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Thomas Pradeu

@pradeu.bsky.social

CNRS Research Director, Philosophy of Science and Theoretical Biology. Works on Immunology, cancer, and microbiome. CNRS & University of Bordeaux, France.

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We'll be there with many lab members, sharing new stories, we'll be very happy to get feedback on :)

Really looking forward.

11.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Deadline is approaching (Feb 9) to apply for a PI position at Institut Pasteur. Come join us and contribute to an amazing scientific environment!!!

19.01.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us in congratulating Philip J. Kranzusch (@kranzuschlab.bsky.social) of @danafarber.bsky.social and @harvardmed.bsky.social, winner of the 2026 NAS Award in Molecular Biology for his groundbreaking work advancing understanding of innate immunity! www.nasonline.org/award/nas-aw... #NASaward

22.01.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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Postdoctoral position - Synthetic Biology / Bacterial Immunity - Research The Bikard lab at Institut Pasteur in Paris is seeking to hire postdoctoral researchers. We are investigating bacteria / bacteriophages interactions, and the genetic innovation that happens at this in...

🚨 Hiring Alert! 🚨My lab at Institut Pasteur is recruiting several Postdocs! We have exciting open projects in: 🦠 Synthetic Biology andπŸ›‘οΈ Bacterial Immunity. Come do great science with us in the middle of Paris! πŸ‡«πŸ‡·πŸ₯ research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...

28.01.2026 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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The paradox of immune systems conservation between prokaryotes and eukaryotes - Nature Reviews Microbiology The widespread prokaryotic immune systems, in particular restriction–modification, CRISPR–Cas and defensive toxin–antitoxin systems, are absent in eukaryotes, whereas relatively rare ones, such as Arg...

The immune systems paradox

Some widespread prokaryotic immune systems are absent in eukaryotes, whereas relatively rare ones became central to eukaryotic innate immunity

@audeber.bsky.social & E. Koonin hypothesize the answer is #HGT

shareable link: rdcu.be/e2EmD

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

06.02.2026 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Excellent @philinbiomed.bsky.social seminar by Richard Michod (U Arizona) today: Reorganization of fitness during evolutionary transitions in individuality. Video available here: philinbiomed.cnrs.fr/event/richar... #biology #philosophy #individual #fitness #evolution #multicellularity #volvox

29.01.2026 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1934 Can't sign in? Forgot your password?

Special issue on "The ecology and evolution of bacterial immune systems." @pradeu.bsky.social @philinbiomed.bsky.social and all the other philosophers interested in immunology, etc.

royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

05.09.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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PPP2R1A mutations are linked to improved response to immunotherapy in ovarian clear cell carcinoma @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.07.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What we stand to lose when foreign students are seen as a threat International students enrich university communities and strengthen civic life. We must defend their place in global education.

International students enrich university communities and strengthen civic life. We must defend their place in global education. @nature.com @mchankseliani.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

02.07.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network @nature.com @timcoorens.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.07.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Functional amyloid proteins confer defence against predatory bacteria - Nature Escherichia coli uses curli fibres, oligomers of the functional amyloid CsgA, as a barrier to protect against the predatory bacteria Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus and Myxococcus xanthus in a mechanism th...

Functional amyloid proteins confer defense against predatory bacteria @nature.com @hannahledvina.bsky.social @aaronwhiteley.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.07.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The mutagenic forces shaping the genomes of lung cancer in never smokers @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.07.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bioengineered immunocompetent preclinical trial-on-chip tool enables screening of CAR T cell therapy for leukemia @sabaghassemi.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

02.07.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mitochondrial complex IV remodeling in tumor-associated macrophages amplifies interferon signaling and promotes anti-tumor immunity @cp-immunity.bsky.social
www.cell.com/immunity/ful...

30.06.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Advancing cancer research via comparative oncology Nature Reviews Cancer - Comparative oncology combines evolutionary biology, ecology, veterinary medicine and clinical oncology to better understand cancer, for example, by identifying the molecular...

New paper out! rdcu.be/etKdN Experts in #cancer across the tree of life and philosophers of science teamed up to explore how comparative thinking can improve current approaches to cancer, including conceptually and therapeutically. #evolution #ecology #oncology #philosophy

30.06.2025 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are looking forward to an exciting week with great speakers, interesting discussions on Philosophy in Science and intriguing project work! (4/4)

03.06.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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James DiFrisco (Crick Institute, UK) on "Moving beyond conceptual analysis: conceptual methodology for philosophy 'in' science"

03.06.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some impressions of the first day of the #PhilInBioMed at University of Bordeaux! (1/?)

Full program here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea...

#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

03.06.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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And obviously, conversations continue during the coffee breaks.

03.06.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bertrand Daignan-Fornier on "Biomass experience"

03.06.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Impressions of Day 2 of the #PhilInBioMed at University of Bordeaux! (1/?)

Full program here: www.philinbiomed.org/event/bordea...

Marie Vasse on "Predictions and Unexpectedness"

#BSS2025 #Philosophy #Biology #Medicine #SummerSchool

03.06.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My colleague and friend @scripps.edu, @ardemp.bskyverified.social, on the NYT front page today

04.06.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 305    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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#Science #Environnement
🐜 "Les invasions biologiques, la menace oubliée"
πŸ‘¨β€πŸ« Franck Courchamp, professeur invitΓ© sur la chaire annuelle BiodiversitΓ© et Γ©cosystΓ¨mes, introduit son cours de l'annΓ©e 2024-2025
⏰ Jusqu'au lundi 30 juin 2025
Voir la suite πŸ‘‰ www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co...

05.06.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first generative AI drug to get to a Phase 2 randomized clinical trial. The small molecule in pill form, rentosertib, showed signs of efficacy for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis @naturemedicine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

03.06.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks to @asm.org for joining this letter and calling for Congressional oversight so that NSF can fulfill its Congressionally-mandated mission and support US science

03.06.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see @ascbiology.bsky.social join 52 other science societies in a letter to Congress expressing concern over recent organizational and financial developments at NSF, and urging Congress to exercise its oversight authority to preserve American STEM leadership 1/n
aas.org/sites/defaul...

02.06.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Register for our next ECLC webinar by Marco Montagner, PhD on Understanding the determinants of the invisible phase of metastasis - June 26th, 2025 - USA: 11:00 AM EDT | Europe: 17:00 PM CEST | Australia: 01:00 AM AEST - tinyurl.com/ujer8yw8

03.06.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Adaptive immunity in barrier tissues Immune responses lie at the heart of almost every aspect of human health, including host responses to infection, autoimmunity, cancer, metabolism and aging. While adaptive immune responses by B and T…

πŸš¨πŸ¦ πŸ”¬ Last month to register to the EMBO workshop on Adaptive Immunity in Barrier Tissues.

πŸ“ Where: Basel, Switzerland
πŸ“… When: 26th–29th August 2025
πŸ“ Registration deadline: 30th May 2025

Childcare support & travel grants from @embo.org and @efis-immunology.bsky.social

#EMBOBarrierTissues

30.04.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 4
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Pooled analysis of 3,741 stool metagenomes from 18 cohorts for cross-stage and strain-level reproducible microbial biomarkers of colorectal cancer - Nature Medicine An analysis of 18 metagenomic datasets of individuals with colorectal cancer, adenomas and healthy controls yields improved cancer prediction accuracy based solely on gut metagenomics, as well as the ...

πŸ₯NEW publication from our lab:
the largest meta-analysis of gut microbiome associations with CRC!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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03.06.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

TSSpredator-Web: A web-application for transcription start site prediction and exploration https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.29.656934v1

02.06.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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