Author: fred

Proud to be associated to this excellent work

led by two talented PhD students, Baptiste Darracq and Eloi Littner. Always a pleasure to collaborate with Celine Loot, Eduardo Rocha, and Didier Mazel from the Pasteur Institute, Paris. Darracq B, E. Littner, M. Brunie, J. Bos, P.-A. Kaminski, F. Depardieu, W. Slesak, K. Debatisse, M. Touchon, A. Bernheim, D. Bikard, F. L. Roux, D. […]

Our Schizo paper is published!

Bernard C, Labreuche Y, C. Diarra C, Daszkowski P, Cahier K, Goudenege D, Lamarche MG, Whitfield GB, Lang M, Valencia J, Groseille J, Piel D, Lee YJ, Weigele P, Brun YV, Rocha EPC and F. Le Roux (2025). Adaptive genomic plasticity in large-genome, broad-host-range vibrio phages. ISME J 19(1). https://academic.oup.com/ismej/article/19/1/wraf063/8106547 A piece of work passed […]

Welcome Amina!

Our new principal coordinator of the chaire d’excellence

Generalists in a Specialist World: Vibrio-Phages with Broad Host Range

Excited to share our latest preprint on the genetic and evolutionary mechanisms behind the generalism of marine bacteriophages: the Schizotequatrovirus (T4 giant vibriophage). This work represents another great collaboration with Eduardo Rocha (Pasteur Institute) and a relay effort from my lab in Roscoff to the University of Montréal. In this study, we explore these fascinating […]

Seminar EDI and raclette!

It was a great pleasure to welcome Yannick Fouda, Psed, PhD, CEO of MyLumen (https://mylumen.ca), for a presentation entitled “International Students: Understanding the Challenges to Better Support Them.” This was our first EDI seminar, but certainly not the last, proudly sponsored by our CERC. Afterward, we enjoyed a delicious raclette together—these moments of conviviality are […]