc.org/tuberculosis...
Deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a talk is March 1st! Please repost!
2025 Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Tuberculosis Drug Discovery and Development will be held in Castelldefels, Barcelona Spain. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Enjoy one more week to send us your application!
Deadline extended to next Tuesday, the 17th of December 23:59.
Still one week to apply !
Join us as a Group Leader in Infection Biology at IPBS in Toulouse: We're looking for a dynamic leader with a keen interest in the cell biology of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial immunity.
Apply by December 10th.
For more information 👇
www.ipbs.fr/the-ipbs-tou...
The IPBS-Toulouse recruits a Group leader in Infection Biology - IPBS-Toulouse
As a leading research institute of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and[…]
www.ipbs.fr
December 11, 2024 at 9:44 AM
📢 Course on Tuberculosis, Institut Pasteur - June 2025

A two-week course for clinical microbiologists, medical doctors, pharmacists, and scientists seeking the latest on TB diagnosis, treatment, and epidemiology.

🗓️ Apply by: March 1, 2025

🔗 Learn more: www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
Pasteur courses
www.pasteur.fr
December 11, 2024 at 9:22 AM
🚨 Call for Applications 🚨
The Institut Pasteur is recruiting junior research group leaders!

Focus on:
💉 Vaccinology & immunotherapies
🦠 Infectious diseases
🧠 Neuro-immunology and neurodevelopment
🤰 Maternal & child health

📅 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/call...
#ResearchOpportunity #ScienceJobs
Call for applications 2025 – Creation of new research groups at the Institut Pasteur | Research - Institut Pasteur
research.pasteur.fr
December 9, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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Recent paper (Nature)-why are males more vulnerable to severe infections (ex acute #COVID), while females suffer more from autoimmunity (SLE, MS etc and also #LongCovid)? X/Y or hormones? We study adaptation of immune systems in gender-affirming testosterone treatment: nature.com/articles/s41...
Immune system adaptation during gender-affirming testosterone treatment - Nature
Examination of immunological changes in transgender individuals undergoing gender-affirming testosterone treatment reveals sex hormone-regulated pathways in humans and explains sex-divergent responses...
nature.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:57 AM
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Hi there, I had the crazy idea to create a starter package for infection biology! I’m sure there are many people, DM if you want in. There will be just one…

go.bsky.app/2im4SHF
November 13, 2024 at 7:03 AM
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I made a Starter Pack for the Myco & TB community.
Hope to find more good friends here on Bluesky to keep in touch about mycobacterial infections. Please join and repost!

go.bsky.app/3nwpcVV
November 11, 2024 at 7:54 AM