Vanina Guernier, PhD 🦠🧬
@vguernier.bsky.social
Researcher @ird_fr
STEMinist | Infectious diseases ecology, molecular epidemiology, NTDs | #leptospirosis #melioidosis #zoonoses #OneHealth #AMR
STEMinist | Infectious diseases ecology, molecular epidemiology, NTDs | #leptospirosis #melioidosis #zoonoses #OneHealth #AMR
Another one of my post-it lectures 😅 I really really wish I had a white board in my office. #christmaswishlist
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Another one of my post-it lectures 😅 I really really wish I had a white board in my office. #christmaswishlist
The BSL3 is closed until further notice for repairs so I have to store my samples until I can process them 🥲 This is what 160 soil samples look like. Double bagged and stored in the dark, hopefully not for long 🤞🏻
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The BSL3 is closed until further notice for repairs so I have to store my samples until I can process them 🥲 This is what 160 soil samples look like. Double bagged and stored in the dark, hopefully not for long 🤞🏻
My unexpected best tool to collect soil samples? Stainless steel Thai soup spoons (Zebra) 😁 They are indestructible, do not bend, can clean with alcohol and cheap so I can have one per sample (16/site) which saves me a lot of time!!
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My unexpected best tool to collect soil samples? Stainless steel Thai soup spoons (Zebra) 😁 They are indestructible, do not bend, can clean with alcohol and cheap so I can have one per sample (16/site) which saves me a lot of time!!
Last field trip in Amnat Charoen for the Burkh-Occur project. I was slowed down a bit by buffaloes crossing in front of the car 😬 It’s been raining so much this season, let’s see if my soil samples will reveal more Burkholderia pseudomallei than usual 🧐 #melioidosis
October 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Last field trip in Amnat Charoen for the Burkh-Occur project. I was slowed down a bit by buffaloes crossing in front of the car 😬 It’s been raining so much this season, let’s see if my soil samples will reveal more Burkholderia pseudomallei than usual 🧐 #melioidosis
I have the terrible habit of explaining stuff to my students on post it 🙈
October 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I have the terrible habit of explaining stuff to my students on post it 🙈
Dang. Seems like I missed a well 🙄 fortunately they are all in duplicate so I still have a result 😅
October 21, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Dang. Seems like I missed a well 🙄 fortunately they are all in duplicate so I still have a result 😅
Today I’m doing ELISA for a change. Trying to test the specificity of a new kit on human and animal sera from Thailand with and without melioidosis 🧐
October 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Today I’m doing ELISA for a change. Trying to test the specificity of a new kit on human and animal sera from Thailand with and without melioidosis 🧐
I am reading « The seven daughters of Eve » and oh gosh, this passage is bugging me 😆 How much rushing are we talking here?
September 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I am reading « The seven daughters of Eve » and oh gosh, this passage is bugging me 😆 How much rushing are we talking here?
Another intense day in the lab. For this season it sums up to 480 DNA extractions, 320 tubes for enrichment and 640 agar plates. So far we didn’t isolate any B. pseudomallei 😅 so I am crossing my fingers for final plates tomorrow #melioidosis #onehealth
September 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Another intense day in the lab. For this season it sums up to 480 DNA extractions, 320 tubes for enrichment and 640 agar plates. So far we didn’t isolate any B. pseudomallei 😅 so I am crossing my fingers for final plates tomorrow #melioidosis #onehealth
All the crops have grown… except for one that has been burned to the ground. Unexpected land use change 🤷♀️ but sampled the soil anyway. Let’s see. November will be our final sampling! #melioidosis #Bpseudomallei
August 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
All the crops have grown… except for one that has been burned to the ground. Unexpected land use change 🤷♀️ but sampled the soil anyway. Let’s see. November will be our final sampling! #melioidosis #Bpseudomallei
Filtering Erythritol in preparation of ACER broth for B. pseudomallei enrichment. I have high hopes for this new media #melioidosis #bacteriology
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Filtering Erythritol in preparation of ACER broth for B. pseudomallei enrichment. I have high hopes for this new media #melioidosis #bacteriology
Always good to learn from history, in this case how politics can shape/impact science. Really enjoyed this paper from @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Political and biological reality checks | PNAS
Political and biological reality checks
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July 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Always good to learn from history, in this case how politics can shape/impact science. Really enjoyed this paper from @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
JOB OFFER: I am recruiting a VIA for 2 years to work with me in Bangkok, Thailand! (you need to be 18 - 28 yo and European). You have a master’s degree, a strong background in biostatistics and an interest in ecology of infectious disease, apply here: emploi-recrutement.ird.fr/job/emploi-a...
IRD - A2A43 - Ingénieur-e en techniques biologiques H/F
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June 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
JOB OFFER: I am recruiting a VIA for 2 years to work with me in Bangkok, Thailand! (you need to be 18 - 28 yo and European). You have a master’s degree, a strong background in biostatistics and an interest in ecology of infectious disease, apply here: emploi-recrutement.ird.fr/job/emploi-a...
Vous êtes chercheur.e en One Health, MIE, génomique des interactions hôtes-pathogènes, chimie des biomolécules appliquée à l’infectiologie ? L'UMR PIMIT à l'Ile de la Réunion recrute 4 chercheurs / professeurs. umr-pimit.fr/en-2025-rejo...
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Vous êtes chercheur.e en One Health, maladies infectieuses émergentes, génomique des interactions hôtes-agents infectieux, ou chimie des biomoléc
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June 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Checking Ashdown agar today looking for B. pseudomallei. No luck so far 😅 but isn’t it beautiful?
June 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Checking Ashdown agar today looking for B. pseudomallei. No luck so far 😅 but isn’t it beautiful?
They say it takes a village to raise a kid. It also takes a village to do research. Farmers, local livestock department, animal health, researchers from Chiang Mai University and @ird-fr.bsky.social: all hands on deck
May 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
They say it takes a village to raise a kid. It also takes a village to do research. Farmers, local livestock department, animal health, researchers from Chiang Mai University and @ird-fr.bsky.social: all hands on deck
A significant % of S. suis infected patients declare they didn’t eat pork or have contact with pigs. So we’re also investigating the sewers, environment and 💩 piles to check for other routes of infection
May 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A significant % of S. suis infected patients declare they didn’t eat pork or have contact with pigs. So we’re also investigating the sewers, environment and 💩 piles to check for other routes of infection
Day 2 of fieldwork for S. suis project. Swabbing pigs from farms is not as easy as swabbing carcasses from the slaughterhouse 😅 They are NOT happy about the whole thing
May 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Day 2 of fieldwork for S. suis project. Swabbing pigs from farms is not as easy as swabbing carcasses from the slaughterhouse 😅 They are NOT happy about the whole thing
First fieldwork trip for our MOHIP project about Streptococcus suis in Northern Thailand. Students from Chiang Mai University are collecting tonsil swabs and inoculating plates. Wait and see
May 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
First fieldwork trip for our MOHIP project about Streptococcus suis in Northern Thailand. Students from Chiang Mai University are collecting tonsil swabs and inoculating plates. Wait and see
New class of antibiotics discovered brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcm...
McMaster researchers discover new class of antibiotics
Nearly three decades after the last time a new class of antibiotics reached the market, McMaster researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that could . . .
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March 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
New class of antibiotics discovered brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcm...
Reposted by Vanina Guernier, PhD 🦠🧬
Aligned with our founding institutions (amU, CNRS, Inserm, IRD), Mission Europe pour la Recherche supports #StandUpForScience2025 and stands with US scientists 🤝
MER reaffirms its support, helping American researchers in access to EU funding #HorizonEurope via #MSCA & #ERC fellowships. 🇪🇺
MER reaffirms its support, helping American researchers in access to EU funding #HorizonEurope via #MSCA & #ERC fellowships. 🇪🇺
March 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Aligned with our founding institutions (amU, CNRS, Inserm, IRD), Mission Europe pour la Recherche supports #StandUpForScience2025 and stands with US scientists 🤝
MER reaffirms its support, helping American researchers in access to EU funding #HorizonEurope via #MSCA & #ERC fellowships. 🇪🇺
MER reaffirms its support, helping American researchers in access to EU funding #HorizonEurope via #MSCA & #ERC fellowships. 🇪🇺
