Postoc position available in our group at I2SysBio to study viral entry factors and their implications for zoonosis. If you are interested and you have a background in molecular virology, viral evolution and/or bioinformatics please contact us.

The microbiome microbioming. We studied viral infections in nematodes (Caenorhabditis elegans) that were in association with bacteria from their natural habitat. When associated with most of the bacteria, the animals are resistant to viral infections. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

"Obelisks comprise a class of diverse RNAs that have colonised, and gone unnoticed in, human, and global microbiomes" biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

“That’s, like, wildly weird. The world is just full of new things. And once you start to look, you find them.” Scientists have discovered tiny bits of RNA — even smaller than viruses — that colonize the bacteria inside human guts and mouths go.nature.com/42iSHZ2

Exciting news about the recent discovery of viroid-like RNAs in human microbiomes! Comments of Mark Peifer, Anamarija Butkovic and molins.bsky.social

Here is our latest review, which focuses on Caenorhabditis elegans' responses to intracellular pathogens sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New preprint, with @SFElenaLab: Experimental evolution of an RNA virus in Caenorhabditis elegans biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Full room in Institut Pasteur, since 1887 for a very inspiring talk of Sanjuan Lab on viral entry and emergence

Unveiling the hidden viromes across the animal tree of life: insights from a taxonomic classification pipeline applied to invertebrates of 31 metazoan phyla | mSystems ⁦@SFElenaLab⁩ ⁦Santiago F. Elena⁩ ⁦Anamarija Butkovic⁩ journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

How to get ready for the effects of climate change on infectious disease? Hurry up and register and/or submit your abstract! This is THE meeting you want to go in 2024! ibeid-2024.conferences-pasteur.org/home Institut Pasteur, since 1887 Labex IBEID #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #EID #microbes #viruses

A little something I wrote about eukaryogenesis! I learned a lot doing research for this article! Biology never ceases to amaze me 🧬 Hope you enjoy it as much as I did while writing it!

Experimental evolution is a valuable tool for understanding how viruses change. Our study presents the first experimental virus evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans, revealing crucial adaptation hotspots in the nucleotide diversity of the Orsay virus. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Very happy to have this one published in nature today!! 🤩🤩 Can we dig deeper into the intricate and ancient evolutionary history of the flaviviridae by comparing not only genetic sequence but also protein structure? answer is yes!! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Undescribably ecstatic and still in disbelief to be awarded an #ERCStG. Huge thanks to European Research Council (ERC) and to many for their support in this journey: mentors past and present, grant readers, rehearsal panelists, work spouses, & real life spouse. Congrats to all awardees!

YA GIRL IS GOING TO BE A PI!!! So stoked to continue my love for mosquito viruses. MULTITUDES will delve into the biology of mosquito-specific viruses and their impact on arbovirus transmission Institut Pasteur, since 1887 . Will be recruiting very soon so watch this space 🦟🔬

🎉 Congratulations to Cassandra Koh for receiving the ERC Starting Grant! Her project, MULTITUDES, will enhance our understanding of mosquito viromes and their role in arboviral disease ecology. 🦟🌍 Thanks European Research Council (ERC)

The #discovery of Orsay virus in C. elegans enhances viral #immunity studies and serves as a model for #VirusEvolution, with key #mutations emerging after 10 serial passages. #Virology 📰doi.org/10.1016/j.meeg… EVBC👤: Santiago F. Elena

We're in the midst of a Computational revolution in biology, comparable to the Molecular revolution of the 70s. Baker, Demis Hassabis , and Jumper receiving the Nobel Prize not only recognizes their achievement, it's a coming of age for #bioinformatics. 🥳🎉

Un honor que el periódico que llevo toda la vida leyendo se interese por la ciencia que hacemos. Gracias Sandra Penelas por plasmar tan bien mi trayectoria científica y mi eterno agradecimiento a todos los que me han permitido llegar hasta aquí.

In my first Drosophila study at SalehLab , we found that: 1. Enteric viral infections accelerate aging. 2. Even if the infection is cleared, aging process remains triggered. 3. Accelerated aging correlates with reduced lifespan. 📑Preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…