Search anything and hit enter
  • Teams
  • Members
  • Projects
  • Events
  • Calls
  • Jobs
  • publications
  • Software
  • Tools
  • Network
  • Equipment

A little guide for advanced search:

  • Tip 1. You can use quotes "" to search for an exact expression.
    Example: "cell division"
  • Tip 2. You can use + symbol to restrict results containing all words.
    Example: +cell +stem
  • Tip 3. You can use + and - symbols to force inclusion or exclusion of specific words.
    Example: +cell -stem
e.g. searching for members in projects tagged cancer
Search for
Count
IN
OUT
Content 1
  • member
  • team
  • department
  • center
  • program_project
  • nrc
  • whocc
  • project
  • software
  • tool
  • patent
  • Administrative Staff
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Clinical Research Assistant
  • Clinical Research Nurse
  • Clinician Researcher
  • Department Manager
  • Dual-education Student
  • Full Professor
  • Honorary Professor
  • Lab assistant
  • Master Student
  • MD-PhD Student
  • Medical Staff
  • Non-permanent Researcher
  • Nursing Staff
  • Permanent Researcher
  • Pharmacist
  • PhD Student
  • Physician
  • Post-doc
  • Prize
  • Project Manager
  • Research Associate
  • Research Engineer
  • Retired scientist
  • Technician
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Veterinary
  • Visiting Scientist
  • Deputy Director of Center
  • Deputy Director of Department
  • Deputy Director of National Reference Center
  • Deputy Head of Facility
  • Director of Center
  • Director of Department
  • Director of Institute
  • Director of National Reference Center
  • Group Leader
  • Head of Facility
  • Head of Operations
  • Head of Structure
  • Honorary President of the Departement
  • Labex Coordinator
Content 2
  • member
  • team
  • department
  • center
  • program_project
  • nrc
  • whocc
  • project
  • software
  • tool
  • patent
  • Administrative Staff
  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Clinical Research Assistant
  • Clinical Research Nurse
  • Clinician Researcher
  • Department Manager
  • Dual-education Student
  • Full Professor
  • Honorary Professor
  • Lab assistant
  • Master Student
  • MD-PhD Student
  • Medical Staff
  • Non-permanent Researcher
  • Nursing Staff
  • Permanent Researcher
  • Pharmacist
  • PhD Student
  • Physician
  • Post-doc
  • Prize
  • Project Manager
  • Research Associate
  • Research Engineer
  • Retired scientist
  • Technician
  • Undergraduate Student
  • Veterinary
  • Visiting Scientist
  • Deputy Director of Center
  • Deputy Director of Department
  • Deputy Director of National Reference Center
  • Deputy Head of Facility
  • Director of Center
  • Director of Department
  • Director of Institute
  • Director of National Reference Center
  • Group Leader
  • Head of Facility
  • Head of Operations
  • Head of Structure
  • Honorary President of the Departement
  • Labex Coordinator
Search

← Go to Research

Go back
Scroll to top
Share
Scientific Fields
Diseases
Organisms
Applications
Technique
Bluesky Logo @nrascovan.bsky.social (July 10, 2025, 10:19 am)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMH1... I am very thankful to the @ec.europa.eu for highlighting my research at @institutpasteur.bsky.social . It is a privilege for me to have the opportunity of developing my professional life here.

About

Original art: HEXICO  (El Gato y La Caja)

The ultimate goal of the Microbial Paleogenomics G5 unit is to investigate how pathogens and human microbes emerged, spread and changed at the genomic level over the course of human history, and use this information to better understand the complexity of modern infectious diseases and human commensal microbes. To do so, we bring together and/or borrow tools, concepts and approaches from distinct fields, such as,  ancient DNA, phylogenetics, microbial genomics, evolution, population genetics, bioinformatics, history and archaeology. Most of current knowledge about infectious diseases and human commensal microbiota derive from studies on modern microbial strains. Our projects will aim at using genomic information from ancient pathogens and oral microbes to reconstruct where and when these species were in the past and determine the relationships and genomic changes that took place over time from strains in the past to those that thrive in modern times. We will also use these approaches to investigate the mobility and spread of microbial species in relation to their human host populations, and the roles played by different historical processes in shaping our microbial makeup.

Our main focus and study model will be the human populations from the Southern Cone of the Americas, which will be analyzed over large temporal scales, from the earliest human populations in the continent, until modern societies. This is motivated by the fact that we know very little about the pathogens and microbes that were associated to pre-Columbian populations, including those from this region, and to which extent this picture changed after the Agricultural transition, the Discovery of the Americas, the colonization process and the post-industrial era. Moreover, it represents an independent and distinct model to study how infectious diseases and human microbes emerged, evolved, and spread, because these populations have been isolated from other worldwide populations for the past 15k to 20k years.

 

The official song of the Microbial Paleogenomics Unit:

Microbial Time Travelers
A Song for the Microbial Paleogenomics Lab

[Verse 1]
Deep in the labs of Institut Pasteur,
We dig through history and genomes to master.
Microbes and humans, a dance through the ages,
Unlocking their secrets in dusty old pages.

From ancient teeth to burial grounds,
The echoes of microbes in history resound.
Pre-Columbian puzzles, genomic cascades,
Piecing together the roles they played.

[Chorus]
We’re microbial time travelers, diving through the past,
Reconstructing genomes, making knowledge last.
From the Southern Cone to where microbes roam,
Tracing the path to the bugs we love!

[Verse 2]
Phylogenetics, bioinformatics flair,
Evolutionary secrets unravel with care.
From ancient pathogens to oral swabs,
We’re microbial sleuths with the coolest of jobs.

Post-industrial microbes, pre-agricultural clues,
Colonial transitions and the bugs they diffuse.
Isolation for ages, now history’s unlocked,
With genomes as keys, the mysteries are rocked.

[Chorus]
We’re microbial time travelers, diving through the past,
Reconstructing genomes, making knowledge last.
From the Southern Cone to where microbes roam,
Tracing the path to the bugs we love!

[Bridge]
Beneath the microscope, a story unfolds,
Of pathogens ancient and microbes bold.
Evolution’s whispers, mobility’s shout,
Human history told by what’s inside our mouth.

[Verse 3]
From DNA fragments, we piece it together,
Ancient and modern, through all kinds of weather.
The spread of disease, the shaping of life,
Microbial tales of love, war, and strife.

Southern Cone mysteries, a genomic spree,
Unveiling the microbes that shaped history.
Not just pathogens, but our commensal friends,
The microbial saga never ends!

[Chorus]
We’re microbial time travelers, diving through the past,
Reconstructing genomes, making knowledge last.
From the Southern Cone to where microbes roam,
Tracing the path to the bugs we love!

[Outro]
So here’s to the lab at Institut Pasteur,
Where microbes and history beautifully concur.
Microbial Paleogenomics, the ultimate quest,
Unearthing the past to understand the rest!

Former Members

2000
2000
Name
Position
****
Former Postdocs:
2022
2024
Elizabeth Nelson
Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA (2024)
2021
2023
Pierre Luisi
Permanent researcher at CONICET, Argentina (2023)
___________________________________________
****
Former Research engineers and lab technicians:
2020
2021
Frédéric Lemoine
Permanent Research Engineer at Institut Pasteur, France
2022
2022
Alba Petit Castellví
PhD student Universidad de Barcelona, Catalonia (2022)
2022
2023
Gaètan Tressieres
PhD student Université de Toulouse, France (2023)
___________________________________________
****
Former Master and L3 students:
2021
2021
Louis L'Hôte
PhD student at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (2022)
2021
2021
Adrien Le Meur
PhD student at Université de Paris-Saclay, France (2022)
2022
2022
Sarah Neumeyer
Master 2 Université de Toulouse, France (2022)
2022
2022
Lucie Leschallier de Lisle
Master 1 University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2023)
2025
2025
Mirina Celikoglu
Master 1 student, Sorbonne Université, France (2025)
___________________________________________
****
Visiting Scientists for collaborations:
2022
2022
Aida Andrades-Valtueña
Postdoc at Max Planck Institute, Germany (2022)
2022
2023
Anaïs Augias
Postdoc at Musée Quai Branly, France (2023)
2022
2023
Rose Berman
MD student Harvard University, USA (2023)
2022
2023
Remi Barbieri
Postdoc University of Tartu, Estonia (2023)
2023
2023
Ramiro Barberena
Group leader at CONICET, Argentina (2023)
2023
2023
Eva Peralta
Postdoc at CONICET, Argentina (2023)
2023
2023
Cinthia Abbona
Permanent researcher at CONICET, Argentina (2023)
2024
2024
Adolfo Gil
Permanent researcher at CONICET, Argentina (2024)
2024
2024
Gustavo Neme
Permanent researcher at CONICET, Argentina (2024)
Show all

Projects

Fundings

Featured publications

Download

Pictures & Media