Claire Lavergne, MSc

Six chercheuses pasteuriennes reçoivent le Prix Jeunes Talents France 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO Pour les Femmes et la Science Six chercheuses de l’Institut Pasteur viennent de recevoir, le 8 octobre 2025, le Prix Jeunes Talents France 2025 L’Oréal-UNESCO Pour les Femmes et la Science.

Incredibly proud of @eulalieliorzou.bsky.social who is receiving the L'Oreal-Unesco Prize for Women in Science for her trailblazing PhD work on menstruation and its associated diseases!

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Sweetbread, à la Immune System Here’s a recipe straight from our body’s cookbook: how to train immune cells to efficiently eliminate invading viruses and bacteria, while leaving our own cells unharmed. The star ingredient? The thym...

🇫🇷 Le savais-tu ? Ton système immunitaire a une école: le thymus! Là, les cellules T apprennent qui combattreet surtout qui épargner✨

🇬🇧 Did you know? Your immune system has a school: the thymus! There, T cells learn who to fightand, importantly, who not to✨

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Are you interested in doing a PhD in Copenhagen? Interested in studying Neanderthals and Denisovans which live on in our genomes?
Than you are more than welcome to apply to join my group starting Jan 2026 :)

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Please reach out if you have any questions!

4 research institute march together hand in hand for diversity and inclusion in science © Franck Aubry

© Franck Aubry

© Franck Aubry

🌈 United for diversity in science 🌈
Researchers from Institut Pasteur joined the 2025 Pride March alongside @institutcurie.bsky.social, Les Cordeliers Research Center, @institutcochin.bsky.social @institutimagine.bsky.social

👩‍🔬 Because diverse labs make better science.
#DiversityInScience

Important News about SAPIENS

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THREAD: It’s with deep regret we share the news that SAPIENS will halt publication of new content by the end of this year. We are so proud of everything SAPIENS has achieved and for our role in furthering public anthropology. Wenner-Gren’s letter to our community. wennergren.org/important-ne...

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Cette campagne a besoin de vous Sauvons le Palais de la découverte

Une des plus grandes institutions culturelles scientifiques de ce pays est en danger.

👉Une pétition pour le Palais de la découverte
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« La fermeture du Palais de la découverte ou sa réduction serait une perte pour l’ensemble de la communauté internationale » Dans une tribune au « Monde », une cinquantaine de représentants d’institutions scientifiques internationales appellent la France à garantir l’avenir du Palais de la découverte.

« La fermeture du Palais de la découverte ou sa réduction serait une perte pour l’ensemble de la communauté internationale »

🚨With some delay, we're excited to announce that our proposal for a MSCA Doctoral Network on Evolutionary Medical Genomics (EvoMG-DN) got funded! 🎉

🧬 14 labs and 2 companies across 7 European countries will be coordinated by the EvoMG Joint Program at @crg.eu & @upf.edu.

europa.eu/!NNq63m

If you are an EU citizen, please sign this petition to ban “conversion therapy” in member countries!
Please share - the petition ends in 4 days and the goal is still some ways away
#LGBTinSTEM

You may have a twin and you don’t know it: the science of look-alikes Perhaps someone has already told you that you look like someone else, but is it actually true? It is! Science suggests that there is someone in the world that looks like you and that even shares your ...

New article alert!

Ever met someone who looks exactly like you? Science says it’s more than a coincidence!

Read more on the science of look alikes in our latest piece, written by Silvia, PhD student in epigenetics🧬

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My new book, “Sex Is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary” publishes today from @princetonupress.bsky.social My goal in writing this book is to facilitate a better conversation. A short thread…

🚨 Not a drill: NSF GRFP results are NOW OUT!!!!!

But...good news and bad news.

👍 I'm *thrilled* for the grad students for whom getting this award will be life-changing, esp now.

👎 # of fellowships went down by 51%

(1000 this year vs. 2036 last year)

See here: www.research.gov/grfp/Awardee...

Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted. But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway.

Evidence shows that science and scientists remain highly trusted.

But genuine scientific voices are not shouting loud enough over the noise to hold sway

https://go.nature.com/4cup7oG

What is a cellular microbiologist? Do you want to know more about what a cellular microbiologist studies? Join me on an incredible journey where we'll explore the fascinating microscopic world of cell invasion by pathogens, and compare...

Cellular microbiology is all about how microbes and cells interact💥

Hit the link to learn more about it in our latest article!📚

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scientific poster titled “Evolution of natural killer cell receptors in association with menstruation.” the poster features 2 genes trees (KLR and KIR gene families) and a species tree illustrating acquisition of menstruation alongside expansion events of the KIR gene family.

if you’d like to chat about NK cells, menstruation, or gene/trait co-evolution, come check out my poster (P28-10)! i’ll there from 12-1 #AABA2025

‘Silence is complicity’ — universities must fight the anti-DEI crackdown Higher-education establishments must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez writes in Nature that higher-education establishments in the US must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion. “Higher education must not back down. But to win this fight, universities need a plan.” #Academicsky 🧪

📢Aujourd'hui l'Institut Pasteur se mobilise pour la science, l'inclusion & l'avenir du savoir avec l'organisation du symposium «Excellence Scientifique : et si l'inclusion était la clé ?» en écho avec la Journée Internationale des Droits des Femme & la participation au mouvement #StandUpForScience !

Science, research & public health face unprecedented attacks in the U.S.

We stand with our American colleagues & support the Stand Up for Science call.

Join the global march tomorrow, incl. in Paris! 🧪✊

📍 March 7, 13:30 – Place Jussieu
🔗 More info: standupforscience.fr

#StandUpForScience

Crossing Lines, Shifting Paradigms: Charting the Rise of Biomechanical Robots This article chronicles the rise of a new generation of robots whose boundary-breaking form and domain-transforming function are shaped by the synthesis of organic components and mechanical parts.   S...

The future of robotics is here 🤖🌱
From bacteria-powewered sensors, to robots that interact with the environment, these innovations are breaking boundaries💥🚀

📖Go and check out our latest article here: www.piplettes-pasteur.com/post/crossin...

#Piplettes #pasteur #Robotics #biology #scicomm #Science

🎖️ Proud of our Managing Director, Yasmine Belkaid, named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur!

A well-deserved honor for her pioneering work in immunology, microbiota & nutrition.

Her research embodies the Pasteurian spirit of science for humanity! 👏 #Science #Immunology

Women scientists: inspiring faces of research at the Institut Pasteur The International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025 is an opportunity to shine the spotlight on committed and talented women researchers. In addition to their scientific work, these Institut Past...

👩‍🔬 On this #WomenInScience Day 2025, we celebrate the inspiring female scientists at Institut Pasteur! More than researchers, they make science accessible to all. 🌍✨

Find out here what our scientists were recently up to : www.pasteur.fr/en/research-...

Let’s continue to amplify their voices 🚀

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

We are looking for a #postdoc to discover cell-autonomous innate immune antiviral factors in mammals, based on newly-identified defense of prokaryotes!
#EvoCure #comparativeImmunology #virology
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bluesky is considering this “adult content” due to the nudity featured in the painting on the first page of the website
oh well

thank you!

Sex Biology Made Easy | Notion Authorship: This project was created by Claire Lavergne, a Master’s student in Human Paleobiology at the George Washington University [graduated May 2023], under the mentorship of Dr. Agustín Fuentes ...

if anyone is interested, here is the link to the website i made during my master’s public understanding of science internship on sex biology: navy-owl-105.notion.site/Sex-Biology-...

thank you for the photo Camille!

also managed to do a whole presentation on menstruation without ever saying female or woman! it really isn’t that difficult

it was great to present my work in front of this crowd and super happy with the audience questions!