phagepasteur.bsky.social
Our team is studying bacteriophages that are viruses infecting bacteria. Since 2006, Laurent Debarbieux has reignited a research lab about phage therapy following the pionnering work of Félix d'Herelle started in early 20th century.
👤 Joined on 14 April 2025
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@phagepasteur.bsky.socialGreat photo from @phagepasteur.bsky.social is exactly what we want to see from the global Phage Community during the 8th #WorldPhageDay, launching the #WorldPhageWeek -celebrating ALL phage pioneers. Promote your team members, share research, special phages, news and more chocolate sharing posts!
Show PostMeet the Pittsburgh Phage Program (P3)! Our new video takes you behind the scenes—from patient isolates and phage research in the lab to the physicians and patients at the center of clinical care! #PhageTherapy #Bacteriophage #P3 #pittsburghphageprogram
Show PostCover image alert 🎨🚨👇🏼 - check out the amazing drawing of Sophia Zimmermann from our group in Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com ! Fun fact: Sophia initially drew it as a present to Dorentina @humollidorentina.bsky.social when we celebrated her recent paper on TnSeq with phages 🥂😊.
Show PostNew paper from the lab, out in Nature Microbiology. We ran CRISPRi screens to ask what genes E. coli needs in order to live in a gut and what this can tell us about the gut environment itself. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-026-02471-8
Show Post🧬 HIV breakthrough: Institut Pasteur researchers reveal how lenacapavir works—it keeps the HIV capsid intact in the cell nucleus, redirecting the virus away from active genes & crippling replication. A major step toward limiting HIV persistence. 🔬 📖 www.pasteur.fr/en/whats-new...
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