sylvain Brisse
@sylvainbrisse.bsky.social
professor at Institut Pasteur. Bacterial genomics, vaccine-preventable diseases, antimicrobial resistance, bioinformatics and public heath applications. International capacity building and teaching. Klebsiella diphtheria whooping cough genomic librairies
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The @klebnet.bsky.social team are pleased to share slides from our “Klebsiella pneumoniae Genomic Epidemiology & Antimicrobial Resistance” lecture series!
Topics include Kleb diversity, lineages, AMR, hypervirulence, how to use Kaptive & Kleborate for typing, and more!
klebnet.org/2025/11/18/k...
Topics include Kleb diversity, lineages, AMR, hypervirulence, how to use Kaptive & Kleborate for typing, and more!
klebnet.org/2025/11/18/k...
Klebsiella pneumoniae genomics tutorials – KlebNET-GSP
klebnet.org
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The @klebnet.bsky.social team are pleased to share slides from our “Klebsiella pneumoniae Genomic Epidemiology & Antimicrobial Resistance” lecture series!
Topics include Kleb diversity, lineages, AMR, hypervirulence, how to use Kaptive & Kleborate for typing, and more!
klebnet.org/2025/11/18/k...
Topics include Kleb diversity, lineages, AMR, hypervirulence, how to use Kaptive & Kleborate for typing, and more!
klebnet.org/2025/11/18/k...
It’s out ! Evolution of Bordetella parapertussis, the second agent of whooping cough: many parallelisms with Bordetella pertussis, including rapid adaptation by loss of the pertactin vaccine antigen. Just published in @microbiosoc MGen journal
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
No innocent bystanders: pertussis vaccination and evolutionary parallelisms between Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella pertussis
Pathogens adapting to the human host and to vaccination-induced immunity may follow parallel evolutionary paths. Bordetella parapertussis (Bpp) contributes significantly to the burden of whooping coug...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s out ! Evolution of Bordetella parapertussis, the second agent of whooping cough: many parallelisms with Bordetella pertussis, including rapid adaptation by loss of the pertactin vaccine antigen. Just published in @microbiosoc MGen journal
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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📢 Save the Date!
The 2nd Nanopore Users Day will take place 🗓️10 March 2026 at the Duclaux Amphitheater, Institut Pasteur (Paris). This edition will be open to external participants!
👉 More details and registration info coming soon!
@chloebaum.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @nanoporetech.com
The 2nd Nanopore Users Day will take place 🗓️10 March 2026 at the Duclaux Amphitheater, Institut Pasteur (Paris). This edition will be open to external participants!
👉 More details and registration info coming soon!
@chloebaum.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @nanoporetech.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📢 Save the Date!
The 2nd Nanopore Users Day will take place 🗓️10 March 2026 at the Duclaux Amphitheater, Institut Pasteur (Paris). This edition will be open to external participants!
👉 More details and registration info coming soon!
@chloebaum.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @nanoporetech.com
The 2nd Nanopore Users Day will take place 🗓️10 March 2026 at the Duclaux Amphitheater, Institut Pasteur (Paris). This edition will be open to external participants!
👉 More details and registration info coming soon!
@chloebaum.bsky.social @pasteur.fr @nanoporetech.com
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🇪🇺 Major recognition for Institut Pasteur
Our National Reference Center for Respiratory Viruses (led by Pr Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti) selected as EU Reference Laboratory by @ecdc.europa.eu 🔬
Part of an 8-country consortium to strengthen EU's capacity against respiratory viral pathogens.
#PublicHealth
Our National Reference Center for Respiratory Viruses (led by Pr Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti) selected as EU Reference Laboratory by @ecdc.europa.eu 🔬
Part of an 8-country consortium to strengthen EU's capacity against respiratory viral pathogens.
#PublicHealth
October 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🇪🇺 Major recognition for Institut Pasteur
Our National Reference Center for Respiratory Viruses (led by Pr Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti) selected as EU Reference Laboratory by @ecdc.europa.eu 🔬
Part of an 8-country consortium to strengthen EU's capacity against respiratory viral pathogens.
#PublicHealth
Our National Reference Center for Respiratory Viruses (led by Pr Marie-Anne Rameix-Welti) selected as EU Reference Laboratory by @ecdc.europa.eu 🔬
Part of an 8-country consortium to strengthen EU's capacity against respiratory viral pathogens.
#PublicHealth
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Open position at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics:
We are looking for a Director of the Center of Pathogen Bioinformatics
apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...
I am in the Center's steering board together with fantastic colleagues (Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social, Richard Neher @neher.io, and
We are looking for a Director of the Center of Pathogen Bioinformatics
apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...
I am in the Center's steering board together with fantastic colleagues (Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social, Richard Neher @neher.io, and
Director, Center for Pathogen Bioinformatics
The Centre for Pathogen Bioinformatics (CPB) is a unit of SIB which offers expertise and services in pathogen bioinformatics, computational molecular epidemiology and related multi-site project manage...
apply.refline.ch
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Open position at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics:
We are looking for a Director of the Center of Pathogen Bioinformatics
apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...
I am in the Center's steering board together with fantastic colleagues (Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social, Richard Neher @neher.io, and
We are looking for a Director of the Center of Pathogen Bioinformatics
apply.refline.ch/499599/0346/...
I am in the Center's steering board together with fantastic colleagues (Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social, Richard Neher @neher.io, and
Almost there! Starting tomorrow morning (Paris time), the webinar on Bacterial strain Taxonomy for Genomic Surveillance organized within the ECDC sponsored GenEpi-BioTrain programme; registration is free; see more here: research.pasteur.fr/en/event/bac...
Bacterial strain Taxonomy for Genomic Surveillance - GenEpi-BioTrain Webinar - Research
This workshop aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of bacterial classification and nomenclature approaches used in genomic surveillance. Participants will gain insight into ...
research.pasteur.fr
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Almost there! Starting tomorrow morning (Paris time), the webinar on Bacterial strain Taxonomy for Genomic Surveillance organized within the ECDC sponsored GenEpi-BioTrain programme; registration is free; see more here: research.pasteur.fr/en/event/bac...
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Recours de Marine Le Pen rejeté. Sa tentative pour revenir sur l'exécution immédiate de sa peine d'inéligibilité de 5 ans a échoué.
L'état de droit, c'est ça.
L'état de droit, c'est ça.
October 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Recours de Marine Le Pen rejeté. Sa tentative pour revenir sur l'exécution immédiate de sa peine d'inéligibilité de 5 ans a échoué.
L'état de droit, c'est ça.
L'état de droit, c'est ça.
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🔥📣 BREAKING NEWS
Didier Raoult perd en @conseil-etat.fr
(poursuites dont je suis à l'origine via rédaction de la plainte, ce qui m'a immédiatement valu une avalanche de menaces de mort et appels au meurtre, qu'il a partagés, et qui durent encore).
Didier Raoult est définitivement condamné.
RT SVP🔽
Didier Raoult perd en @conseil-etat.fr
(poursuites dont je suis à l'origine via rédaction de la plainte, ce qui m'a immédiatement valu une avalanche de menaces de mort et appels au meurtre, qu'il a partagés, et qui durent encore).
Didier Raoult est définitivement condamné.
RT SVP🔽
October 15, 2025 at 5:32 AM
🔥📣 BREAKING NEWS
Didier Raoult perd en @conseil-etat.fr
(poursuites dont je suis à l'origine via rédaction de la plainte, ce qui m'a immédiatement valu une avalanche de menaces de mort et appels au meurtre, qu'il a partagés, et qui durent encore).
Didier Raoult est définitivement condamné.
RT SVP🔽
Didier Raoult perd en @conseil-etat.fr
(poursuites dont je suis à l'origine via rédaction de la plainte, ce qui m'a immédiatement valu une avalanche de menaces de mort et appels au meurtre, qu'il a partagés, et qui durent encore).
Didier Raoult est définitivement condamné.
RT SVP🔽
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🚨 1 week left to apply for the Pasteur-Paris University International PhD Program (PPU)!
Join an international community of scientists at the Institut Pasteur 🌍 Dedicated support, mentorship & world-class labs included.
📅Deadline: Oct 20, 2025
🎓Program start: October 2026
👉 Apply: bit.ly/CallPPU
Join an international community of scientists at the Institut Pasteur 🌍 Dedicated support, mentorship & world-class labs included.
📅Deadline: Oct 20, 2025
🎓Program start: October 2026
👉 Apply: bit.ly/CallPPU
October 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🚨 1 week left to apply for the Pasteur-Paris University International PhD Program (PPU)!
Join an international community of scientists at the Institut Pasteur 🌍 Dedicated support, mentorship & world-class labs included.
📅Deadline: Oct 20, 2025
🎓Program start: October 2026
👉 Apply: bit.ly/CallPPU
Join an international community of scientists at the Institut Pasteur 🌍 Dedicated support, mentorship & world-class labs included.
📅Deadline: Oct 20, 2025
🎓Program start: October 2026
👉 Apply: bit.ly/CallPPU
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BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
October 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize
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Taxonomy matters and if we call the same strain different names in different countries, we quickly run into problems not knowing what’s happening around us. @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social is defining the main requirements and offers a solution using cgMLST and LIN codes.
September 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Taxonomy matters and if we call the same strain different names in different countries, we quickly run into problems not knowing what’s happening around us. @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social is defining the main requirements and offers a solution using cgMLST and LIN codes.
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A nice illustration of the usefulness of our tool #MSTclust for handling bacterial population structures by @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social during #IMMEMXIV in Porto 🇵🇹
gitlab.pasteur.fr/GIPhy/MSTclust
gitlab.pasteur.fr/GIPhy/MSTclust
September 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A nice illustration of the usefulness of our tool #MSTclust for handling bacterial population structures by @sylvainbrisse.bsky.social during #IMMEMXIV in Porto 🇵🇹
gitlab.pasteur.fr/GIPhy/MSTclust
gitlab.pasteur.fr/GIPhy/MSTclust
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Thrilled to share this preprint on Klebsiella pneumoniae plasmids in a One Health setting 🦠 Fantastic work by @twinkler.bsky.social! 🎉 @irenlohr.bsky.social @margaretlam.bsky.social
A One Health study of Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex plasmids shows a highly diverse and ecologically adaptable plasmidome https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.14.676155v1
September 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Thrilled to share this preprint on Klebsiella pneumoniae plasmids in a One Health setting 🦠 Fantastic work by @twinkler.bsky.social! 🎉 @irenlohr.bsky.social @margaretlam.bsky.social
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La #bronchiolite, c’est 480 000 bébés touchés chaque année en #France
Les #femmesenceintes (entre 32-36 semaines, de septembre à janvier) peuvent se faire #vacciner contre le VRS
✅ Un #vaccin pendant la #grossesse = protection pour votre #bébé !
📢RT pour sensibiliser
Les #femmesenceintes (entre 32-36 semaines, de septembre à janvier) peuvent se faire #vacciner contre le VRS
✅ Un #vaccin pendant la #grossesse = protection pour votre #bébé !
📢RT pour sensibiliser
September 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
La #bronchiolite, c’est 480 000 bébés touchés chaque année en #France
Les #femmesenceintes (entre 32-36 semaines, de septembre à janvier) peuvent se faire #vacciner contre le VRS
✅ Un #vaccin pendant la #grossesse = protection pour votre #bébé !
📢RT pour sensibiliser
Les #femmesenceintes (entre 32-36 semaines, de septembre à janvier) peuvent se faire #vacciner contre le VRS
✅ Un #vaccin pendant la #grossesse = protection pour votre #bébé !
📢RT pour sensibiliser
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Opinion: I’m a former CDC director. I’m deeply concerned about the future of vaccines in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/r...
I’m a former CDC director. I’m deeply concerned about the future of vaccines in the U.S.
“I am deeply saddened for the agency I was honored to lead, for colleagues put in harm’s way, and for the quiet heroism of public health workers who are derided for political gain,” Rochelle Walensky ...
www.statnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Opinion: I’m a former CDC director. I’m deeply concerned about the future of vaccines in the U.S. www.statnews.com/2025/09/16/r...
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C’est tout frais : tourner sur le boulevard des Invalides devient enfin possible à vélo grâce à ce carrefour néerlandais parisien.
La vidéo montre que les usagers sont surpris par la nouvelle situation ; tout le monde fait « n’importe quoi ».
#carrefourneerlandais
La vidéo montre que les usagers sont surpris par la nouvelle situation ; tout le monde fait « n’importe quoi ».
#carrefourneerlandais
September 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
C’est tout frais : tourner sur le boulevard des Invalides devient enfin possible à vélo grâce à ce carrefour néerlandais parisien.
La vidéo montre que les usagers sont surpris par la nouvelle situation ; tout le monde fait « n’importe quoi ».
#carrefourneerlandais
La vidéo montre que les usagers sont surpris par la nouvelle situation ; tout le monde fait « n’importe quoi ».
#carrefourneerlandais
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As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
The American Society for Microbiology released a joint statement calling for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
asm.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
As national medical, scientific, public health and patient organizations, we call for the resignation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ensure the health of the American people. Read our statement: asm.org/press-releas...
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Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reminder that we are recruiting an Assistant Professor Bacterial Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Deadline 24 Sept.
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Delighted to share our recently published work!
Ever wondered how Klebsiella (and others) deals with capsule production’s costs ?
The paper: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Thread👇
Ever wondered how Klebsiella (and others) deals with capsule production’s costs ?
The paper: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Thread👇
Phenotypic heterogeneity of capsule production across opportunistic pathogens | mBio
The polysaccharidic capsule is present in ~50% of species across the bacterial phylogeny, including all ESKAPE microorganisms, the six most significant multidrug-resistant (MDR) nosocomial pathogens. It is also an important virulence factor and a major ...
journals.asm.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Delighted to share our recently published work!
Ever wondered how Klebsiella (and others) deals with capsule production’s costs ?
The paper: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Thread👇
Ever wondered how Klebsiella (and others) deals with capsule production’s costs ?
The paper: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Thread👇
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Restreindre les soins aux sans papiers est un choix politique : envoyer des signaux au RN et à LR.
Et ce choix est largement contraire à la santé publique, c’est amplement démontré.
Honte au « centriste » François Bayrou qui a perdu ses valeurs.
Et ce choix est largement contraire à la santé publique, c’est amplement démontré.
Honte au « centriste » François Bayrou qui a perdu ses valeurs.
En signant deux décrets rendant plus stricts les conditions d’accès à l’aide médicale d’Etat pour les étrangers, François Bayrou tente d’obtenir les bonnes grâces des LR et surtout du RN.
➡️ https://go.publicsenat.fr/BqQ
➡️ https://go.publicsenat.fr/BqQ
September 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Restreindre les soins aux sans papiers est un choix politique : envoyer des signaux au RN et à LR.
Et ce choix est largement contraire à la santé publique, c’est amplement démontré.
Honte au « centriste » François Bayrou qui a perdu ses valeurs.
Et ce choix est largement contraire à la santé publique, c’est amplement démontré.
Honte au « centriste » François Bayrou qui a perdu ses valeurs.
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L’AME représente 0,5% des dépenses de santé. Honte à ceux qui veulent faire croire que les français seront mieux soignés si on complique la vie de quelques milliers de personnes sans papiers. Une politique basée sur le mensonge.. 1/2
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
Le gouvernement veut restreindre les soins pris en charge par l’AME pour les étrangers sans papiers
L’un des projets de décrets soumis à l’Assurance-maladie exclut notamment de l’aide médicale d’Etat « des actes qui ne sont pas destinés directement au traitement ou à la prévention d’une maladie, pour les bénéficiaires majeurs », selon l’Agence France-Presse.
www.lemonde.fr
September 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
L’AME représente 0,5% des dépenses de santé. Honte à ceux qui veulent faire croire que les français seront mieux soignés si on complique la vie de quelques milliers de personnes sans papiers. Une politique basée sur le mensonge.. 1/2
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.
Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Apply now for the Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.
Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
The Pasteur Institute of Madagascar (IPM) (www.pasteur.mg) is recruiting its future director.
The IPM is a member of the international network of Pasteur Institutes, the “Pasteur Network.”
Deadline September 15th.
emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/e...
Contact: [email protected]
The IPM is a member of the international network of Pasteur Institutes, the “Pasteur Network.”
Deadline September 15th.
emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/e...
Contact: [email protected]
September 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
The Pasteur Institute of Madagascar (IPM) (www.pasteur.mg) is recruiting its future director.
The IPM is a member of the international network of Pasteur Institutes, the “Pasteur Network.”
Deadline September 15th.
emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/e...
Contact: [email protected]
The IPM is a member of the international network of Pasteur Institutes, the “Pasteur Network.”
Deadline September 15th.
emplois.diplomatie.gouv.fr/nos-offres/e...
Contact: [email protected]