Michael White

See below for an exciting post-doc opportunity at Institut Pasteur with my excellent colleague Aimee Taylor on Synthetic Data Simulation for Malaria Genomic Epidemiology. research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...

Come work on exciting AI for biology projects in Paris!! 🇫🇷 Details and application below, deadline sept 1st!

The Serology Puzzle: Untangling Cross-Reactivity in Arbovirus Diagnostics #arbovirus #surveillance #serology #modelling #epidemiology @vyman.bsky.social @mtwhite.bsky.social http://dlvr.it/TTVCNH

New blood test can distinguish between similar mosquito-borne viruses, thus contributing to better surveillance of how these infections spread #dengue #Zika #chikungunya @vyman.bsky.social @mtwhite.bsky.social

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.

It's out! The LIN code approach for genomic taxonomy of microbial strains and its applications in genomic epidemiology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

OpenAI's claim that this is a central conjecture in discrete geometry is not an exaggeration. This will I think be looked back on as the first time that AI solved a major mathematics problem (defined as a problem that all experts in some subfield had thought about). openai.com/index/model-...

How have UK social contact patterns changed post-pandemic? How assortative are they by age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status? Pleased to share our new @plosmedicine.org paper, jointly led by @lucygoodfellow.bsky.social and myself, with @kevinvzandvoort.bsky.social and John Edmunds. #IDSky

Excited to share our new paper out today in @natcomms.nature.com Combining multiplex serology, mathematical modelling, and experimental validation reveals arbovirus transmission dynamics despite cross-reactivity. (1/2)

Work led by me, @jjrosados.bsky.social , and @mtwhite.bsky.social. A great collaboration with @noeochida.bsky.social, @scauchemez.bsky.social , and colleagues across the @pasteur.fr network. (2/2)

Solidarity with our colleagues in Institut Pasteur Iran. These are dedicated professionals doing their best for science and public health in challenging times.

1/6 Our paper today – www.nature.com/articles/s41... work from Kenya - shows protective antibodies against falciparum malaria sporozoites work against sporozoites injected into the skin, not against sporozoites injected into veins. Why does this matter?

🔬 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

Just to draw your attention to the HPSC's truly excellent data hub for respiratory illnesses. A great investment in disease surveillance capacity paying off. @hpscireland.bsky.social respiratoryvirus.hpsc.ie

👩‍🔬 Cette semaine, 5 chercheuses de l’Institut Pasteur font la Une des médias ! De la santé des femmes au cancer, de la psychiatrie à l'intelligence artificielle... Leurs recherches font avancer la science. Thread ⤵️ 1/6

Delighted to be back in Institut Pasteur de Dakar for the kick-off of our EDCTP3 supported PvSeroRDT consortium. We will develop a new diagnostic test for detecting P. vivax malaria hypnozoites and set up manufacturing capacity with Diatropix in Senegal. Enormous thanks to our Senegalese hosts 🇸🇳

Pour chaque vie, la science agit. Le Pasteurdon, c’est maintenant ! Soutenez la recherche et celles et ceux qui la font avancer ↘️ pasteurdon.fr #Pasteurdon

Beautiful beasts: excited to see our first volume electron microscopy study on malaria parasites published: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... revealing new insights into Plasmodium ookinete development. Thanks for great EMBL-Umea-Heidelberg collaboration.

A great opportunity to work with the excellent Amy Thomas in Bristol.

The minutes noted that “everyone was searched, including their vehicles, on the grounds that researchers might be carrying mosquitoes in their pockets.” #IDsky #malaria 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...

📣 I'm recruiting a postdoc researcher to join my team for a project on mosquito-specific viruses and host interactions. Peep the job description & how to apply below. Perfect for soon-to-be or recent PhD graduates in mosquito vector biology 🦟 or arbovirology 🦠 🗓️ Application deadline 31 August 2025

Paperback publication day! Have a good read. Things changing far too slowly for #womeninSTEM

🧬50 years of impact 🌍 From #malaria breakthroughs to global collaborations, our researchers have transformed the field of #parasitology – and they’re not done yet. Find out more: www.wehi.edu.au/news/from-a-...

We're hiring a modelling postdoc at PSI Oxford for two exciting projects: 1) modelling the early immune responses to Nipah vaccination, and 2) joining the PRESTO team working on immunobridging in vaccine evaluation studies. tinyurl.com/5abbxrjh Get in touch for more info! Deadline 4th August.

The UK's paternity leave is the worst in Europe. It frustrates dads, burdens mums, and impoverishes us all. The fight for better parental leave is not just a demand for common decency, but for common sense. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Today and tomorrow: International Meeting on Mirror Biology at the Pasteur Institute www.pasteur.fr/en/home/rese... Bluetorial to follow

Between 2018 and 2020, the www.malakit-project.org distributed kits for malaria self-diagnosis and self-treatment to gold miners in French Guiana In this work out on ‪@lancetrh-americ.bsky.social‬ we have used modelling to assess the impact of the intervention www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

This work began in 2019 during my PhD, with the help of @drshaziaruybal.bsky.social. After navigating a pandemic, finishing my PhD, and changing labs, I am pleased to share our work on a modest #ampseq panel for #P.vivax. This panel is designed to facilitate molecular corrections in clinical trials

Respect to Krishnan Guru-Murthy here.

New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June. research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...

🔬Spotlight on women’s leadership in Yellow4FLAVI! Dr. Barba-Spaeth @giobarbaspaeth.bsky.social, a molecular & structural virologist, coordinates research on how YF17D vaccine structure drives immunity, unlocking new paths for next-gen vaccines.💉🧠 More on our site: www.yellow4flavi.eu/post/women-s...

Powerful new tool against Malaria (𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦) Instead of killing mosquitoes, bed nets coated with ELQs (endochin-like quinolones) KILL THE MALARIA PARASITES INSIDE THE INSECTS. Infected mosquitoes land, absorb the drug through their legs, and are rendered parasite-free www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great new study from the Dickson lab @utmb.bsky.social reveals how the microbial environment of Aedes aegypti larvae affects #ZIKV transmission. #Mosquitoes raised in urban containers (plastic buckets) are more susceptible than those from forest habitats (coconut husks) dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Delighted to announce the paperback edition of my book Not Just for the Boys: Why we need more women in science, will be published in July

Could a new malaria jab really finish off the disease? In @telegraphnews.bsky.social, Chris Drakeley comments on efficacy of first-generation #malaria vaccines as GSK say they want to develop a jab that's 3 times as effective by 2035. @lshtm-malaria.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

So excited today as we launch the Sorbonne Université Modeling Outbreaks Center (SUMOC) - a hub dedicated to strengthening our ability to understand, anticipate, and respond to infectious disease threats. @sorbonne-universite.fr @fac-sante-sorbonne.bsky.social @inserm.fr @anrs-mie.bsky.social

More evidence, now from Ireland, that infant immunisation with nirsevimab substantially reduced risks for hospitalisation due to RSV. Feedback very welcome, as well as suggestions for an eventual home. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Analytics / Stats / Modelling jobs in Ireland - working for rough equivalent of CDC / UKHSA but each country is different. Well-paid, permanent, interesting jobs somewhere nice to live. about.hse.ie/jobs/job-sea...

The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence "implications are profound" New @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/s41...

Our new study quantifies sex steroid hormone changes with age in women & men, with strong impact of genetics, contraception, smoking, BMI & lifestyle often in sex specific ways @immunobladder.bsky.social @milieuinterieur.bsky.social @pasteur.fr 🧪#immunosky #medsky www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

I stand in solidarity with all of my colleagues who do health equity research. This work matters for the communities we serve. This week has been catastrophic for grant cancelations and our communities are hurting terribly. Please share and stand with us in solidarity.

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY