LabEx ParaFrap
@parafrap.bsky.social
ParaFrap is a LabEx (Laboratory of Excellence) created by the French Ministry of #Research in 2012, bringing together 25 leading #Parasitology groups in France.
🚨 Fully funded #PhD opportunity @york.ac.uk !
Study how Trypanosoma brucei adapts & survives, tackling #SleepingSickness and #Nagana.
Join the MRC #DiMeN DTP & explore gene regulation in infectious diseases.
Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 www.dimen.org.uk
Study how Trypanosoma brucei adapts & survives, tackling #SleepingSickness and #Nagana.
Join the MRC #DiMeN DTP & explore gene regulation in infectious diseases.
Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 www.dimen.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚨 Fully funded #PhD opportunity @york.ac.uk !
Study how Trypanosoma brucei adapts & survives, tackling #SleepingSickness and #Nagana.
Join the MRC #DiMeN DTP & explore gene regulation in infectious diseases.
Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 www.dimen.org.uk
Study how Trypanosoma brucei adapts & survives, tackling #SleepingSickness and #Nagana.
Join the MRC #DiMeN DTP & explore gene regulation in infectious diseases.
Apply by 4 Dec 2025 👉 www.dimen.org.uk
📢 Next Webinar — November 13
Join us for a talk by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier) on:
🧬 “MADBIO: Malaria Integrative Analysis to Discover Biomarkers of Infection Outcome”
📅 Date: November 13
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
Join us for a talk by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier) on:
🧬 “MADBIO: Malaria Integrative Analysis to Discover Biomarkers of Infection Outcome”
📅 Date: November 13
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📢 Next Webinar — November 13
Join us for a talk by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier) on:
🧬 “MADBIO: Malaria Integrative Analysis to Discover Biomarkers of Infection Outcome”
📅 Date: November 13
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
Join us for a talk by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier) on:
🧬 “MADBIO: Malaria Integrative Analysis to Discover Biomarkers of Infection Outcome”
📅 Date: November 13
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
👏 Congratulations to Karinna RUBIO-PEÑA from the Institut Pasteur (Lucy Glover’s team) for today’s great webinar: “The VEXing question of VSG regulation in the tsetse fly.” 🪰
🗓️ Next webinar: Nov 13 by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
🗓️ Next webinar: Nov 13 by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
October 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
👏 Congratulations to Karinna RUBIO-PEÑA from the Institut Pasteur (Lucy Glover’s team) for today’s great webinar: “The VEXing question of VSG regulation in the tsetse fly.” 🪰
🗓️ Next webinar: Nov 13 by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
🗓️ Next webinar: Nov 13 by Antoine CLAESSENS (LPHI, Montpellier)
🔗 Register here: labex-parafrap.fr/en/conferenc...
The #EMBOWorkshop : Host–parasite relationship has come to a close! Thank you to all speakers, participants, and organizers for four inspiring days of science, discussion, and human connection. Until next time! 🧫✨
October 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The #EMBOWorkshop : Host–parasite relationship has come to a close! Thank you to all speakers, participants, and organizers for four inspiring days of science, discussion, and human connection. Until next time! 🧫✨
The second poster session is underway at the #EMBOWorkshop : Host–parasite relationship — and the enthusiasm is still as strong as ever! 🔬🧫
October 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The second poster session is underway at the #EMBOWorkshop : Host–parasite relationship — and the enthusiasm is still as strong as ever! 🔬🧫
Closing lecture by Manoj Duraisingh for the #EMBOWORKSHOP x @parafrap.bsky.social 🎬
October 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Closing lecture by Manoj Duraisingh for the #EMBOWORKSHOP x @parafrap.bsky.social 🎬
🧬 Great energy at the first poster session of the #EMBOWorkshop Host–Parasite Relationships!
Fantastic discussions, new ideas, and inspiring exchanges around cutting-edge parasitology research.
Science thrives through sharing!
Fantastic discussions, new ideas, and inspiring exchanges around cutting-edge parasitology research.
Science thrives through sharing!
October 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
🧬 Great energy at the first poster session of the #EMBOWorkshop Host–Parasite Relationships!
Fantastic discussions, new ideas, and inspiring exchanges around cutting-edge parasitology research.
Science thrives through sharing!
Fantastic discussions, new ideas, and inspiring exchanges around cutting-edge parasitology research.
Science thrives through sharing!
The deadline of @embo.org EMBO workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" Oct. 5-8 (Les Embiez, France), organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social, is extended to July 22.
Don't miss out — only a few places remaining! meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
Don't miss out — only a few places remaining! meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
July 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The deadline of @embo.org EMBO workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" Oct. 5-8 (Les Embiez, France), organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social, is extended to July 22.
Don't miss out — only a few places remaining! meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
Don't miss out — only a few places remaining! meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
💼 PostDoc position (2 years) on Trypanosoma brucei | Bordeaux, France | Lab MFP with Dr. Frédéric Bringaud @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social
🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei
🗓️ Deadline: September 15.
Start: by November 2025
labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...
🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei
🗓️ Deadline: September 15.
Start: by November 2025
labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...
June 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
💼 PostDoc position (2 years) on Trypanosoma brucei | Bordeaux, France | Lab MFP with Dr. Frédéric Bringaud @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social
🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei
🗓️ Deadline: September 15.
Start: by November 2025
labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...
🔬 Glycerol and differentiation in Trypanosoma brucei
🗓️ Deadline: September 15.
Start: by November 2025
labex-parafrap.fr/fr/emplois/4...
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet @unistra.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social : "Design of improved plasmodione analogs, chemical tools, and prodrugs to generate oral antimalarial drug candidates for total cure"
🗓️ June 12, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
🗓️ June 12, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
June 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet @unistra.fr @cnrs-alsace.bsky.social : "Design of improved plasmodione analogs, chemical tools, and prodrugs to generate oral antimalarial drug candidates for total cure"
🗓️ June 12, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
🗓️ June 12, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Paul JENKINS (Team Gerald Spaeth) @pasteur.fr: "Determinants for visceral leishmaniasis progression: lessons from hamster and mouse models" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
May 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
📢 Big Announcement: Registration & abstract submission open for EMBO Workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social @embo.org
🗓️ 5-8 Oct 2025 - Les Embiez Island-France
🔚Deadline: 15 Jul 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
🗓️ 5-8 Oct 2025 - Les Embiez Island-France
🔚Deadline: 15 Jul 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
May 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
📢 Big Announcement: Registration & abstract submission open for EMBO Workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" organized by ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social @embo.org
🗓️ 5-8 Oct 2025 - Les Embiez Island-France
🔚Deadline: 15 Jul 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
🗓️ 5-8 Oct 2025 - Les Embiez Island-France
🔚Deadline: 15 Jul 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/25-hos...
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Paul JENKINS (Team Gerald Spaeth) @pasteur.fr: "Determinants for visceral leishmaniasis progression: lessons from hamster and mouse models" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
May 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Paul JENKINS (Team Gerald Spaeth) @pasteur.fr: "Determinants for visceral leishmaniasis progression: lessons from hamster and mouse models" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ May 15, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
An ISWI-related chromatin remodeller regulates stage-specific gene expression in #Toxoplasma gondii. By Belen Pachano (ParaFrap PhD student) et al., team @hakimi.bsky.social. In @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An ISWI-related chromatin remodeller regulates stage-specific gene expression in Toxoplasma gondii - Nature Microbiology
Toxoplasma gondii evolved two ISWI remodellers, TgSNF2h and TgSNF2L. TgSNF2h forms a complex that insulates active genes, regulates MORC-driven sexual commitment and ensures precise gene expression, s...
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April 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
An ISWI-related chromatin remodeller regulates stage-specific gene expression in #Toxoplasma gondii. By Belen Pachano (ParaFrap PhD student) et al., team @hakimi.bsky.social. In @natmicrobiol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by LabEx ParaFrap
A humorous reflection on the first article from my stellar PhD student, Belen Pachano.
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Open Sesame: The Protein Behind Parasite Stage Switching
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April 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A humorous reflection on the first article from my stellar PhD student, Belen Pachano.
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Reposted by LabEx ParaFrap
Live from Tübingen: the one and only Artur Scherf illuminating #Plasmodium var gene expression using his flower model of the infected red cell.
April 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Live from Tübingen: the one and only Artur Scherf illuminating #Plasmodium var gene expression using his flower model of the infected red cell.
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Catherine Lavazec @lavazeclab.bsky.social: "Deciphering the interactions between malaria parasites and erythroblasts" @parafrap.bsky.social @inserm.fr @institutcochin.bsky.social
Chairperson: Artur Scherf
🗓️ April 10, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Artur Scherf
🗓️ April 10, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
April 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
📣 Next ParaFrap Webinar: Catherine Lavazec @lavazeclab.bsky.social: "Deciphering the interactions between malaria parasites and erythroblasts" @parafrap.bsky.social @inserm.fr @institutcochin.bsky.social
Chairperson: Artur Scherf
🗓️ April 10, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Artur Scherf
🗓️ April 10, 3pm CEST
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
💼 Associate Professor / Toxoplasma / Bordeaux-France
🎓 Teaching: animal biology, metazoan diversity & phylogeny (Bachelor 1,2,3)
🔬 Research: Apicomplexa parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii. @ MFP Lab (UMR5234) @univbordeaux.bsky.social .
🗓️ Deadline: April 4
labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offer...
🎓 Teaching: animal biology, metazoan diversity & phylogeny (Bachelor 1,2,3)
🔬 Research: Apicomplexa parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii. @ MFP Lab (UMR5234) @univbordeaux.bsky.social .
🗓️ Deadline: April 4
labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offer...
Associate professor l Toxoplama l Bordeaux, France
Associate Professor : Animal Biology and Parasitology – Host-Pathogen Interactions, Bordeaux, France
Teaching Profile
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March 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
💼 Associate Professor / Toxoplasma / Bordeaux-France
🎓 Teaching: animal biology, metazoan diversity & phylogeny (Bachelor 1,2,3)
🔬 Research: Apicomplexa parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii. @ MFP Lab (UMR5234) @univbordeaux.bsky.social .
🗓️ Deadline: April 4
labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offer...
🎓 Teaching: animal biology, metazoan diversity & phylogeny (Bachelor 1,2,3)
🔬 Research: Apicomplexa parasites, focusing on Toxoplasma gondii. @ MFP Lab (UMR5234) @univbordeaux.bsky.social .
🗓️ Deadline: April 4
labex-parafrap.fr/en/job-offer...
📣Next ParaFrap Webinar: Mauld LAMARQUE (Team Maryse Lebrun) @umontpellier.bsky.social : "Pleiotropic role of the malaria parasite PP1 phosphatase during P. falciparum life cycle" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ March 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ March 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
March 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
📣Next ParaFrap Webinar: Mauld LAMARQUE (Team Maryse Lebrun) @umontpellier.bsky.social : "Pleiotropic role of the malaria parasite PP1 phosphatase during P. falciparum life cycle" @parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ March 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Chairperson: Maryse Lebrun @lebrunlab.bsky.social
🗓️ March 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
New study in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : "A novel #Leishmania infantum reference strain for gene editing and the study of visceral leishmaniasis". By Rokhaya Thiam, ParaFrap PhD student (Team Yvon Sterkers) #parasite #science
A novel Leishmania infantum reference strain for gene editing and the study of visceral leishmaniasis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.18.638795v1
February 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
New study in @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social : "A novel #Leishmania infantum reference strain for gene editing and the study of visceral leishmaniasis". By Rokhaya Thiam, ParaFrap PhD student (Team Yvon Sterkers) #parasite #science
Dendritic cell phagosomes recruit GRASP55 for export of antigen-loaded MHC molecules: @Cell Reports @cellpress.bsky.social . ParaFrap team involved in this study: Nicolas Blanchard (Infinity Lab, Toulouse) #toxoplasma www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Dendritic cell phagosomes recruit GRASP55 for export of antigen-loaded MHC molecules
Cebrian et al. demonstrate that the Golgi membrane-associated protein GRASP55 is recruited
to late phagosomes in BMDCs. This interaction is essential for trafficking peptide-loaded
MHC-I and MHC-II mo...
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February 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Dendritic cell phagosomes recruit GRASP55 for export of antigen-loaded MHC molecules: @Cell Reports @cellpress.bsky.social . ParaFrap team involved in this study: Nicolas Blanchard (Infinity Lab, Toulouse) #toxoplasma www.cell.com/cell-reports...
📅 Save the Date! The EMBO Workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" organized by @ParaFrap will take place on October 5-8, 2025, at Les Embiez Island. Stay updated on registration opening —enter your email here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-83 #Science #Parasite
February 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📅 Save the Date! The EMBO Workshop "Host-Parasite Relationship: From Mechanisms to Control Strategies" organized by @ParaFrap will take place on October 5-8, 2025, at Les Embiez Island. Stay updated on registration opening —enter your email here: coming-soon.embo.org/w25-83 #Science #Parasite
📣Today-ParaFrap Webinar: Gretchen DIFFENDALL (Team A.Scherf @pasteur.fr): Metabolomics Identifies a Natural Host Cytoadhesion Inhibitor in Asymptomatic #Malaria Cases
@parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: A. CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social
🗓️ February 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
@parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: A. CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social
🗓️ February 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
February 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
📣Today-ParaFrap Webinar: Gretchen DIFFENDALL (Team A.Scherf @pasteur.fr): Metabolomics Identifies a Natural Host Cytoadhesion Inhibitor in Asymptomatic #Malaria Cases
@parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: A. CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social
🗓️ February 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
@parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: A. CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social
🗓️ February 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Reposted by LabEx ParaFrap
📣 ParaFrap Webinar: Gretchen DIFFENDALL (Team A.Scherf @pasteur.fr): Metabolomics Identifies a Natural Host Cytoadhesion Inhibitor in Asymptomatic #Malaria Cases
@parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Antoine CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social
🗓️ Thursday, February 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
@parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Antoine CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social
🗓️ Thursday, February 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
February 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📣 ParaFrap Webinar: Gretchen DIFFENDALL (Team A.Scherf @pasteur.fr): Metabolomics Identifies a Natural Host Cytoadhesion Inhibitor in Asymptomatic #Malaria Cases
@parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Antoine CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social
🗓️ Thursday, February 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
@parafrap.bsky.social
Chairperson: Antoine CLAESSENS @ant1-claessens.bsky.social
🗓️ Thursday, February 13, 3pm CET
🎟️ bit.ly/ParaFrapWeb
Constitutive expression of Cas9 and rapamycin-inducible Cre recombinase facilitates conditional genome editing in #Plasmodium berghei. In Scientific Reports @SciReports ParaFrap Team: Olivier Silvie rdcu.be/d9iFF
Constitutive expression of Cas9 and rapamycin-inducible Cre recombinase facilitates conditional genome editing in Plasmodium berghei
Scientific Reports - Constitutive expression of Cas9 and rapamycin-inducible Cre recombinase facilitates conditional genome editing in Plasmodium berghei
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February 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Constitutive expression of Cas9 and rapamycin-inducible Cre recombinase facilitates conditional genome editing in #Plasmodium berghei. In Scientific Reports @SciReports ParaFrap Team: Olivier Silvie rdcu.be/d9iFF