Claas Kirchhelle
@kirchhelle.bsky.social
Historian of bugs & drugs: interested in #microbes #antibiotics #vaccines #phages; author of: Pyrrhic Progress (2020), Bearing Witness (2021), Typhoid (2022), Fear & Fever (2024) - Associate Professor INSERM (CERMES3, Paris): https://www.bugsdrugs.org/
Dental calculus from preserved Swedish bear skulls provides insights on #AMR evolution?! 👏 to @thvanboeckel.bsky.social for organising such a wonderful One Health symposium in Zurich. I learnt so much - the setting was wonderful, too!
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Dental calculus from preserved Swedish bear skulls provides insights on #AMR evolution?! 👏 to @thvanboeckel.bsky.social for organising such a wonderful One Health symposium in Zurich. I learnt so much - the setting was wonderful, too!
Had a wonderful time presenting on the past & present of #bacteriophage research, typing & therapy at Université Laval in Québec! 🙏 to Pierre-Olivier Méthot for the invite & to the Moineau lab for the fascinating tour of the Ackermann collection - I also enjoyed the #phage-themed tunnels!
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Had a wonderful time presenting on the past & present of #bacteriophage research, typing & therapy at Université Laval in Québec! 🙏 to Pierre-Olivier Méthot for the invite & to the Moineau lab for the fascinating tour of the Ackermann collection - I also enjoyed the #phage-themed tunnels!
Toronto never looked better! Skyline from the Ash bridges sewage treatment plant. Thanks to CIFAR for the invite! #microbiome
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Toronto never looked better! Skyline from the Ash bridges sewage treatment plant. Thanks to CIFAR for the invite! #microbiome
ISO/BSI standards are key industrial governance tools. Proposed new BSI pharma #sustainability standards only focus on carbon & not wider #EcoTox criteria like pollution or #AMR. In ESTL, we call for an integration of EcoTox criteria into PAS2090 & independent oversight: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
ISO/BSI standards are key industrial governance tools. Proposed new BSI pharma #sustainability standards only focus on carbon & not wider #EcoTox criteria like pollution or #AMR. In ESTL, we call for an integration of EcoTox criteria into PAS2090 & independent oversight: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
No better place to geek out - and annoy the family - than Micropia in Amsterdam!
August 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
No better place to geek out - and annoy the family - than Micropia in Amsterdam!
On June 19th (13:30-15:00 CET), join us in Paris (CNRS campus Villejuif) for a roundtable on Frédéric Keck's new book on the politics of #zoonoses (Découverte 2024; soon out in English). Discussions in 🇫🇷🇬🇧
You can also join online: cnrs.zoom.us/j/9512659974...
@cermes3.bsky.social
You can also join online: cnrs.zoom.us/j/9512659974...
@cermes3.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
On June 19th (13:30-15:00 CET), join us in Paris (CNRS campus Villejuif) for a roundtable on Frédéric Keck's new book on the politics of #zoonoses (Découverte 2024; soon out in English). Discussions in 🇫🇷🇬🇧
You can also join online: cnrs.zoom.us/j/9512659974...
@cermes3.bsky.social
You can also join online: cnrs.zoom.us/j/9512659974...
@cermes3.bsky.social
An inspiring two days discussing the role of platforms in biomedicine @cermes3.bsky.social & touring the real platforms @pasteur.fr. Thanks to all labs for hosting us! The tour of Pasteur's crypt was an extra treat - including finding Metchnikoff in the blue plastic box... @millieqed.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
An inspiring two days discussing the role of platforms in biomedicine @cermes3.bsky.social & touring the real platforms @pasteur.fr. Thanks to all labs for hosting us! The tour of Pasteur's crypt was an extra treat - including finding Metchnikoff in the blue plastic box... @millieqed.bsky.social
Viruses as life forces?! Delighted to be involved in this fascinating workshop on 'symbiotic viruses' @collegedefrance.bsky.social & IEA Paris (4/5 March) - not least because of the super cool posters!
Register here for the public events: www.paris-iea.fr/fr/evenement... @cermes3.bsky.social #sts
Register here for the public events: www.paris-iea.fr/fr/evenement... @cermes3.bsky.social #sts
February 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Viruses as life forces?! Delighted to be involved in this fascinating workshop on 'symbiotic viruses' @collegedefrance.bsky.social & IEA Paris (4/5 March) - not least because of the super cool posters!
Register here for the public events: www.paris-iea.fr/fr/evenement... @cermes3.bsky.social #sts
Register here for the public events: www.paris-iea.fr/fr/evenement... @cermes3.bsky.social #sts
Interested in the long history of #antibiotics, #AMR & global #governance? Why not tune into this free webinar by @upcite.bsky.social Emerging Infectious Diseases Graduate School? Did I already mention that it's free?
sondage.app.u-paris.fr/265667?lang=en
#microsky #IDsky @pasteuredu.bsky.social
sondage.app.u-paris.fr/265667?lang=en
#microsky #IDsky @pasteuredu.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Interested in the long history of #antibiotics, #AMR & global #governance? Why not tune into this free webinar by @upcite.bsky.social Emerging Infectious Diseases Graduate School? Did I already mention that it's free?
sondage.app.u-paris.fr/265667?lang=en
#microsky #IDsky @pasteuredu.bsky.social
sondage.app.u-paris.fr/265667?lang=en
#microsky #IDsky @pasteuredu.bsky.social
Excellent week presenting on #antimicrobial pollution, rivers & the neglected microbial commons at Oxford's Pandemic Sciences Institute, @houseoflords.parliament.uk of Lords & @britishacademy.bsky.social (Un)intended consequences of #AMR governance symposium - not a lot of voice left though ...
January 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Excellent week presenting on #antimicrobial pollution, rivers & the neglected microbial commons at Oxford's Pandemic Sciences Institute, @houseoflords.parliament.uk of Lords & @britishacademy.bsky.social (Un)intended consequences of #AMR governance symposium - not a lot of voice left though ...
Start of 6 years of exciting interdisciplinary research on the #microbiome and microbial stewardship: Université Paris Cité's Microb'Ex announced today with great background scenery. Stay tuned for news on grants, events, and posts!
January 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Start of 6 years of exciting interdisciplinary research on the #microbiome and microbial stewardship: Université Paris Cité's Microb'Ex announced today with great background scenery. Stay tuned for news on grants, events, and posts!
15/16 Jan: first big 2015 #AMR event!
10 years after #WHO 's 2015 Global Action Plan on #AMR, we are organising a major stocktake of (un)intended consequences of #antimicrobial governance at the British Academy in London.
#antibiotics #socsci
Join virtually:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unintended...
10 years after #WHO 's 2015 Global Action Plan on #AMR, we are organising a major stocktake of (un)intended consequences of #antimicrobial governance at the British Academy in London.
#antibiotics #socsci
Join virtually:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unintended...
December 19, 2024 at 9:21 AM
15/16 Jan: first big 2015 #AMR event!
10 years after #WHO 's 2015 Global Action Plan on #AMR, we are organising a major stocktake of (un)intended consequences of #antimicrobial governance at the British Academy in London.
#antibiotics #socsci
Join virtually:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unintended...
10 years after #WHO 's 2015 Global Action Plan on #AMR, we are organising a major stocktake of (un)intended consequences of #antimicrobial governance at the British Academy in London.
#antibiotics #socsci
Join virtually:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unintended...
Viruses, chandeliers, and waffles - excited to talk about the past & present of #phages in Bruges' spectacular governor's residence!
#bacteriophages #histsci
#bacteriophages #histsci
December 11, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Viruses, chandeliers, and waffles - excited to talk about the past & present of #phages in Bruges' spectacular governor's residence!
#bacteriophages #histsci
#bacteriophages #histsci
Check out Ronan's full review in the Irish Society for Archives newsletter irishsocietyforarchives.wordpress.com & download your personal free copy of Fear & Fever with Clare Foley's stunning illustrations from typhoidland.org/graphic-novel/ OR grab a physical copy from any public library in Dublin!
December 11, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Check out Ronan's full review in the Irish Society for Archives newsletter irishsocietyforarchives.wordpress.com & download your personal free copy of Fear & Fever with Clare Foley's stunning illustrations from typhoidland.org/graphic-novel/ OR grab a physical copy from any public library in Dublin!
Reviews of your work are nerve-racking - but this one by Ronan Kelly (RCSI Dublin) made my day! "Fear & Fever" is "a terrific homegrown contribution to the [graphic novel] genre (...) every panel packs a punch to tell a compelling story about the early days of public health medicine in Ireland." 1/2
December 11, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Reviews of your work are nerve-racking - but this one by Ronan Kelly (RCSI Dublin) made my day! "Fear & Fever" is "a terrific homegrown contribution to the [graphic novel] genre (...) every panel packs a punch to tell a compelling story about the early days of public health medicine in Ireland." 1/2
Delighted to see our 'Disease Detectives' game spread to new platforms! Interested in more #typhoid -related content? Check out five years of award-winning public engagement (games, animations, a graphic novel (!), virtual exhibition tours, etc.) on the Typhoidland website: www.typhoidland.org
December 7, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Delighted to see our 'Disease Detectives' game spread to new platforms! Interested in more #typhoid -related content? Check out five years of award-winning public engagement (games, animations, a graphic novel (!), virtual exhibition tours, etc.) on the Typhoidland website: www.typhoidland.org
This is part of the ESTS Thematic Issue:
"Standards & Their Containers - Microbial pathogens From The Colonial to the Poscolonial Eras"
Co-edited with @arohelmet.bsky.social & articles across #STS #histmed #histsci #histbio
Read the Intro here:
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
@cermes3.bsky.social
"Standards & Their Containers - Microbial pathogens From The Colonial to the Poscolonial Eras"
Co-edited with @arohelmet.bsky.social & articles across #STS #histmed #histsci #histbio
Read the Intro here:
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
@cermes3.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 9:08 AM
This is part of the ESTS Thematic Issue:
"Standards & Their Containers - Microbial pathogens From The Colonial to the Poscolonial Eras"
Co-edited with @arohelmet.bsky.social & articles across #STS #histmed #histsci #histbio
Read the Intro here:
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
@cermes3.bsky.social
"Standards & Their Containers - Microbial pathogens From The Colonial to the Poscolonial Eras"
Co-edited with @arohelmet.bsky.social & articles across #STS #histmed #histsci #histbio
Read the Intro here:
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
@cermes3.bsky.social
🥳Kirchhelle & Kirchhelle paper🥳 "Northern Normal: Lab Networks, Culture Collections & Taxonomies of Power" shows how #phage-typing transformed #microbial surveillance but anchored HIC biases in global lab infrastructures & #typhoid research:
#PhageSky #MicrobiomeSky
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
#PhageSky #MicrobiomeSky
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
December 4, 2024 at 9:00 AM
🥳Kirchhelle & Kirchhelle paper🥳 "Northern Normal: Lab Networks, Culture Collections & Taxonomies of Power" shows how #phage-typing transformed #microbial surveillance but anchored HIC biases in global lab infrastructures & #typhoid research:
#PhageSky #MicrobiomeSky
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
#PhageSky #MicrobiomeSky
estsjournal.org/index.php/es...
⚠️Calling the #AMR #SocSci and #humanities communities⚠️ Interested in the future of #antibiotics, #AMR & #microbial justice? Then submit a paper to our special collection on "Antimicrobial Resistance: Just Transitions for Shared Futures" with CUP Public Humanities:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 29, 2024 at 3:01 PM
⚠️Calling the #AMR #SocSci and #humanities communities⚠️ Interested in the future of #antibiotics, #AMR & #microbial justice? Then submit a paper to our special collection on "Antimicrobial Resistance: Just Transitions for Shared Futures" with CUP Public Humanities:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
From the embassy throne room to Institut Pasteur's electron microscops and bioart. Impressive day at the Franco-UK Pasteur Foundation #AMR meeting in Paris.
November 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
From the embassy throne room to Institut Pasteur's electron microscops and bioart. Impressive day at the Franco-UK Pasteur Foundation #AMR meeting in Paris.
I need a phone mount for the 🔭- but wow, Jupiter and (some) of its moons put on a show tonight!
November 16, 2024 at 10:17 PM
I need a phone mount for the 🔭- but wow, Jupiter and (some) of its moons put on a show tonight!
Exciting day presenting the new Antibiocene project at 🇫🇷 France's Ministry of Ecological Transition: key message #AMR governance should involve stewarding bugs as well as drugs. #antibiotics
November 15, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Exciting day presenting the new Antibiocene project at 🇫🇷 France's Ministry of Ecological Transition: key message #AMR governance should involve stewarding bugs as well as drugs. #antibiotics
Really looking forward to talking about the (imagined) past, present & future of #antimicrobialR&D with Fred Vagneron & MSF Access co-founder Bernard Pécoul on Dec 4th in Paris!
November 13, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Really looking forward to talking about the (imagined) past, present & future of #antimicrobialR&D with Fred Vagneron & MSF Access co-founder Bernard Pécoul on Dec 4th in Paris!
Attention all #phage phriends⏰! Registration is now open for #phagegroupEU's 2024 December 11/12 Bruges workshop on the state & future of #phagebanks :
phagegroupeurope.eu/event/worksh...
phagegroupeurope.eu/event/worksh...
November 1, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Attention all #phage phriends⏰! Registration is now open for #phagegroupEU's 2024 December 11/12 Bruges workshop on the state & future of #phagebanks :
phagegroupeurope.eu/event/worksh...
phagegroupeurope.eu/event/worksh...