Ecology & Evolution of Health (EEH) team within the [email protected] research unit and based at the [email protected] in Paris.
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| Location | Paris |
| Country | France |
| Website | https://www.college-de-france.fr/ecology-evolution-of-health |
| Pronous | We/Us |
Does human genetics explain vaginal #microbiota composition?
Our #GWAS on the #PAPCLEAR study participants, now published after #peer review in #OpenResearchEurope, brings new perspectives on this understudied question.
https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.20462.2
This work was funded by the #EVOLPROOF project from the @ERC_Research, with additional support from the #CNRGH.
#abstract submission is open for the 5th edition of the vaginal #microbiome dynamics conference at the @collegedefrance in Paris (Sept 14-15, 2026)
https://vm2026.sciencesconf.org/submission/submit
Confirmed speakers include Laura Symul (UC Louvain), Jacques Ravel (University of Maryland), Marion Ravit (CEPED), Serena Sanna (IRGB), and Asmaa Tazi (Institut Cochin).
This is a #multidisciplinary event so we welcome submissions in #microbiology #modelling #epidemiology #sociology #genomics
The 5th edition of the #vaginal #microbiome dynamics conference will take place on Sept 14-15, 2026 at the @collegedefrance in Paris
Confirmed speakers include Alexandre Dumont, Jacques Ravel, and Asmaa Tazi.
For information, registration and abstracts submission see
https://vm2026.sciencesconf.org/?forward-action=index&forward-controller=index&lang=en
Mathematical modelling led by @tsukushi_kamiya reveals the role of #nutrients in the stability of the vaginal #microbiota in a way that is consistent with #genomics and #metabolomics data shared by Jacques Ravel. This is one of the rare #models on this understudied #microbiome.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003575
🙏 Thanks to the #FRM for funding Tsukushi's post-doctoral fellowship and to @PeerCommunityIn for the #open peer-review process ( @PLOSBiology editors did not require any additional review!).
The vaginal microbiota is shaped by bacterial access to specific nutritional resources, influencing health outcomes. This study uses a resource-based model supported by clinical data to identify key ecological mechanisms underlying microbiota composition and potential bacterial vaginosis interventions.
Congrats to Vincent Garot for his first PhD #preprint on #machinelearning in #phylodynamics (supported by #dim1health, cosupervised by @alizon @laurentjacob and Anna Zhukova ).
His #TEDDY software package can learn epidemiological parameters, e.g. #R0 or infection duration, directly from multiple sequence alignments of #virus genomic data thanks to simulation-based #inference.
No need to for a #phylogeny, which opens many perspectives for the field!
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.05.697728v1
Our team is hiring an #engineer in #bioinformatics / #biostatistics on a 12 months contract to work on #phylodynamics and #deep #learning
This is within the #DEELOGENY project https://deelogeny.pages.in2p3.fr/
Applications should be sent to [email protected]
(additional details in the attached file in French)
🗞️ Notre revue (en français) sur l'importance scientifique, sanitaire et sociale du #microbiome vaginal, coécrite par @alizon et Jeanne Tamarelle est disponible en #openaccess chez #MédecineSciences 🦠
Ming 'Tommy' Tang