The world may soon run out of drugs to treat gonorrhea!
Article by Kai Kupferschmidt, correspondent for Science magazine, explaining the concerns about the spread of atb resistant gonococcus.
Photo: Neisseria gonorrhoeae infecting epithelial cells (F. Veyrier).
Institut Pasteur Annual Report:
The annual report of the Institut Pasteur: in cover, our collaborator Catherine Werts ! And a little paragraph for us (p37).
Offre de formation en bioinformatique
Nous offrons cette année un cours de bioinformatique qui commence en Septembre. Ce cours de 3 semaines est ouvert à tous mais nous avons déjà presque atteint notre maximum. Ce cours est suivi, dans certains cas, d’une immersion dans un laboratoire de recherche en bioinformatique (rémunérée).
Nous sommes à la recherche d’un candidat (un VISA de touriste pourrait être nécessaire).
Pourriez vous faire passez cette annonce. N’hésitez pas à me contacter pour plus de details.
Good Bye Hugo and Eve (and EURO cup).
The lab. is saying good bye to Eve and Hugo. Thanks for your excellent work and nice results!
Good luck and best success for the next steps.
Not the best picture ever 🙂
McGill International TB Center: Trainee Research Day 2016
Trainee Research Day 2016
4th Annual Trainee Research Day 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016
11:30 AM-5:00 PM
1001 boul Décarie, RI Auditorium Room ES1.1129
The goal of the Research day is to showcase the vital contributions of the students and post-doctoral fellows with both poster and oral presentations.
The focus will be on Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial research and is open to all members of the Centre.
It is an opportunity to meet, mingle, share great research and enjoy some refreshents.
View the DETAILED PROGRAM
Keynote Speaker :
Clifton E Barry III, Phd. Bibliography
Chief, Tuberculosis Research Section
Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
In vivo imaging of Tuberculosis
This year there will many Prizes and Awards. Click here for more info
In partnership with:
TB Summit London
I will be speaker at the 2016 TB Summit in London
(June 23rd, 16:00 – 16:20).
I will speak about M. tuberculosis evolution and our preliminary work on antibacterial compounds.
I will be also at the Institut Pasteur Paris the 20th of June.
If you want to meet me please contact me here.
Meningococcal disease: identification of a sexually transmitted variant.
Check out our last collaboration with Institut Pasteur and University of Würzburg that elucidates the mechanisms of the emergence of an outbreak of meningococcal disease in men who have sex with men (MSM). These results are published in the open access journal :
