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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We are recruiting a research technician! Fantastic opportunity if you want to culture 3D organoid models and analyse transcriptomics data in the heart of London! We want to understand how a UTI infection reshapes the bladder long-term. Repost please 🙏

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Seized work, fundings received after 50y … academia in the 18th century was not a vibe 😬but also a stunning 250y old clock that would miss a second only every 100 days (!) and a sundial ring I would wear myself. Greenwich Observatory Museum

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ecstatic to have contributed to this wonderful work of my fantastic colleague @microberamon.bsky.social ! Bottom line is that environment, including fluidics, matter for antibiotic treatment which might contribute to treatment failure. Precious collaboration with bioengineers!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The wonderful feeling of recognising names of known ECR fellows in the list! Congrats Ana Lopez-Jimenez former member of the @sergemostowylab.bsky.social and all the other awarded applicants!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

1,500x !!!! Incredible how much the limit has been pushed on expansion microscopy!

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

No, it’s not AI - this is a real species, the purple harlequin toad! Native to the rainforests of French Guiana, their psychedelic skin warns predators of their toxicity. Sadly, this tiny toxic toad is critically endangered.

A top-down view of a toad with deep purple skin and bright pink markings resting on a leaf, credited to Nick Stacey @‌indicator_species

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Insane fortune: can you imagine reading on a newspaper about queen Victoria’s coronation, the start of World War I or the 19th century revolutions across Europe?!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Important highlight on a deadly worrying topic!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

If you want to explore how fluidics affects infection dynamics and you are in Oxford, you can now learn from the best, @microberamon.bsky.social ! deadline August 17th. We’ll be hiring a Research Technician in our group at UCL soon as well, stay tuned! #UTISky #microbiology

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Perfect grant writing cabin by the sea!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Landed back in London after an unforgettable @toxo18.bsky.social conference in Brazil! Thank you to the organisers for selecting a wonderful location and program. Grateful to be part of this ever-evolving community that feels home and to meet old colleagues and future collaborators!

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Geoff McFadden @fad1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Today marks 30 years since we identified the apicoplast, a relict plastid in human and animal parasites (PMID 8632819). Apicoplasts are the target of the widely used antimalarial prophylactic doxycycline, which has saved many thousands of malaria infections.

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

How climbing the academic ladder feels like! (also, nature is pretty incredible)

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It’s graduation day at UCL 🎉

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Incredibly fascinating story with wider relevance touching anybody interested in AMR and tolerance!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Deadline for this fantastic meeting is tomorrow May 12th!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Volume-sensing: fascinating! I wonder how much you need to shut down that pathway when intracellular pathogens increase the host cell volume of >10x! Like for Plasmodium liver stage, Toxoplasma in neurons, UPEC in urothelial cells … classic elephant in the room situation

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Fungal pathogens are incredibly fascinating!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

CO2 tolerance as a virulence trait, or just extreme adaptability as a fitness determinant, my favourite topic

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

With so much attention on these lethal Hantavirus cases, I wanted to share that in my PhD I studied the virus’ natural reservoir: these cute bank voles! We developed new tools for research on voles(pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29434310/ and more soon) 1/2

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Such a good start in the day when you see beautiful expanded Toxoplasma on a cover!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Do i understand well? A bacterial protein that does ncRNA > RNA bypassing the DNA step? 🤯 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Science | AAAS

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London Infection Network for/by ECRs (LINE) @londoninfectionecr.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

📢📢📢 Our next LINE seminar will be at KCL: On Thurs 23rd April, we'll hear from @safimicro.bsky.social about Salmonella and from James Griffiths about Candida! Come for the science and stay for the networking social! All info and registration to join in person or online here: tinyurl.com/544sdm5e

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Currently in Nashville to talk about uropathogens for the next couple days! Those persistent, hard to treat bugs! Come by to poster 57 on Friday to see how I screen a gof pathogenic library on bladder organoids #UTICONF26 @globaluti.bsky.social

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LabEx ParaFrap @parafrap.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🧑‍🔬 The program for the scientific session of the ParaFrap Next Generation in Parasitology Workshop is now available! 🎟️ A few places are still available to attend the session in Montpellier. Registration is free but mandatory. 👉 forms.gle/q1ZZJbqu87CD...

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Unfortunately this year I won’t be able to attend but it’s such a good meeting!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Neat work about my favourite topic: stress adaptation! It seems that most UPEC virulence factors are neighbours in the same pathogenicity island

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

You know you did a great job selecting students when they come to the lab with the t-shirt from the Parasitological Museum of Tokyo 😍

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I love it when things that before were not possible become possible

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FEMS @femsmicro.org · 19/02/2026

💡 We are inviting you to nominate a woman in microbiology whose work or impact deserves to be seen. Selected nominations will be featured on the FEMS website and across our social media channels on International Women’s Day, 8 March. 👉 Who inspires you? Nominate them by 4 March . buff.ly/AKyMbQD

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

An amazing postdoc opportunity for who wants to work on an important neglected disease and do single cell transcriptomic in Zürich!

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Groundbreaking study for who of us wonder how those expanded GTPases kill intracellular pathogens! Lipid curvature matters to bind active caspases. Could be the same for rounding vacuoles just prior breaking proint? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Caspase-4 binds to LPS membranes with positive curvature for non-canonical inflammasome activation

The non-canonical inflammasome, comprising caspase-4 in humans, initiates pyroptosis upon sensing cytosolic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Gram-negativ…

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stephanienofal.bsky.social @stephanienofal.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Caught my gametocytes celebrating Valentine's day under the microscope 💋

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Today I was lucky enough to get amazing last-minute support from UCL Genomics at the wonderful Zayed Centre for Research: how many amazing research institutes we have in London! Lucky us! Cherry on top: the protocol worked 🎉

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Happy International Day of Women in Science! We can truly do it all

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

4y research assistant position at RVC to learn everything about parasites and live imaging from a bold, competent and kind woman researcher! I wouldn’t hesitate to jump on this position

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Teresa Thurston @thurstonlab.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We are looking for a new RA to join our team working on host-pathogen interactions during Salmonella infection. The appointment is for two years and you will join a diverse team, using cell and protein biochemistry to further our understanding of pathogenesis. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Monica Bettencourt-Dias @monicabettencourt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📣 Please spread: we’re hiring a Lab Manager! It is a critical position in our new lab. As our lab moves to Barcelona and joins the @crg.eu, we’re looking for a Lab Manager to help build the lab and set the lab atmosphere. 🔗 Apply here 👉 recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Incredibly relevant in all fields, including defining the limitations of pooled CRISPR screens!

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Elisa Granato @prokaryota.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

JOB ALERT! 📢 For the scientists who love science communication: we’re hiring at @kurzgesagt.org !🌍 Come join our team, the vibes are impeccable. ✍️ Scriptwriter (Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/scri... 🔍 Fact-Checker & Researcher (Munich/Berlin/Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/seni...

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Job listing for (Senior) Fact-Checker & Researcher (all genders) | kurzgesagt

Want to work with kurzgesagt? We have an open role as (Senior) Fact-Checker & Researcher (all genders). Apply now to become part of a great team and start an exciting career!

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Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Attention scientists from all over the world🙃 The Call for Letters of Intent for #HFSPResearchGrants 2027 is now open! 🧪 Get your international & interdisciplinary team. It's time to put your bold research idea into practice! 🔗https://bit.ly/48VsGCG 📅 15 Dec 2025–26 Mar 2026 #sts #LifeSciences

Call for Letters of Intent - HFSP Research Grants 2027

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

A run in beautiful and sunny Victoria Park with the geeky parasite hat from CoccidiaUK !

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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 08/12/2025

🔬 Call to create junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur Focus: Infectious diseases, host-microbe interactions, vaccines Special interest: AI methodologies 📅 Deadline: Feb 9, 2026 👥 2-12 years post-PhD Apply now 📝 research.pasteur.fr/en/call/crea... #JobOpportunity #Research

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Creation of new junior research groups at the Institut Pasteur - Call for applications 2026 - Research

The Institut Pasteur is launching an international call to recruit new junior research group leaders leveraging cutting-edge transdisciplinary approaches to exploring infectious diseases, host-microbe...

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Can’t get over the fantastic view from the labs at the Pears building, UCL Infection&Immunity! visiting @gpollara.bsky.social lab right next to the Heath 😍

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

What an absolute pleasure to work with Lena and Chahat! The application of our CRISPR screens to their custom splitGFP system allowed the identification of parasite proteins needed to tether host organelles. Host-pathogen interaction at its best! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Toxoplasma effector TgROP1 establishes membrane contact sites with the endoplasmic reticulum during infection - Nature Microbiology

The Toxoplasma gondii effector TgROP1 mimics host factors to bind VAPA/B, thereby establishing parasite–host ER contact sites.

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Francesca Torelli @fratorelli.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

This sounds like a fantastic opportunity for a PhD candidate in a exciting scientific network!

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