Bacteriophage Lab of Institut Pasteur

Look, in this house, we celebrate #Phage EVERY day but today is #WorldPhageDay so we decided to have some fun . . . . Also, in our heart of hearts, Félix d'Hérelle's pioneering work in phage therapy will always be number 1 😎

Meet the BBH lab, class of 2026 😎 We were overdue for a new banner photo, since we have some new personnel in the group, so today seemed like a nice opportunity for an update It'd be nice to say that the smiles were science-related but, honestly, it was mostly the chocolate on the table 🍫

We had a really fun time during the gala dinner for the Microbiology department retreat last night, a worthy end to a very nice meeting 😊

We had a busy start to the morning at the Microbiology departmental retreat @pasteur.fr The Boss presented the BBH lab, highlighting the great work from all the lab members 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Afterwards, Alejandro, one of the lab postdocs presented part of our Immunophage synergy work #phage #phagesky

We posted previously on this one and the lab's Github account started doing NUMBERS but, in case you haven't heard, there's a new annotation tool out there, it's called PhageFACTor github.com/TMs-code/pha... You should try it out!

Camille has been doing an amazing job with a fairly exhaustive experimental setup We think you'll be hearing some more on this story in the coming months 🤓📝

If you participated of the Viruses of Microbes meeting in Prague earlier this year, you might be familiar with this work If you didn't, we're excited to show it to you!

If you want to contact the BBH lab this week, it might be tricky We'll be in Bussang, where we'll be listening to the wind ....... And participating in the annual retreat of the #Microbiology department 😌

🔵⚪🔴 - Vous avez raté l'émission sur la phagothérapie avec Laurent Debarbieux ce samedi 3 octobre ? Pas de panique! Vous pouvez aller la ré-écouter: Radio France www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/... Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/b... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2JGL...

Were you not able to make it to this on Saturday? We got you covered! You can listen to The Boss talking about #phage therapy on multiple platforms: Radio France www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/... Apple podcasts podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/b... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2JGL...

The Boss is in Radio France ......... NOW!!!! You should tune in 📻 www.radiofrance.fr

🔵⚪🔴Les détails sont tenus secrets mais allumez votre poste de radio sur Radio France ce samedi entre 11h et 12h, ça devrait vous intéresser 😏 #phage #BigBang

🧬Phages in Toulouse — November 18–20, 2026! 🦠 We are delighted to announce the next edition of Phages.fr congress, Phages in Toulouse, bringing together the phage research community for 3 days of talks, presentations & scientific discussions! 📍 Toulouse, France 📅 Nov. 18–20

2026 seemed to be the summer of #phage in the press 🎥 and we've been happy to participate This is a good way to get the message out there about phage #therapy and we're definitely noticing increased interest The Boss is scheduled for a couple more of these interviews. We'll keep you posted 😎

We'll be participating in this online course from @pasteuredu.bsky.social and so should you!! Enrollment is now open and the format provides several advantages in terms of language and timing Take a look at the program and join us to learn more about how #phage can be used against #AMR

New lab member at the BBH!! 🚨 Niamh Diver-Hall from the @uofgsii.bsky.social is joining our #gut team for the next year, as part of her Master's degree Her work will center in #phage defense and antidefense systems in gut bacteria 🦠 Welcome!!

The Boss was invited to participate in the #ERSCongress2026 🫁 congress this week in Barcelona He got to advocate for #phage therapy in front of a pretty sizeable crowd during the "Beyond antibiotics" session Thanks for the invite!! @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social

Well, we did it, folks! The BBH lab has a GitHub account 💻 We've been enjoying diving more into #Bioinformatics as of late and have decided to start sharing some of our tools through here, give us a follow! github.com/BBHphagelab

Thanks to the folks at KU Leuven, particularly @hannelorelongin.bsky.social , for welcoming @moreautanais.bsky.social , one of our PhD candidates, this week! Tanaïs was happy to discuss all things "phageFACTor" but there was also time to enjoy some local views ...... and delicacies 🍟🍪

THAT'S A WRAP ON #VoM2026 FOR THE BBH LAB !!! We had a blast sharing all things #phage with all the teams present A HUGE congrats to the organizing committee for their amazing work all these days, they really knocked it out of the park #phagesky

The Viruses of Microbes conference is coming back to France!!! 🇫🇷 We're also happy to share that The Boss will be part of the organizing committee, led by the great team of Fréderic Laurent See you in Lyon in 2028!!

Well, the audience responded with something else, as well Alejandro's presentation was awarded the Intralytix award for "Best oral presentation" in the phage therapy category 🥳 A nice capper, recognizing the work of the BBH lab at #VoM2026

Perhaps also some representatives from the 2028 meeting in this photo? 👀👀👀

The BBH is ready for #VoM2026 !!!! 🦠 We've been roaming the sites and taking in beautiful Prague The conference is off to a very good start with today's lectures + welcome reception We'll try to keep you updated on the proceedings

We’re happy to introduce phageFACTor (Functional Annotation and Curation Tool) 👩‍💻Developed by Tanaïs Moreau, our most recent PhD candidate, and building on Phold, we were able to improve annotation of prophage genes by as much as 50% 🧬 You should check it out github.com/TMs-code/pha...

Filipa Vale (IMED) and Alexander Harms (@ethz.ch) came by last week and we had some great discussions on all things #prophage and #phage It's not every week you have not one but TWO great scientists visiting you, so we had to celebrate with a nice apéro Hope to have you guys here more often!!